About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology publishes scholarly articles by authors in the Evangelical tradition, who are connected to the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, for the purpose of supporting the development of the Evangelical theology in these countries and acquainting the contemporary Christian scholarship with theological thought in Eastern and Central Europe.
Target Audience
Its target audience is researchers, theologians, religious scholars, teachers, and students of evangelical theological colleges, seminaries, and theological faculties, as well as church leaders.
Contributions Accepted for Publishing
The journal publishes original articles that cover various aspects of theological research, as well as critical reviews of recent theological publications.
Languages
English and Ukrainian
Publication Frequency
The periodicity of the journal is two issues a year - in April and October. As a rule, regular and special (thematic) issues alternate with each other. The editorial board asks the authors to take into account the publication schedule of the journal and try to submit their articles to the editorial board no later than two months before the planned publication of the journal.
Open Access Policy
Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. The journal adheres to the policy of maximum visibility of its content, which is expected to contribute to the sustainable development of scientific knowledge. Therefore, the Journal provides immediate open access to all articles published therein on the basis of principles formulated in the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition. This framework permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles published in the journal, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from having access to the Internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.
Immediate Open Access
All articles published in the Journal are made available on the Journal’s website and in PDF format for each article without any embargo period.
Copyright Notice
All articles published in the Journal are distributed under a Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits readers to use its content under the condition of providing proper attribution to the work in the manner specified by the licensor.
By submitting an article for publication in Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology the author grants the editors the right to publish the article and distribute it in electronic and print form.
The author reserves all copyrights and the right to use the materials of the article in whole or in part for educational purposes, to write his own dissertations, to prepare abstracts, conference reports, oral presentations, etc., as well as post electronic copies of articles (including the final electronic version downloaded from the journal’s official website) on non-commercial web-resources without the consent of the editorial board and founders.
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Relationships between authors, editors, and reviewers in our journal are based on academic benevolence, the objectivity of ratings, and the priority of scholarly quality. We are following the principles defined by the Journal's Publication Ethics.
Financial Policy of the Journal
Theological Reflections journal provides services to authors free of charge. Publication and other fees are not levied from authors, readers, or organizations with which they are affiliated.
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