information for authors
All submissions must be in English.
Evaluation policy
Although the journal is committed to no position and invites papers without restriction of philosophical method or orientation, it encourages publication of papers in which clear philosophical questions about God and other issues of philosophy of religion are being asked, a clear thesis is defended, and clear arguments are given.
The initial selection of papers will be made by the Editor and the Editorial
Board. However, no paper will be cleared for publication without the approval of at least one (and usually more than one) of the Editorial Advisors. The opinion of the Editorial Advisors reviewing a given paper will be crucial for its acceptance or rejection.
When papers are sent on, the referees receive 'blinded' versions of the papers.
Referees' reports are sent on to the authors if the referees agree, though in the interest of speed referees may give brisk verdicts for the Editor's eyes only.
In some cases suggestions for revision may be passed on to the authors.
We aim to give authors a decision within 3 months.
If you don't hear from us within that period, don't let months go by. Contact the editorial staff! (Emails do very occasionally go astray.)
Once accepted, papers usually appear within a calendar year.
Occasionally papers are invited by the Editor.
Contributors will receive a set of proofs, which will require immediate correction. Changes of style and content will not normally be allowed at that stage.
Submission of Articles
The initial mode of contact should be submission of an electronic copy by e-mail. It should be sent to the Editor (journal@philosophy-of-religion.eu).
All electronic files should be readable in Microsoft Word.
Articles must be prefaced by an abstract of approximately 100 words.
Articles may be as short as 5000 words but they must not exceed 9,000 words, including abstract, footnotes, and references.
Discussions may not exceed 2,500 words.
After the initial acceptance of the article, the author will normally be asked to send by post its printed version (3 copies), which will be forwarded to the referees. Manuscripts should be double spaced, with wide right margins. No manuscripts will be returned.
In order that manuscripts may be blind-reviewed (i.e. read in ignorance of authorship), the name of the author should be removed from the text.
The submissions recommended by the referees for publication will be returned to the authors who will be asked to introduce the changes and corrections suggested by the referees.
Submission of a paper is understood to imply that the paper is original, has not already been published as a whole or in substantial part elsewhere, and is not currently under consideration by any other journal.
Submission of Reviews and Notices
All matters concerning the reviews and short notices should be dealt with the Editor (journal@philosophy-of-religion.eu).
Reviews and Notices should normally be between 1250 and 2500 words long.
Persons wishing to review a book should contact the Review Editor.
The books intended for review should be posted to the Editor:
Dr Janusz Salamon
ul. Kopernika 26
31-501 Krakow
Poland
