Submissions

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Format and Preparation

The editorial call accepts contributions in the following article categories:

• Research articles: Documents that present, in detail, the original results of research projects, following the structure generally used for this type of article.
• Reflection articles: Documents that present research results from an analytical, interpretative, or critical perspective by the author on a specific topic, drawing on original sources and following the structure generally used for this type of article.
• Review articles: Documents resulting from research in which the findings of published or unpublished studies in the field of Theology are systematized, analyzed, and integrated in order to account for advances and trends in this area of knowledge. They are characterized by a careful review of the literature.
• Reviews: Documents presenting bibliographic novelties in the fields of research, academic dissemination, and editorial production in Theology. Their purpose is to highlight the principal and most significant issues addressed by the author of the reviewed work and to provide a critical assessment of it.

Translations of texts: Please contact the editor if you wish to suggest the translation of a text.

Citation Style (APA)

Short direct quotations, consisting of 40 words or fewer, are incorporated into the text using quotation marks. Example:

Within the framework of the discussion we are developing: “Cortázar starts from hyperliterature, from literature that knows itself and wishes to be exclusively literary. He initially establishes his poetic territory within the reserved domain of literature itself, previously established as such” (Yurkievich, 1989, p. 128).

Long direct quotations, that is, those exceeding 40 words, should be presented in a separate paragraph without quotation marks and with a left indentation (1.25 cm). In both cases, the source must be fully cited in parentheses, indicating the author’s surname, year of publication, and page number, all separated by commas. Example:

For Alfonso Reyes (2001), it is important to recover the practice of reading, as he states in La experiencia literaria:

The book, like the sensitive plant, closes its leaves to impertinent touch. One must approach it without being perceived. Almost a fakir’s exercise. One must first silence within oneself all the parasitic noises brought from the street, business, concerns, and even the excessive desire for literary information. Then, in silence, the voice of the book begins to be heard; perhaps timid, ready to disappear if summoned with suspicious urgency. (pp. 149–150)

If the sentence includes the author’s surname, only the date and page number are written in parentheses. Example:

Yurkievich (1989) indicates in his text that: “Cortázar starts from hyperliterature, from literature that knows itself and wishes to be exclusively literary. He initially establishes his poetic territory within the reserved domain of literature itself, previously established as such” (p. 128).

In the case of indirect quotations or paraphrasing, the author being referenced and the year of publication of the work from which the idea is taken must be indicated. Although not mandatory, authors are encouraged to include exact page numbers to facilitate the location of these ideas for interested readers. Example:

Foucault (2003), in The Birth of Biopolitics, questions the reason of state in the context of governmentality (p. 70).

If a work has more than two authors, it is cited the first time with all surnames; in subsequent mentions, only the surname of the first author followed by the expression et al. should be used.

If there are more than six authors, et al. should be used from the first citation.

Footnotes should only be used for clarifications or additional information. They should not be used for bibliographic references.

If a cited work has itself been cited within another work, that is, a secondary source, the original work and its author must be referenced in the text. The original source from which the citation is taken should then be indicated, preceded by the expression “as cited in.” In the reference list, only the primary source should be included, unless the secondary source was also consulted as a primary source. Examples:

• Heidegger (as cited in Marion, 1992, p. 128) presents an analysis…
• The previous analysis is presented in the text (Heidegger as cited in Marion, 1992, p. 128).

Reference List

• References must appear at the end of the text.
• They must be arranged alphabetically.
• Works by the same author must be ordered chronologically.
• References must use hanging indentation and single spacing.

BOOKS

• Books with author

Surname, N. (Year). Title. City: Publisher.

• Electronic books

Surname, N. (Year). Title. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx

• Books with editor, compiler, or director

Surname, N. (Ed.). (Year). Title. City: Publisher.

• Multi-volume works

Surname, N. (Year). Title (Vols. X–X). City: Publisher.

• Books with translator

Surname, N. (Year). Title (N. Surname & N. Surname, Trans.). City: Publisher.

• Book Chapters

Surname, N., & Surname, N. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In N. Surname & N. Surname (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). City: Publisher.

PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS

• Article in a printed scholarly journal

Surname, N. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume (issue), xx–xx.

• Article in a scholarly journal retrieved online

Surname, N. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume (issue), xx–xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx

• Article in a non-specialized magazine

Surname, N. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the publication, volume (issue), xx–xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx

• Newspaper article

Surname, N. (Year, month day). Title of the article. Title of the publication, pp. xx–xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx