Australian Ejournal of Theology: Editorial Board and Policy - August

AEJT EDITORIAL POLICY

The Australian Ejournal of Theology (AEJT) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Ejournal sponsored by the Sub-Faculty of Philosophy and Theology within Australian Catholic University. It focuses on scholarly exchange within the Australian theological community. Its aim is to be both ecumenical and interdisciplinary. Scholarly contributions are welcomed from all relevant disciplines including the humanities, philosophy, arts, sciences, ethical and legal studies, sociology and history. AEJT Editorial Board welcomes suggestions for its editorial policy and for special issues of the journal. AEJT will be published online twice a year (in February and August).

The Editorial Board is responsible for the development and implementation of policy for AEJT. It is answerable to the Sub-Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of Australian Catholic University who will ratify the appointment of Board Members, Editor, Deputy Editor, and Technical Editor.

The Editor will act as Chair of the Editorial Board. The Editor, in consultation with the members of the Board, will arrange for suitable peer-review processes and correspondence with authors of submitted articles. The Deputy Editor will assist the Editor in these responsinilities. The Technical Editor will be responsible to the Editor. Preparation for online publication of any accepted article will be the prerogative of the Technical Editor. This may include choosing suitable backgrounds, graphics, attached photos, diagrams, tables, etc. that enhance the visual presentation of the article.

Formal procedures (Refereed Submissions)

Submissions should be made to the editor via e-mail to AEJT’s contact address.
Normally the timeline for submitted articles will be two months prior to the expected launch of each edition in mid-February and mid-August. .

Authors should follow the formal guidelines given in the style sheet below.
Each article will be reviewed by two referees chosen by the editor.
Referees anonymous responses will be forwarded to authors with the editor’s decision: to publish unaltered; to publish with requested amendments; not to publish in its present form.
Usual strict standards as in print journals apply.
The editor of AEJT will inform the author of the decision regarding the publication of any submitted article.
Published articles in AEJT remain in the copyright of the author. The editor requests only that republished articles in other places acknowledge its former publication in AEJT.

Style sheet

When submitting a manuscript for publication in AEJT, you are asked to follow the guidelines provided:
The submitted article needs to be attached to an email as a text file in one of the major word processors preferably MS Word or WordPerfect. The editor will organize for HTML file formatting for online publication.
Recommended word length for articles is 5,000 words including endnotes and bibliography. Longer articles will be considered on the basis of the topic area or for special circumstances.
AEJT prefers in-text referencing between brackets according to the author-year-page method. Endnotes may be used; footnotes need to be converted to endnotes. Referencing must be consistent.
An abstract of approximately 100 - 120 words must be provided at the start of the article.
Tables and Graphics may be included and must be sent as an email attachment.
A complete reference list or bibliography is expected at the end of the text according to academic standards and in accord with the chosen referencing system. Only those references used in the article are to be included in the bibliography.
A short biographical statement about the author (position, academic institution, academic interests, significant publications) and an email address are to be included after the references.

Writing conventions to be followed

The entire text, including longer quotations, should be double-spaced. It should not be justified.
Capitalisations should be kept to a minimum.
Biblical references should follow the usual style (e.g. 1 Jn. 4:1-4).
References to official Church documents may be simplified (e.g Lumen Gentium 2:6).
Foreign words and phrases are normally italicized (e.g. a priori).
In-text quotations of fewer than forty words should be indicated by inverted commas at the beginning and end of the quotation, noting that:

§ where the quotation is the entire sentence, the stop should come before the final inverted comma (e.g. “Postmodernity is a phase within modernity itself.”);

§ where the quotation is only part of a sentence, the stop should come after the final inverted comma (e.g. Smith says that “postmodernity is a phase within modernity itself”.)

Quotations of forty words or more do not use inverted commas. They should be indented on both sides. They should remain double-spaced.
Sub-headings may be used and are, in fact, encouraged. Sub-headings should be indicated in bold, kept to the left-hand margin and distinguished from the prior text by an extra double-spacing. A simple double spacing beneath the sub-heading and the text to follow is all that is required.

General Contributions

AEJT will also contain a selection of more general contributions. This may include instances of work in progress, creative expressions of theology in the Arts (e.g. poetry, hymns, photography) and multi media presentations.

AEJT also encourages the submission of high-quality articles by graduate students which should include the endorsement of the lecturer concerned.