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Author Guidelines

  1. “The Person and the Challenges: The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II” welcomes scientifically valid, unpublished works in the following areas: theology, biblical studies, canon law, educational sciences, sociology, family studies and other related disciplines. The journal also publishes reports from important conferences and book reviews.
  2. “The Person and the Challenges” accepts contributions written in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French. The texts will be published both in printed form and a digital version (PDF format) on the journal website.
  3. Authors of articles are required to provide their ORCID numbers (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) upon submitting their manuscripts. This number will be presented by the author’s name and affiliation. Submissions of authors who do not provide their ORCID numbers will not be accepted for publication.
  4. Texts published in the languages mentioned above should also provide an English version of the title, keywords and abstract.
  5. Contributions should be submitted in .doc, .docx (MS Word) format either. Graphics should be provided as separate TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PDF, PNG files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
  6. Texts should be submitted in an unambiguous, clear, and final form, ready for publication and corrected by the native speaker.
  7. The editors will provide a response indicating acceptance or refusal of the text within three months. Texts will be reviewed by specialists in a given discipline or field.
  8. The article should have section titles written in Arabic numerals. Footnotes with raised Arabic numerals are to be inserted at the bottom of pages and not at the end of the article. A short list of references (5–20 publications) should be included at the end of the article. All acronyms and initials should be spelled out first before subsequent use.
  9. References to books and articles used in footnotes should be given as follows:
    For Books:
    • J. Stala, Familienkatechese in Polen um die Jahrhundertwende. Probleme und Herausforderungen, Tarnów 2008, Biblos.
    • E. Osewska, J. Stala (eds.), Religious Education/Catechesis in the Family. A European Perspective, Warszawa 2010, UKSW.

For Articles:

    • F. Pajer, L’educare e il credere tra vecchie e nuove utopie, “The Person and the Challenges” 1 (2011) 1, pp. 89–98.
    • P. Kieran, Family and Faith-Formation: Some Perspectives from the Irish Context, in: E. Osewska, J. Stala (eds.), Religious Education/Catechesis in the Family. A European Perspective, Warszawa 2010, UKSW, pp. 195–211.
    • www.wt.diecezja.tarnow.pl (06.04.2011).

10. The editorial board reserves the right to request revisions of style or corrections in order to ensure a standard methodological format.
11. Reliability in science is one of the cornerstones of quality. For this reason, the editors of “The Person and the Challenges” thank the authors for their honest and ethical stance regarding the creation of work which is solely theirs and expect them to disclose the work or influence of others in the appropriate footnotes. According to the editorial staff, “ghostwriting” and “guest authorship” is a manifestation of scientific misconduct, and any detected cases will be exposed, including notification of their respective owners.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements:

  • The work has not been published in another journal or monograph in Poland or abroad.
  • The work has not been submitted to another journal or monograph in Poland or abroad.
  • The work is not under review at another editorial office.
  • The work was conducted with the substantive and intellectual participation of all authors.
  • The work was conducted excluding any conflicts of interest between the authors and other institutions, companies, or organizations, and any such conflicts of interest, such as a commercial source of funding, have been disclosed in the appropriate part of the work.

I submit this statement in full awareness of the legal consequences of certifying falsehoods and the ethical consequences thereof. I understand that the editorial board and publisher reserve the right to verify the originality of the submitted work and to immediately reject it in the event of a breach of the above principles. I acknowledge that the editorial board and publisher have the right to notify the author's superior in writing, indicating the scope of the violation.

This comprehensive overview ensures clear understanding and adherence to the ethical and legal standards expected by the journal.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions, and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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