Submissions

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

(Updated version -2025)
 

Perspectiva Teológica reviews, and bibliographical notes. The criterion of originality refers to: a) approaching a given topic in an entirely new way to the reader; b) accepting articles that have never been published in other periodicals before and whose authorship and co-authorship (if any) are limited to PhD holders. This does not apply to other kinds of texts that are opened to PhD students and persons of recognized merit. Texts can be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian.

1) EDITORIAL PROCESS

Submission

• Registration on the journal's website and subsequent access must be done through login and password, accessing an existing account or registering a new account. If in doubt, follow the guidelines available in the TEXT SUBMISSION MANUAL, available at the link: <http://www.faje.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/perspectiva/Manuais>.
• It is mandatory to fill in all the metadata fields of the submission related to information on: authorship, co-authorship (if any), contact, biography (major title, professional affiliation, country of origin and ORCID (Open Researcherand Contributor ID). It is the author's digital identifier. Registration is simple and immediate, just enter the address https://orcid.org/register and fill in the requested fields.

Conditions for submission

• Articles must be between 12 and 16 pages including references (approximately 30,000 to 40,000 characters, including spaces), Reviews should range from 3 to 4 pages (approximately 7,500 to 10,000 characters, including spaces), and bibliographical notes should be 1 page in length (approximately 2,500 characters, including spaces).
• Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format, using Times New Roman, 12 pt, single-spaced. Greek or Hebrew fonts may be used, provided they are transliterated in parentheses. We request that the file contain these fonts. A Perspectiva Teológica does not publish illustrations.

Text format

Pre-textual elements

• Title / subtitle: uppercase, left-aligned, non-italic, bold, size 12.
• Title / subtitle in English: lowercase letters, left aligned, italics, size 12.
• Abstract in vernacular language (100 to 150 words, single space, Times New Roman, size 11). Three to five keywords separated by a period.
• Abstract in English / Abstract (100 to 150 words, single space, Times New Roman font, size 11). Three to five English keywords / keywords separated by period.
  
  

Textual elements

• The text must include an Introduction (without numbering). Sections and subsections should follow a logical sequence using Arabic numerals: 1; 1.1; 1.2; 1.2.1; 1.2.2, etc. Conclusion (without numbering).
• In-text citations and footnotes should follow the format (Surname, year, page). Example: (Aquino Júnior, 2019, p. 37)
• Short direct quotations (up to three lines) must be included in the main text within double quotation marks.
• Quotations longer than three lines should be presented in a separate paragraph, indented 2 cm, using Times New Roman, size 11, single-spaced, with one line of space before and after the quotation, followed by the reference (Lysaught; McCarthy, 2018, p. 17).

Post-textual elements

• Bibliographical references should be listed in alphabetical order, without any subdivision and following the norms of the ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas). The works used by the author should appear in the body of the text, in 11point font and single spaced.
• Acronyms used in the text must be listed before references. Example:

FT =   Encyclical letter Fratelli tutti

Guidelines for authors

Guidelines for the presentation of texts

• Font: Times New Roman, size 12; single spacing; paragraph: 1.25 indent; margins: left 3cm, top 3cm, right 2cm, bottom 2cm.
• Texts for the Review section (3 pages) and Bibliographic Notes (1 [one] page): from doctors, doctoral students and professors / researchers of recognized merit.
• Explanatory notes: they are separated from the text by a 5 cm line, with single spacing, font size 10 and without space between one note and another. They should be aligned with the first word, leaving the number highlighted.
  
  

Bibliographic references

• Works by the same author, same year: must be followed by sequential letters of the alphabet. (TOV, 2012a, p. 45); (TOV, 2012b, p. 15).
• Books from a single author; three authors and more than three authors.

ABADIE, P. Des héros peu ordinaires: théologie et histoire dans le livre des Juges. 6. ed. Paris: Cerf, 2011.

SKA, J.-L.; SONNET, J.-P.; WÉNIN, A. L’analyse narrative des récits de l’Ancien Testament. Paris: Cerf, 1999.

FARMER, W. R. Et Al. (Ed.). Comentário Bíblico Internacional. Estella: Verbo Divino, 1999.

CONSELHO EPISCOPAL LATINO-AMERICANO. Conclusões da III Conferência Geral do Episcopado Latino-americano. Evangelização no presente e no futuro da América Latina. São Paulo: Paulinas, 1979.

• Periodicals

BLENKINSOPP, J. Structure and Style in Judges 13-16. Journal of Biblical Literature, London, v. 82, n. 1, p. 65-76, Mar./June. 1963.

• Electronic documents

Site

FRANCIS, Pope.  Post-synodal apostolic exhoration Querida Amazonia (2020).  

Available at

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20200202_querida-amazonia.html

Access on:

VALENSIN, A. Immanence. Revista Cartazes, Rio de Janeiro, v. 4, n. 2, p. 14-32, 2006. Disponível em: <http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionnaire/2up>. Access on: 20 jun. 2015

• E-book (with no fixed page layout or page numbers)

GARCIA RUBIO, Alfonso. O encontro com Jesus Cristo vivo. São Paulo: Paulinas 2016. E-book.

• E-book available online

SEDGWICK, Sally. Fundamentação da metafísica dos costumes. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2017. E-book. Available at: http://www.biblioteca.asav.org.br/biblioteca_s/. Access on: 02 mar. 2020.

• Youtube

OLIVEIRA, C. M. R. O humanismo em Henrique Cláudio de Lima Vaz. [Belo Horizonte]: [s.n.], 29 nov. 2019. Disponível em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=9R9076EqDBE&feature=emb_title. Access on: 02 mar. 2020.

• Podcast

HANNAH Arendt e a vida ativa. [Belo Horizonte]: [s.n.], 2019. Podcast. Disponível em: https://soundcloud.com/passoapensar/hannah-arendt-e-a-vida-ativa. Acess on: 02 mar. 2020.

• Instagram

SALGADO, Sebastião. State of Mato Grosso, Brazil - 2005. [S. l.], 5 maio 2018. Instagram: @sebastiaosalgadooficial. Disponível em: https://www.instagram.com/ p/BiZu17fjxM1/. Access on: 17 dez. 2018.

• Dictionary entries

BRAUN, H. Poieõ. In: KITTEL, G.; FRIEDRICH, G. (Ed.). Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1979. v. 6, p. 456-483.

• Dissertations and thesis

SANGUINETTI, C. La funzione retorica e teologica di Romani 9 nel contesto della sezione 9-11. 2005. Thesis (Doctorate in Theology) – Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Roma, 2005.

• Papers presented at congresses

SOUSA, P. J. N. Leitura econômica, ecológica e teológica de Ap 18,9-20. In: SIMPÓSIO NACIONAL FILOSÓFICO-TEOLÓGICO, 8, 2012, Belo Horizonte. Que fazemos com a Terra que Deus nos confiou? Filosofia, Teologia e Consciência Planetária. Belo Horizonte: FAJE, 2012. 1 CD. ISSN 2176-1337.

• Review

LOHFINK, Gerhard. Jesus de Nazaré. O que ele queria? Quem ele era? Petrópolis: Vozes, 2015. Recensão de: KONINGS, Johan. Perspectiva Teológica, Belo Horizonte, v. 48, n. 1, p. 186-192, jan./abril 2016.

• Review header and bibliographic note

RAVASI, Gianfranco: A Narrativa do céu: as histórias, as ideias e os personagens do Antigo Testamento. v. 1. Trad. do italiano de 1995 por Suely Mendes Brazão. São Paulo: Paulinas, 1999. 295 p., 21 X 14 cm. ISBN 85-356-0245-2.

2) BOOK REVIEWS AND SHORT REVIEWS

We accept reviews and bibliographical notes from scholars holding doctoral degrees, doctoral candidates, and professors/researchers with recognized merit. Reviews should range from 7,500 to 10,000 characters, including spaces, and bibliographical notes should be approximately 2,500 characters.

3) PEER REVIEW PROCESS

• The process of evaluating articles sent to the Perpectiva Teológica is as follows: 1) Pre-analysis of the adequacy criteria and standards for publication in Perspectiva Teológica. Papers are rejected for the following reasons: a) the author (and, if applicable, the co-author) does not have a doctor’s degree, prerequisite of a QUALIS A1 journal (except for book reviews and bibliograsphical notes, which can be written by both doctoral students and persons of recognized merit); b) the standard format of a scientific paper: abstract, keywords, introduction, conclusion, references. 2) Preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board. At this phase, plagiarism detection programs are used for article control (iThenticate Plagiarism Detection, AntiPlagiarist – ACNP; CopySpider) and the assessment of the relevance and methodological and scientific quality of the text. 3) Perspectiva Teológica adopts the process of double-blind peer review. The articles are sent without any identification of the author to two ad hoc reviewers of the thematic area. The LATTES platform is used to select the reviewers and the thematic areas. The reviewer’s opinion will take into consideration the theoretical-critical and methodological dimensions of the text, as well as the contribution of the production in terms of innovation and dissemination of knowledge. The evaluation should be concluded within 20 days. Conflicts between evaluative positions will be resolved by other reviewers and / or members of the Editorial Board. The final decision on any conflict and on the publication of the manuscript is reserved for the Editorial Commission (Director, Editor, Deputy Editor) that will take into account the entire evaluation process and the code of conduct for editorial standards. 4) Conclusion of the evaluation process: the article, once accepted for publication and approved by the author, is then prepared for printing. After corrections, the manuscript will be resent to the author for final verification. The entire process between the submission of the article and its final approval could prolong up to five full months.
• In case authors withdraw from the evaluation process after their article has been accepted, with or without the due corrections, and if, after some time, they decide to resubmit their texts, these will be reassessed.
  
  

4) COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN SCIENCE

In line with Open Science guidelines, Perspectiva Teológica supports the open access policy using the CC-BY access license. The journal adopts the code of good editorial practices and uses social and academic networks to disseminate its articles.

Subject to the consent of the authors, some articles already approved and in the process of being edited for publication, which already have a DOI, may be deposited by the editors of Perspectiva Teológica on the SciELO Preprints server.

Reviewers and authors will be informed of the possibility of publishing reviews, with or without identifying their names, as long as there is consensus among them.

5) INDICATION OF FINANCING

Authors who receive financial support for research and whose articles have been approved for publication, should duly acknowledge the financial assistance after the bibliographic references.

6) COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

After approval of the submitted text, the authors must send a Copyright and Conflict of Interest Statement, whose model is available at the link: faje.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/perspectiva/Declaracoes

7) PRIVACY POLICY

The names and addresses informed in this journal will be used exclusively for the services provided by this publication and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties.

8) CONDUCT IN PUBLICATION

Questions regarding conduct in the publication: check the Declaration of ethics and code of conduct in the publication, available at:

http://periodicos.faje.edu.br/index.php/perspectiva/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0.

9) CREATIVE COMMONS

Perspectiva Teológica is licensed under a Creative Commons International license (CC BY 4.0).  This allows others to share, copy and redistribute the material in any format, as well as adapt, remix, transform and build upon the material, even for commercial purposes, provided the source is cited.

10) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• In a co-authored article, each author must assume responsibility for the part they developed in the work. In case the manuscript is approved, the author should indicate at the end of the text, after the list of bibliographical references the contribution of each one.
• If the author wishes to publish the article in another language once it has been approved, they should bear the cost of translation.
• The author should consider a period of 1 (one) year from one publication to the next before submitting a new article.
• We do not accept articles already published in other languages.
• Articles resulting from presentations given at congresses or symposia will be accepted. Once approved, the author will specify the reference source in a footnote.
• Articles from theses will be accepted. Once approved, the author will specify all data related to the original in a footnote.
• The signed articles, statements, opinions and concepts expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors.
• Authors whose articles have been approved will receive 1 (one) copy of the periodical.