About the Journal

Publisher of the journal

Wrocław Theological Review is issued by the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław (see publisher’s website).

Thematic scope

Our periodical is devoted to studies in the field of:

Biblical studies,
systematic theology,
theology of spirituality,
pastoral theology,
history of the Church,
philosophy,
social sciences as auxilliary theological sciences.

In addition to articles, reviews of scholarly papers and reports from academic conferences are also published. The periodical also includes a section called “Varia”, to which manuscripts of an interdisciplinary nature can be submitted.

Journal specification

Wrocław Theological Review is a peer-reviewed academic biannual journal published by the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław. The periodical has been coming out continuously since 1993. By publishing articles authored by Wrocław and Polish scholars, it has, on the one hand, presented the achievements of the scholars from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology to the national academic community, and, on the other hand, offered a place for an exchange of ideas between scholars from all over Poland. In this way Wrocław Theological Review has gained recognition among Polish theologians and has become one of the most important theological academic journals in Poland. For several years the editors have been making efforts to internationalise Wrocław Theological Review. The presentation of the research results of Polish theologians to the international academic community has been therefore considered a new task of the journal. This mission also encompasses the promotion of the achievements of scholars from the Wrocław academic community (that is why we retained the original title of the journal: Wrocław Theological Review). Another aim the editors set themselves was to make articles by foreign authors known to the Polish reader. Thus Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, while keeping in touch with the world theology and preserving the specificity of Polish theology, becomes a place of international theological dialogue and plays a significant role in stimulating theological research in Poland.

Wrocław Theological Review focuses on Catholic theology, but remains open to ecumenical dialogue and exchange of ideas with other Christian theologians, who practice theology according to the tradition and specificity of their own denominations. The editors assume that the addressees of the articles published in Wrocław Theological Review are primarily professional theologians, students of theology and seminarians as well as other enthusiasts of theology, interested in publications at a high scholarly level. In our journal the reader will also find publications on philosophy, church history (with emphasis on the history of the Catholic Church in Silesia) and social sciences as an auxiliary to theology.

Scoring

The WTR is on the ministerial list of scholarly journals. Our journal received 70 points.

Indexing in databases and search engines

The WTR is indexed in the following databases and search engines:

Languages of publications

The WTR publishes texts in Polish, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish (see guidelines for authors).

Scholarly level

Only original articles which meet the criterion of a high academic level may be published in the WTR (see guidelines for authors).

Ensuring a high level of academic papers published in the WTR is achievable thanks to reliable review procedures followed by the Editorial Board (see review procedures) and respect for the rules of publication ethics (see ethical principles) developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editorial team

The periodical is headed by the Editorial Committee chaired by Dr. Hab. Sławomir Zatwardnicki, Editor-in-Chief. The advisory and control body is the International Scholarly Board.

Publication frequency

The WTR is a semi-annual periodical. The first issue of a given year comes out in June, the second in December each year (see archive of issues).

Original version

The Wrocław Theological Review journal is published in an electronic version. The printed version of the periodical can be ordered from the Archdiocese Bookstore in Wrocław (see the bookstore website).

Identifiers

p-ISSN: 1231-1731 (printed version), e-ISSN: 2544-6460 (online version).

Each text published in the WTR is assigned an individual, unique DOI number.

Open access policy and free licences

Wrocław Theological Review operates on the principles of open access. All publications on the website of the journal are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (see full text of the licence).

For the reader this means that the content of the journal is available to both the user and his/her institution free of charge. Users can read, download, copy, print, search, use the full texts of the articles, as well as use them for any permitted purpose without having to seek permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of free access.

It means that, by submitting a text for publication in a journal, the authors agree to the above policy.

History of the journal

“Wrocław Theological Review” was established in 1993, in the 25th year of academic activity of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław. The journal is a continuation of scholarly thought and publishing works carried out before the Second World War in “Theological Review” in Lviv. The establishment of the WTR was not only a clear expression of the university’s vitality, but also a sign of hope for further development. In the introduction to the first issue of Wrocław Theological Review, Henryk Cardinal Gulbinowicz, the then Metropolitan Bishop of Wrocław, wrote: “The words from the First Epistle of St. Peter: “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope” (1P 3:15). Let them be the inspiration for the sincere efforts of all the authors and let them mark the path of service by making the theological and philosophical thought accessible to the People of God [...].”