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 theological periodical issued by the Wrocław academic community gathered in the Pontifical Faculty of Theology. The Editorial Board invites scholars affiliated to Polish and foreign scholarly units to cooperate. The Wrocław journal, which publishes all articles on an open access basis, aspires to become a place of dialogue between the theological circles from West and East, a kind of bridge between two scholarly worlds.

The journal specification was already defined in the first issue of Wrocław Theological Review. It is based on a biblical invitation: “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope” (1P 3:15). In the history of theology, the quote was a classical topos justifying the role of theology:

If someone asks about the logos of hope, believers owe them an apology. They must assimilate logos to such an extent so that it can become an apology; thanks to Christians, the word becomes the answer to human questions. [...] Faith wants to and can privide reasons. Faith wants to be intelligible. It claims to be the logos and therefore it can always become an apology. In a deeper sense, this apologetic interpretation of theology is missionary, and the missionary concept reveals the inner nature of faith. Faith can only be missionary because it truly transcends all traditions and becomes an appeal to reason, a pursuit of truth (Joseph Ratzinger).

The above quotation is a guiding principle for both the Editorial Board’s work and the research of the authors publishing in Wrocław Theological Review.

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 [...].”