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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Author Guidelines

We cordially request that you submit articles according to the following guidelines - no registration, article submission or processing fees apply.

All submissions must be linguistically sound, making use of clearly formulated academic language without grammatical and spelling errors. Submissions should also comply with the formatting guidelines provided below. Should the article not comply it will be returned to the author for revision before being sent for review.

File format

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format (i.e. as .doc files).

Language

Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Afrikaans or Dutch. English manuscripts should follow British conventions.

Length

Manuscripts should be between 4500 and 6500 words (excluding footnotes).

Anonymity & Cover Page 

To ensure anonymity with regards to the double-blind peer review process, remove any reference to the author's identity from the main manuscript. Also be sure to remove identification of authorship that is automatically ascribed to documents by MS Word.

Author details should however be provided on a cover page, which is to be submitted as a separate "supplementary file" during the submission process. This cover page should include the following elements:

  • The article title;
  • The author's name as he/she wishes it to appear on published article (STJ prefers using the author's first name and surname);
  • The current institutional affiliation(s) that should appear on the article. If authors (including non South African authors) are affiliated with a South-African institution and wish to apply for subsidy, please also indicate the institution that should be credited;
  • The author's contact details (phone number and email address).

Abstract and Keywords

Include a brief abstract (100-150 words) and 4-5 keywords in your submission. Abstracts should be in English and in the case of an Afrikaans or Dutch article, the title should also be translated and included as the abstract' heading.

Font

12pt, Times New Roman, 1.5 Line Spacing, Justified Paragraphs

All Hebrew (Consonants only), Greek, Aramaic, Syriac and Coptic should also be given in Times New Roman font.

Headings

As far as possible, try to keep to a maximum of two levels of headings. The following formatting applies to headings:

First headings: normal case, bold, 14pt

Second headings: normal case, italics, 14pt

Paragraphs

Paragraph breaks are to be marked by line spaces.

Longer quotations (more than 50 words) should be provided in a separate paragraph and indented from the left.

Referencing and footnotes

Only Harvard and Chicago reference systems are accepted, but must be applied consistently within a single article.

Discursive footnotes should only be used where appropriate and be kept to a minimum.

A bibliography must be provided at the end of all articles and contain only the sources referred to in the article.

Plagarism Policy

Stellenbosch Theological Journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical conduct in scholarly publishing. Plagiarism, the act of presenting someone else's work, ideas, or words as one's own without giving proper credit or obtaining appropriate permission, undermines the integrity of the academic community and is strictly prohibited. 

Stellenbosch Theological Jounral employs plagiarism detection software (Turnitin) and manual screening by the editorial team to identify potential instances of plagiarism in submitted manuscripts. If plagiarism is detected and the author fails to satisfactorily address the concerns, the submission will be rejected.

Guidelines for book reviews

We cordially request that authors submit book reviews according to the following guidelines.

All submissions must be linguistically sound, making use of clearly formulated academic language without grammatical and spelling errors. Submissions should also comply with the formatting guidelines provided below.

File format

Book reviews should be submitted in Word format (i.e. as .doc files).

Language

Book reviews may be written in English, Afrikaans or Dutch. English reviews should follow British conventions.

Book details

Reviews should begin with the details of the review copy set out in the following format:

Conradie, Ernst M & Klaasen, John (Book author(s))

The Quest for Identity in so-called Mainline Churches in South Africa (Book title)

2013, Stellenbosch: Sun Press (Year, City, Publisher)

ISBN: 9781920689223 (ISBN Number)

Reviewed by (Name and Surname)

Length

Book reviews should be between 500 and 800 words (unless requested otherwise).

Font

12pt, Times New Roman, 1.5 Line Spacing, Justified Paragraphs.

All Hebrew (Consonants only), Greek, Aramaic, Syriac and Coptic should also be given in Times New Roman font.

Headings

Please do not to use headings in book reviews.

Paragraphs

Paragraph breaks are to be marked by line spaces.

Longer quotations (more than 50 words) should be provided in a separate paragraph and indented from the left.

Copyright Notice

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

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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.

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.

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