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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under review by another journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  • When available, the URLs of the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except in URL addresses), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end.
  • The text follows the stylistic and bibliographical requirements described in the Guidelines for Authors, found in About the Journal.
  • If you submit to a peer-reviewed journal section, the instructions in Guaranteeing a blind review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

All papers must be unpublished and may not have been submitted for simultaneous evaluation in other journals.

Statements, opinions, and concepts expressed in the articles are the authors' responsibility.

All articles will be submitted to the Journal's Editorial Board and for evaluation by peers from outside the institution (double-blind peer review).

 

Papers can be submitted in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French, and the abstract must be presented in the original language of the text with an English translation. Official abbreviations may only be used after a complete first mention.

The following must be included in the paper: authors' names, degrees, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and complete address (not disclosed in the article's publication) for forwarding correspondence by the Editorial Board. The Editor and the Editorial Board are responsible for preparing and delivering papers anonymously for evaluation.

 

Color photos will not be published unless necessary and at the discretion of the Editorial Board.

The articles received are sent to two reviewers for peer review (double-blind peer review). The editors coordinate the information between the authors and the reviewers, and it is up to them to make the final decision on which articles will be published based on the recommendations made by the reviewers. When rejected, the articles are returned with the Editor's justification. If accepted, the texts are revised, edited, and published. Redrafted texts can be sent back where appropriate.

The results are expressed as Accepted, Accepted with reformulations, Not accepted. The following criteria are observed in the evaluation:

  • relevance to the Journal Pistis & Praxis and the field of Theology;
  • consistency and theoretical and conceptual rigor;
  • articulation between objective,
  • theoretical and methodological basis, data analysis, and conclusion;
  • relevant and up-to-date bibliography;
  • originality and contributions to the field; correctness of language and respect for technical standards - ABNT.

For texts to be published, authors must submit a Letter of Assignment of Copyright and Conflict of Interest, available in Editora Champagnat's online submission process.

Authors will be asked to translate some accepted texts into English at the Editor's discretion.

 

Files must be formatted according to the template available on the site. The file will be returned to the author if it does not meet the template specifications.

Model for formatting references:

[For book] SURNAME, N. Title. X ed. Place: Publisher, year.

[For a book chapter] AUTHOR OF PART OF THE PAPER. Title of the part. In: AUTHOR OF THE PAPER. Title of the paper. Edition. Place: Publisher, year. Start-end page number of the part.

[For thesis/dissertation] AUTHOR. Title. Year of defense. Number of sheet(s) or page(s). Thesis, Dissertation, Monograph (Degree and Area) — Teaching Unit, Institution, Place, year.

[For an article published in an event] AUTHOR. Title of the paper. In: NAME OF EVENT, number of the event (if any), year of event, Place of event. Title... (Annals, Abstracts, Proceedings, among others). Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication. Start-end page number of the referenced part.

[For scientific article] AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE. Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Place of publication, volume number, issue number, start-end page number of the article, year/date.

[For legislation] JURISDICTION (country, state, or municipality). Competent judicial body (if any). Title and number of legislation. Details of the source in which the document was published.

[For Papal documents, ex.:] PAUL VI [PAOLO VI]. Lettera Apostolica (Motu Proprio) Ecclesiae Sanctae. 6 August 1966. Vengono promulgate norme per l'applicazione di alcuni Decreti del Concilio Vaticano II. Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1966.

Regarding citation models, they should follow the rules of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). For in-text citations, use the surname and year: Author (year) or (AUTHOR, year); for two authors: Author and Author (year) or (AUTHOR; AUTHOR, year).

For long quotations (more than 40 words), use the template (indented quotation).

 

Authors must declare their respect for the ethical standards of research with human beings following the rules in force. This declaration must be made when submitting the article in a specific field on the submission platform.

It is essential that, while the work is being carried out, the author consults the Journal's online page (https://periodicos.pucpr.br/index.php/pistispraxis/issue/view/2025) and checks the presentation of the published articles, adopting the same format. It is also vital that the author proofreads the work carefully.

Copyright Notice

The author(s) transfer(s), by way of assignment, to EDITORA UNIVERSITÁRIA CHAMPAGNAT, a legal entity governed by private law, registered with the CNPJ/MF under no. 76.659.820/0009-09, established at Rua Imaculada Conceição, no. 1155, Prado Velho, CEP 80.215-901, in the city of Curitiba/PR, the rights specified below and undertakes to comply with the following:

  1. The authors affirm that the work/material is of their authorship and assume total responsibility towards third parties, whether of a moral or patrimonial nature, due to its content, declaring from the outset that the work/material to be delivered is original and does not infringe any intellectual property rights of third parties.
  2. The authors agree to fully, ultimately, and permanently sign over the ownership rights of the paper/material to EDITORA UNIVERSITÁRIA CHAMPAGNAT, free of charge and on an exclusive basis.
  3. The ASSIGNEE will use the paper/material in the way that best suits them, in print and online, including on the website of the EDITORA UNIVERSITÁRIA CHAMPAGNAT journal, and may use, enjoy, and dispose of it, in whole or in part, for:
  • Authorize its use by third parties as an integral part of other papers.
  • Edit, record, and print as many times as necessary.
  • Reproduce in the quantities deemed necessary, in tangible and intangible forms.
  • Adapt, modify, condense, summarize, reduce, compile, enlarge, alter, mix with other content, including images, graphics, digital objects, infographics, and hyperlinks, illustrating, diagramming, fractioning, updating, and carrying out any other transformations, with the participation or express authorization of the authors being required.
  • Translate into any language.
  • Include in a phonogram or audiovisual production.
  • Distribute.
  • Distribute using a cable, optical fiber, satellite, waves, or any other system that allows the user to select the work or production to receive it at a time and place previously determined by the person making the demand and in cases where access to the works or productions is caused by any system that implies payment by the user.
  • Include and store in a physical, digital, or virtual database, including the cloud.
  • Communicate directly and indirectly to the public.
  • Include in a database, archive in printed form, store on a computer, including in a cloud system, microfilm, and other forms of archiving of this kind;
  • Commercialize, disseminate, broadcast, publish, etc.
  • Any other existing or invented form of use.
  1. The authors agree to sign over the rights of the first publication (unpublished) to the Journal, licensed under the CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION LICENSE, which allows the work to be shared with acknowledgment of authorship.
  2. The authors authorize the reproduction and citation of their work in institutional repositories, personal pages, and scientific papers, among others, provided the source is cited.
  3. This transfer is valid throughout the national territory and abroad.
  4. This agreement shall come into force on the date of its signature and is entered into by the parties on an irrevocable and irreversible basis, binding the parties and their successors in title.
  5. Failure by EDITORA UNIVERSITARIA CHAMPAGNAT to accept the article will automatically render this declaration null and void.

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