- Presentation and objective
The Revista Latinoamericana de Teología is a periodical dedicated to liberation theology. It contributes to disseminate the mature and technical theological production of the great family of liberation theologians, who strive to deepen, mature and perfect the first intuitions, while overcoming the limitations and weaknesses pointed out by constructive criticism.
The Latin American Journal of Theology is open to theologians and theologians who, from any branch of theological knowledge, contribute to the growth and deepening of a theology at the service of salvation and liberation of Latin American peoples. It also includes the voices of theologians from other continents, who wish to collaborate, positively and critically, with this effort.
The journal publishes original and unpublished articles.
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología is cited in the following databases, catalogs and indexes:
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- Sections of the journal and objectives of each section
The Revista Latinoamericana de Teología has no sections.
- Frequency of publication
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología is published every four months.
- Editor
Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA)
- Founder
+Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J.
- General Director
Jon Sobrino, S.J.
Professor and Researcher of the Department of Theology
President of the Monseñor Romero Center Association
José Simeón Cañas Central American University
jsobrino@uca.edu.sv
Rafael de Sivatte Algueró, S.J.
Head of the Department of Theology
Director of the Theology Library “Juan Ramón Moreno”.
Central American University José Simeón Cañas
rsivatte@uca.edu.sv
Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J.
Professor and Researcher of the Department of Theology
Director of the Monsignor Romero Center
José Simeón Cañas Central American University
rcardenal@uca.edu.sv
International Scientific Committee
Leonardo Boff
contato@leonardoboff.eco.br
marciammiranda@terra.com.br
Víctor Codina, S.J.
Cristianisme i Justicie, Barcelona, Spain
victorcodinasj@gmail.com
Enrique Dussel
Autonomous University of Mexico
dussamb@unam.mx
José Ignacio González Faus, S.J.
Cristianisme i Justícia, Barcelona, Spain.
gfaus@fespinal.com
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Notre Dame University
gutierrez500@gmail.com
Pedro Trigo, S.J.
Caracas, Venezuela.
trigodura@gmail.com
- Editing, proofreading, design and layout.
UCA Editors
- Guidelines for authors
The publication of essays or articles is governed by the following guidelines:
a) Articles must have a minimum length of 5 pages and a maximum length of 40 pages. A page is considered one page letter size, single spaced.
b) Articles must be written in Spanish.
c) The typography of the texts can be Georgia, Batang or Century, 12 points.
d) The footnotes of the articles should follow the following format:
- Initial of the author's name and surname, “title of the article”, name of the journal, number of the journal, year of publication, year of publication. journal, journal number, year, pages.
- Initial of the author's name and surname, title of the book, pages, place of publication and year. edition and year.
e) Texts can be submitted in Word format.
f) The article should be sent, in digital format, to the address of the journal by e-mail.
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología declares that it does not charge fees to authors for submitting, processing, publishing or reading articles.
- Open access and copyright policy
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología adheres to the Open Access Policy established by the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas. This policy grants “permanent, free and unrestricted access to scientific and academic content with the aim of promoting the visibility and impact of scientific research”.
The Budapest Open Access Initiative defines open access as “free availability on the public Internet, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of these articles, crawl them for indexing, incorporate them as data in software, or use them for any other legal purpose, without financial, legal or technical barriers other than those inseparable from Internet access itself. The only limitation on reproduction and distribution, and the only role of copyright (economic rights) in this area, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their works and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited”.
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología recognizes and respects the moral rights that authors have over their scientific creations. The patrimonial right will be assigned to the journal, since the University owns the patrimonial right of its intellectual production, including what is published in its journals.
The essays or articles published in the Revista Latinoamericana de Teología will enjoy visibility in all databases, catalogs and indexes in which the journal is included or accepted. Likewise, the works may be downloaded and reproduced for strictly academic and educational purposes. The University and the Revista Latinoamericana de Teología reserve the right to act legally when the scientific creations are used for lucrative purposes.
The essays or articles published in the journal may be disseminated in any media, as long as the original publication data are indicated, respecting the authorship, date of publication and other identification of the journal.
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología is licensed under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
The non-commercial, non-derivative license allows reproduction, distribution and public communication, but not the possibility of commercializing its content or generating a derivative work, such as a derivative work.
nor to generate a derivative work, such as a translation or adaptation, unless permission is requested from the publishers of such work.
In this sense, one is free to:
Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Under the following conditions:
Attribution: credit must be given to this work in an appropriate manner, providing a link to the license, and indicating if changes have been made.
Non-commercial use: the material may not be used for commercial purposes.
No derivative work: if you remix, transform or build upon this material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- Evaluation and refereeing process
The relevance of the topic and its approach and the academic quality of the essay or article published in the journal are guaranteed by the following evaluation process:
The texts are subjected to an evaluation process, under the modality of
academic opinion of blind peers.
Once the manuscript is received, the editor acknowledges receipt by e-mail and informs the author that the text will be evaluated.
informs the author that the text will be evaluated.
The first step consists of an evaluation by the editorial team, which
the relevance of the topic and approach, the quality of the academic writing, and the conformity with the formal
the quality of the academic writing and the conformity with the formal requirements of the journal. If the
team rejects the manuscript, the editor informs the author of the decision and the reasons why his or her contribution is not
reasons why the contribution is not accepted.
The next step is to submit the manuscript for review by at least two blind peers, who issue a peer review.
The next step is to submit the manuscript for review by at least two blind peers, who issue a scholarly opinion.
Once the manuscript has been approved and, if necessary, incorporating the reviewers' suggestions, the
suggestions of the reviewers, the editing process begins.
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología
ISSN: 2789-0406 (Online)|ISSN: 0259-9872 (Print)
Center for Theological Reflection
Central American University José Simeón Cañas
P.O. Box 01-575
San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America
Revista Latinoamericana de Teología