Focus and Scope

Teleios: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen (Journal of Theology and Christian Religious Education) focuses on theological studies that integrate contemporary and interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the meaning and relevance of theology in the modern context, as well as studies on Christian Religious Education that are committed to exploring and criticizing the various dynamics and challenges that arise in Christian religious education in the digital and multicultural era. We welcome articles that explore the relationship between theology and Christian Religious Education with social, cultural, political, technological, and ecological issues, and how they can contribute to the understanding and solution of complex global challenges.

Core Areas:

1. Theology and Technology:

• Interaction between theology and technological developments, including digital ethics, artificial intelligence, and bioethics.
• Theological studies on the impact of technology on religious life and individual as well as community spirituality.

2. Theology and Ecology:

• Theological perspectives on environmental crises and climate change.
• Ecological theology and human responsibility towards creation.

3. Theology and Social Justice:

• Theological analysis of social justice issues, including human rights, poverty, and gender equality.
• The role of religion in supporting social movements and public policy.

4. Biblical Theology:

• In-depth and critical study of biblical texts in historical, cultural, and literary contexts.
• Interpretation and application of biblical texts in contemporary contexts.

5. Systematic Theology:

• Development and analysis of the major theological doctrines of Christianity.
• Dialogue between systematic theology and contemporary issues such as ethics, politics, and science.

6. Theology and Mental Health:

• The relationship between theology and mental health, including studies on the role of religion in recovery and psychological well-being.
• Theological approaches to psychological issues such as depression, anxiety, and trauma.

7. Urban Theology:

• Theological reflections on urbanization, city life, and urban ministry.
• The role of theology in addressing urban poverty, migration, and social fragmentation.

8. Christian Religious Education in Families, Schools, and Communities

• Christian Religious Education in Families, Schools, Communities focuses on Christian religious education in various social contexts. It includes an analysis of the methods, curricula and practices of religious education in homes, schools and communities.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Some policies in the review of Teleios Journal:

All manuscripts submitted to this journal (Teleios: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen) must follow the focus, scope, and author guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must fulfil criteria of scientific merit, novelty, or new contribution to knowledge appropriate to the focus and scope of this journal.

All submitted manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking (please use Turnitin to check the similarity). Editors will also check the similarity of manuscripts in this journal by using Turnitin software.

1. The Editors will review the submitted article that follow the guidelines, focus and scope and template of the journal provided
2. The review process in this journal employs a double-blind peer-review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.
3. In the review process, the article will be reviewed by at least two reviewers to ensure the quality of the article.
4. In the review process, the reviewers ensure the quality of the articles of its title, abstract, discussion and conclusion. Besides, the reviewers also address the novelty and its contribution to the scientific discussion and verify the plagiarism and ethics of publication.
5. The reviewer also provide feedback on whether the article is accepted, rejected or need minor or major revision.

Reviewers are required to recommend a particular course of action, but should bear in mind that the other reviewers of a particular manuscript may have different technical expertise and/or views, and the editors may have to make a decision based on conflicting advice. The most useful reports, therefore, provide the editors with the information upon which a decision should be based, setting out the arguments for and against publication.

Editorial decisions are not a matter of counting votes or numerical rank assessments, and we do not always follow the majority recommendation. We try to evaluate the strength of the arguments raised by each reviewer and by the authors, and may also consider other information not available to either party. Our primary responsibilities are to our readers and to the scientific community at large, and in deciding how best to serve them we must weigh the claims of each manuscript against the many others also under consideration.

We may return to reviewers for further advice, particularly in cases where they disagree with each other, or where the authors believe they have been misunderstood on points of fact. We therefore ask that reviewers should be willing to provide follow-up advice as requested. We are very aware, however, that reviewers are usually reluctant to be drawn into prolonged disputes, so we try to keep consultation to the minimum as we judge necessary to provide a fair hearing for the authors.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Author Fee

Teleios Journal charges the following fees:

Submit article: Rp. 0,-
Article publication: Rp. 350,000,-
The article (accept) will be published after showing proof of Publication Fee transfer to 081331834627 (WA only). Transfer at 516701001027539 BRI an. Anatje Ivone S Lumantow. Publication fees include Plagiarism Check (Turnitin) and DOI.

Journal Contact

Publication Ethics

Teleios: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen, e-ISSN 2798-0642 (Online), 2798-1797 (Print), is a peer-reviewed journal published by Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Transformasi, Indonesia. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of posting an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewed and the publisher. This statement based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

For Authors:

1. Reporting Standards: Authors must provide an accurate presentation of the original research report as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Researchers must present research results honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate manipulation of data. A manuscript must contain sufficient detail and references to enable other people to repeat the research. Cheating or intentionally presenting inaccurate data is unethical and unacceptable behavior. Manuscripts must follow the journal submission guidelines.
2. Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure writing completely original work. Manuscripts may not be submitted to more than one publisher simultaneously, unless there is approval from the editor for joint publication. Relevant previous work and publications, whether by other researchers or the author's own, should be acknowledged and properly referenced. Primary literature should be cited whenever possible. Original words taken directly from publications by other researchers should appear in quotation marks in accordance with standard citation techniques.
3. Multiple, Redundant, or Simultaneous Publication: In general authors may not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable behavior. Multiple publications originating from a single research project should be clearly identified and the primary publication should be referenced
4. Source Acknowledgment: Authors must acknowledge all data sources used in research by citing them. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others should always be made.
5. Article Authorship: Authorship of a research publication must accurately reflect the individual's contribution to the work and its reporting. Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct or interpretation of the research being reported. Others who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The author also ensures that all authors have seen and approved the submitted version of the manuscript and the inclusion of their names as co-authors.
6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must clearly disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.
7. Fundamental Errors in the Published Work: If the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the submitted manuscript, then the author must immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and work with the editor to retract or correct the manuscript.

For Editors:

1. Publication Decision: Based on the review report from the reviewer, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript. The validity of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers should always drive the decision. Editors can be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and are limited by applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may consult with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. Editors must be responsible for everything they publish and must have procedures and policies to ensure the quality of the material they publish and maintain the integrity of the articles published.
2. Manuscript Review: The editor must ensure that each manuscript is first evaluated by the editor for originality and conformity with the scope of the journal. Editors must ensure that the peer review process is carried out fairly and wisely. Editors should explain the peer review process through information for authors. Editors must carry out appropriate peer review of manuscripts being considered for publication by selecting people with adequate and relevant expertise and trying to avoid them from conflicts of interest.
3. Fair Play: The editor must ensure that every manuscript accepted by the journal is reviewed in terms of its intellectual content without considering the gender, gender, race, religion, nationality, etc. of the author.
4. Confidentiality: Editors must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors is kept confidential. Editors should critically assess any potential breaches of data protection and author confidentiality.
5. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The Journal Editor will not use material not intended for publication disclosed in a submitted manuscript without the written consent of the author. Editors should not be involved in decisions about manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.

For Reviewers:

1. Confidentiality: Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors must be kept confidential. They may not be shown or discussed with others except as permitted by the editor.
2. Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Reviewers should identify relevant published works referenced by the author. Reviewers should immediately notify the editor if they discover any irregularities, potential violations of publication ethics, become aware of substantial similarities between the manuscript and concurrent submission to another journal or published article, or suspect that an error may have occurred during the research or writing and submission of the manuscript.
3. Objectivity Standard: Review of submitted manuscripts must be conducted objectively and reviewers must express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Reviewers should follow the journal's instructions regarding the specific feedback required of them, unless there is an argumentative reason not to do so. Reviewers should be constructive in their reviews and provide feedback that will help authors to improve their manuscripts. Reviewers should clarify which additional suggested studies are essential to support the claims made in the manuscript under consideration.
4. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Information or ideas specifically obtained through peer review activities must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
5. Timeliness: Reviewers must respond within reasonable time limits in accordance with established policies. Reviewers only agree to review a manuscript if they are reasonably confident they can return the review results within the proposed or mutually agreed deadline, and inform the journal immediately if they require an extension. In the event that a reviewer feels it is impossible for him to complete the manuscript review within the specified time, he must communicate with the editor so that the manuscript can be sent to another reviewer.

Plagiarism Chechker

To maintain and ensure the originality of the manuscript, each manuscript submitted will be checked for similarity using iThenticate software from Turnitin. The permitted similarity tolerance limit is a maximum of 20%. Manuscripts that exceed the 20% similarity limit will be returned. Carrying out a similarity check after the submitted manuscript is declared in accordance with the Focus & Scope of the TELEIOS Journal

Licensed and Copyright

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

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. 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.
3. 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.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Indexing and Abstracting

Teleios Journal is indexed by:

1. Google Scholar
2. Science and Technology Index (SINTA)
3. Dimensions
4. Garba Rujukan Digital
5. Moraref
6. Scilit
7. WorldCat