About

Spirituality Studies is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year in English. The journal welcomes original contributions from various academic fields reflecting the phenomenon of spirituality in its multiple forms and from multiple perspectives.

Spirituality Studies covers a wide range of theoretical and practical (lived spirituality) issues related to spirituality, such as processes of spiritual transformation as reported and described in various traditions of mysticism (in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc.) or yoga (in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, new religious movements, etc.). The journal publishes research studies, both theoretical and empirical, academic articles, essays, interviews, reviews, and poetry.

Spirituality Studies also provides a forum for sharing personal spiritual experiences of spiritual practitioners elaborated in a form of an autobiographical essay or poetry. By combining academic and personal approaches to spirituality, the journal aims at providing an exceptional interdisciplinary platform for constructive dialogue between a variety of viewpoints, approaches, and methodologies in the study of spirituality.

The third area of the Spirituality Studies’ focus is spiritual education. When publishing studies in spiritual education as well as teaching and methodical materials, which reflect the practical experience of educators, Spirituality Studies facilitates education related to spirituality and fosters the awareness of the importance of spirituality for personal, interpersonal, and social well-being.

The Spirituality Studies Journal is published by the Society for Spirituality Studies in partnership with the Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique/Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, the European Union of Yoga, and the International Network for the Study of Spirituality twice a year (May, November) in English for an international readership. It is housed on the spirituality-studies.org website.

Academic papers and research studies are peer-reviewed by two experts in the given field who evaluate the significance, originality, placement within the current state of research, clarity, relevance, formal requirements, and language quality of the manuscript. Based on the double-blind review process, the Editor-in-Chief decides whether the text is published.

In manuscripts assigned for reviewing all identification data on their authors are removed. The reviewers are appointed by the Editor-in-Chief from the internal database of reviewers based on the topic and character of the reviewed manuscript.

Spirituality Studies provides its reviewers with the standardized review form, which is available here: Review form

The author(s) is notified about the results of the review process as well as the decision of the Editor-in-Chief via email. This process can be repeated two times before the paper is either finally accepted or rejected.

There is a time limit of 60 days for the reviewer to process the review of a manuscript, and 30 days for the author(s) to revise it.

Spirituality Studies accepts manuscripts edited under its Author Guidelines. All submissions must be the original work of the author(s). Manuscripts are to be submitted in English via email (editor@spirituality-studies.org). Publishing in Spirituality Studies is not remunerated.

Text
The manuscript is submitted as a Microsoft Word file without any specific graphical and typographical edits.

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The research study usually consists of an abstract, keywords, an introduction, the present state of research, an analysis of the chosen area of research or interest, methodology, findings, a discussion of the findings, a conclusion, and references. The research study is usually structured into four parts: objective, method, results, and conclusions.

The format of the manuscript is by default a one-column A4 with no text header, footer, and page numbering; all style tags are removed. Paragraphs are separated by a space, not tabs. As a font standard, Calibri 12-points is required. The whole text is left-aligned. Automated citations and links are not applied. All direct citations are italicized, however, the quotation marks themselves are not italicized.

A list of Notes is located in a separate section between the text and the final list of References. In the text, the number of the note is given in Arabic numerals in square brackets.

All images, tables, and figures are attached separately, while their descriptions are marked and included in the text. All figures are provided in curves. All images are provided with a copyright license granted to the publisher.

The total length of a paper, including images, tables, and figures inserted into the text, should not exceed 50 authors’ pages (90.000 characters including spaces).

Publisher

The Society for Spirituality Studies is an independent NGO devoted to promoting theoretical and experiential research in spirituality. The Society for Spirituality Studies fosters the awareness of the importance of spirituality for personal, interpersonal as well as social well-being. It facilitates inter-spiritual, interreligious, and intercultural understanding through dialogue and exchange of scholarly achievements in the research of various spiritual traditions. One of its major goals is to publish Spirituality Studies as an open access double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal. The Society for Spirituality Studies is a proud member of the Slovak Yoga Association.

Account number
IBAN SK8683300000002900766182
IČO 42407061

Address
The Society for Spirituality Studies
Legal Representative
Martin Dojčár
Pekinská 17
040 13 Košice
Slovakia

E-mail
editor@spirituality-studies.org