About

Spirituality Studies is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year in English. The journal welcomes original articles from a variety of academic fields that reflect the phenomenon of spirituality in its many forms and from different perspectives.

Spirituality Studies covers a wide range of theoretical and practical (lived spirituality) issues related to contemplative 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 the sharing of personal spiritual experiences of spiritual practitioners in the form of autobiographical essays or poetry. By combining academic and personal approaches to spirituality, the journal aims to provide an exceptional interdisciplinary platform for constructive dialogue among a variety of viewpoints, approaches, and methodologies in the study of spirituality.

The third area of focus for Spirituality Studies is spiritual education. By publishing studies in spiritual education, as well as teaching and methodical materials that reflect the practical experience of educators, Spirituality Studies facilitates education in spirituality and promotes 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 hosted on the website spirituality-studies.org.

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.

All identifying information of the authors will be removed from manuscripts submitted for review. Reviewers are appointed by the Editor-in-Chief from an internal database of reviewers based on the topic and nature of the manuscript being reviewed.

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

The author(s) will be informed by email about the results of the review process and the decision of the Editor-in-Chief. 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 in accordance with its Author Guidelines. All submissions must be the original work of the author(s). Manuscripts should be submitted in English via email (editor@spirituality-studies.org). Publication in Spirituality Studies is not compensated.

Text
The manuscript must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file without any special graphic or typographic changes.

Word Formatting guide download

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

The standard structure of a theoretical research study typically includes a thesis (claim), argument(s) to support the claim, examples from spiritual traditions that support the argument(s), and discussion of opposing views.

The standard format of the manuscript is one column A4 with no headers, footers, or page numbering; all style tags are removed. Paragraphs are separated by spaces, not tabs. The default font is Calibri 12-point. All text is left-aligned. Automatic citations and links are not used. All direct quotations are italicized, but the quotation marks themselves are not.

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

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

The total length of a paper, including illustrations, tables, and figures inserted in the text, should not exceed 50 author pages (90,000 characters including spaces).

Publisher

The Society for Spirituality Studies is an independent NGO dedicated to promoting theoretical and experiential research in spirituality. The Society for Spirituality Studies promotes awareness of the importance of spirituality for personal, interpersonal, as well as social well-being. It facilitates interspiritual, interreligious, and intercultural understanding through dialogue and exchange of scholarship in the study of different spiritual traditions. One of its main goals is to publish Spirituality Studies as an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal, as well as other digital or printed publications. The Society for Spirituality Studies is a proud member of the Slovak Yoga Association and is seated at the website Centrum modernej spirituality.

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