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LIETUVIŠKAI
   
SOTER: religijos mokslo žurnalas =
 
Journal of Religious Science
 
 
Journal address in the institutional repository eLABa
 
 
                           Publishers: 
Vytautas Magnus University.
Faculty of Theology
 
Published since:
1924–1939,
1999–
Periodicity:
 
Quarterly, 2006–

Twice a year, 1927–1939, 1999–2005
ISSN:
1392–7450
 
Editorial office:
Gimnazijos str. 7
LT-44260 Kaunas, Lithuania
Phone: +370 37 322 406
Fax: +370 37 323 477
              soter@ktf.vdu.lt

                              

 
 
Editorial board
  
Chairman: 
  • Prel. Prof. dr. (hp) Vytautas Steponas Vaičiūnas (Vytautas Magnus University, Theology)
Deputy chairman: 
  • Prof. Habil. dr. Alfonsas Motuzas (Vytautas Magnus University, Ethnology)
International editorial board:
  • Mons. prof. Habil. dr. Piero Coda (Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Theology)
  • Prel. Prof. Habil. dr. Henryk Misztal Th (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Church Law)
  • Can. Prof. Habil. dr. Marek Chmielewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Theology)
  • Rev. Prof. Habil. dr. Jan Perszon (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Theology)
  • Prof. dr. Anita Stašulāne (Daugavpils University, Theology)
  • Prof. Algis Mickūnas (Ohio University, USA, Philosophy)
  • Prof. Vidas Balčius (Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Theology)
  • Assoc. Prof. dr. Susan K. Roll (Christ the King Seminary, USA, Theology)
  • Rev. Habil. dr. Jόzef Łupiński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Theology)
  • Rev. habil. dr. Waldemar Żurek (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Church History)
Regional editorial board:
  • Prof. Habil. dr. Antanas Tyla (The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, History)
  • Prof. Habil. dr. Algirdas Gaižutis (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Philosophy)
  • Rev. Prof. dr. Kazimieras Meilius (Mykolas Romeris University, Church Law)
  • Prof. Habil. dr. Stasys Vaitekūnas (Klaipėda University, Social Geography)
  • Prof. Habil. dr. Romualdas Apanavičius (Vytautas Magnus University, Ethnology)
  • Rev. Prof. dr. Romualdas Dulskis (Vytautas Magnus University, Theology)
  • Rev. Prof. dr. Andrius Narbekovas (Vytautas Magnus University, Theology)
  • Rev. Prof. dr. Arvydas Ramonas (Klaipėda University, Theology)
  • Can. Prof. dr. Kęstutis Žemaitis (Vytautas Magnus University, Theology)
  • Prof. dr. Jonas Juškevičius (Mykolas Romeris University, Civil Law)
  • Prof. dr. Birutė Obelenienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Educology)
  • Prof. dr. Albinas Plėšnys (Vilnius University, Philosophy)
  • Rev. Assoc. Prof. dr. Saulius Rumšas OP (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Theology)
  • Assoc. Prof. dr. Irena Eglė Laumenskaitė (Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary, Sociology)
  • Assoc. Prof. dr. Agnė Širinskienė (Mykolas Romeris University, Theology)
  • Assoc. Prof. dr. Marija Oniščik (Vytautas Magnus University, Philosophy)

 

About publication
 
Scientific Magazine had been published since 1924 by Faculty of Theology-Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University and renewed in 1999 by Faculty of Catholic Theology at Vytautas Magnus University. 4 annual volumes are published in Lithuanian, English, German, French, Italian, Polish and Russian languages. The Magazine is supervised by the Chancellor of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Vytautas Magnus University, the Archbishop Metropolitan Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ.
     
 
Information for authors
     
Articles prepared for publishing must have the following structural components: annotations (in Lithuanian and English) and main words (in Lithuanian and English), introduction where the scientific problem is formulated, its relevance and examination revealed; well-defined research object, subject, aim and tasks, described methodology and methods of the research (if the research is of empiric nature, it must have a well-formulated hypothesis); results of the research and their conclusions, references, list of sources and literature used (it is not allowed to provide the works that are not analysed in the article), plot summary of the article written in English; if the article is written in foreign language it also must contain the summary in Lithuanian.
 
Structure of the article in a particular order:
  • Author's name and last name;
  • Annotation and keywords (in Lithuanian and English);
  • Title of the article;
  • Preface;
  • Research results;
  • Inference;
  • References;
  • Sourcebooks and literature;
  • Summary in foreign language.
Items presented separate from the article:
  • About the author: name, last name, pedagogical and scientific degree, the name of the institution where he/she works, workplace or home address; an electronic mail address or a phone number must be included as well;
  • Scientific review written by the expert of a certain subject; second review will be given by the editorial staff;
  • Annotations in Lithuanian and English (up to 500 characters); key words (in English and source language) at the discretion of the author might be included in web search system.
Requirements:
  • One copy of the article is presented for the editorial staff of the magazine. The copy must be prepared by computer and printed using laser printer on just one side of A4 paper size. The stuff also must get the disk with the digital copy of the article (done in PC Windows and using Win Word).
  • Articles may be written in one of seven languages: Lithuanian, English, German, French, Italian, Russian or Polish. Articles written in Lithuanian will be edited.
  • The size of the article is 20 000–40 000 characters.
  • The articles must be typed using personal computer, Win Word word processors and Times New Roman font.
  • The text is edited in A4 size paper with the following margins: top – 2 cm., bottom – 1,5 cm., left – 3 cm. and right – 1,5 cm.
  • The first page must contain: the name of the author(s) in lowercase, the surname must be in uppercase using font of 13 pt. size (right aligned), the name of the article is provided using font of 16 pt. size in lowercase (centre aligned).
  • The text is typed using font of 11 pt. size. The first line of the paragraph is 4 mm. away from the side.
  • Titles of introduction, chapters and subchapters are typed using 15 pt. bold font size (lowercase). They are left aligned.
  • In introduction, words like the object of the research, aim, tasks, methods, hypothesis or assumption are written using expanded font spacing.
  • Surnames of non-Lithuanian origin are provided in original, e.g. J. J. Rousseau.
  • The names of Vatican documents are provided in original.
  • References are provided at the end of the paper before the list of sources and literature. The title REFERENCES is typed in 14 pt. bold font size in uppercase. The main biographical data of the cited books, collections of articles and magazines are written using 10 pt. font size in the following order:
Surname of the author [authors] (the whole surname, its initial letter) [if there are several authors, surnames are separated by commas]. This part of the schedule is written in italics, the full stop follows the initial of the name. Headline is typed using normal font with the full stop following it and it is necessary to provide the place of publishing (e.g.: Vilnius, Kretinga, Rome etc.). After that, it is necessary to put a full stop and provide the date of publishing and put a full stop again. Volume or part is indicated by capital letters Vol. or P. followed by a full stop. Then, capital letter S is written in order to indicate pages where citation was taken from (it is necessary to indicate the pages in the references) e.g.: Wolonczewskis M. Žemajtiu Wiskupiste. Wilniuj. 1848. Vol. I. S. 37. If the source of citation is of non-Lithuanian origin then heading and pages of a publication are indicated in original language e. g.: Mucha Kl. Kreuzweg unseres Herrn Jesus Christus in sieben ausgewählten Stationen // Ölbergandachten - Kreuzwege / Prälat Georg Schneider. München. 1988. S. 4-12 arba Sczaniecki P. Slużba Boża w dawnej Polsce. Poznań. 1963. S. 21-22).
If a book has only a compiler or editor, the headline of the book comes first and then punctuation mark / is placed. After that, a compiler or editor is indicated in original spelling (initial letter of a name and the whole surname), e. g.: Lietuvos geografija / sud. M. Vabalas. Vilnius. 1948. Vol. I. S. 37-48.
Paragraphs are provided instead of pages after the citation of church documents and Christian Church Catechism, e.g.: Katalikų Bažnyčios katekizmas. Kaunas. 1996. 1554.
Documents of Council of Vatican II are indicated in references by providing a source, which is followed by // mark. After that, the headline of a book is written and full stop is placed, which is followed by the place of publication and again the full stop. Then, the time of publication is written and the full stop is placed, at the very end the number of paragraph is indicated, e.g. Dogminė konstitucija apie Bažnyčią Lumen gentium // Vatikano II Susirinkimo nutarimai. Vilnius. 2001. 148–149.
Citations from collection of articles, magazine or newspaper are provided by indicating the surname of their author [authors] (the whole surname and the initial letter of a name) [if there are several authors, then the surnames are separated by commas]. This part of the schedule is typed in Italics; a full stop is placed after the initial letter of a name. After that, the title of an article is written using normal font. The title is followed by the // mark which precedes the title of a collection or publication and a full stop is placed. Then, the place of publication and publishing house is indicated, which are followed by a full stop and the date of publication with a full stop. After that, the number, full stop and the page of the citation are written, e. g.: Genutis A. Tarnaujančios kunigystės samprata Vatikano II Susirinkimo dokumentuose // SOTER. Kaunas. Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla. 2001. N. 5 (33). P. 2–12. Titles of articles collection, magazine or newspaper are usually written without inverted commas.
If an article taken from the Internet or periodic publication, it is necessary to keep to the requirements of text indication as strict as possible. First, the surnames of the author or authors are indicated (if present) that are followed by the initial letters of their names and a full stop is placed. Then, the title of the text is written, which is followed by: comma, date, comma, pages (if necessary), // mark, the whole Internet address, comma and the date when the source was found (very desired), e. g.: LR energetikos įstatymas, 1995 03 28, Nr. 1-828, 1–3 str. // www.lrs.lt. 1998 10 12; The Federal Arbitration Ac, US Code, Title 9 // http://www.internationaladr.org/. 2002 01 04.
Usually only journals and some online books are assigned a DOI, other types of reference do not have a DOI. When article is assigned a DOI: Linhares A., Brum P. Understanding our understanding of strategic scenarios: What role do chunks play? // Cognitive Science. 2007. Vol. 31 (6). P. 989–1007. doi: 10.1080/03640210701703725.
When article is not assigned a DOI, provide holding database home or entry page URL.
The initial letter of the article author and the whole surname (in Italics), etc. are written in the references using lowercase, e.g.:

REFERENCES

1. Matulaitis J. Užrašai. Vilnius: Aidai. 1998. S. 8
2. Kviklys B. Lietuvos bažnyčios. Chicago. 1987. P. 6. S. 513-514.
3. Motuzas A. "Švč. M. Marijos Valandų" giesmių lietuviškoji kilmė // LKMA Metraštis. Vilnius. 2001. Vol. 18. P. 316–345.
4. Vasiliauskas J. Pedagoginė praktika – mokytojų rengimo sritis // Švietimo reforma ir mokytojų rengimas: konferencijos tezės. Vilnius: VPU. 1994. P. 31–32.
 

A full reference is provided when a book or an article is mentioned for the first time. Later, it can be shortened in the references in the following way: surname of the author, comma, the text 'ibid.' Is written using normal font, full stop, volume / part / number, full stop and page. References are numbered in turn, e. g.:

1. Wolonczewskis M. Žemajtiu Wiskupiste. Wilniuj. 1848. P. I. S. 37.
2. Wolonczewskis. Ibid. P. I. S. 37-38.
3. Vaišnora J. Marijos garbinimas Lietuvoje. Roma. 1958. S. 375.
4. Wolonczewskis. Ibid. P. I. S. 39.5.
5. Ibid.
 
When a foreign author is cited by providing a translation it is necessary not to distort author's minds. Therefore, it is purposeful to provide the author of translation, e. g.: (my translation – A. M. [letters of the name and surname]) or (A. K. translation from English [letters of the name and surname]).
After the references, the list of sources and literature is provided in original language using 10 pt. font size and numerated according the alphabet. Sources of Latin letters go first later, sources of Russian letters. It is necessary to provide the author, title, place of publication (publishing house), date, full stop, volume or part is indicated by capital letters Vol. or P., etc. The title Literature and Sources is written using 14 pt. bold font size in capital letters, e.g.:

LITERATURE AND SOURCES

Boruta J. Kunigo Ambraziejaus Jakavonio žūties 50-osios metinės // Voruta. 1993. Gegužės 27 – birželio 10 d.
Motuzas A. Lietuvos Kalvarijų Kryžiaus kelių istorija, apeiginiai papročiai ir muzika. Kaunas. 2003.
Ulčinaitė E. Vilniaus akademijos teisės profesūra // Mokslas ir gyvenimas. Vilnius. 1978. N. 5. S. 16–25.

 

At the end summary of 0,5–1 pages is published. If an article is written in Lithuanian, the summary must be written in English. If an article is written in one of foreign languages the summary must be in English and in Lithuanian. First, the name of the author is written using 10 pt. bold font size in lowercase, while the surname is written in uppercase using 10 pt. bold font size. The title of an article is written in uppercase using single line spacing and 14 pt. bold font size. Title Summary is written using single line spacing and 10 pt. extended spacing font size in lowercase. The title is left aligned and separated by single line interval. The text of the summary is written using 10 pt. font size.

Page numbers of the articles are numerated in published text using ordinary pencil in bottom right corner.

 

Databases
  • Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) – since 2003
  • LITUANISTIKA – since 2003, 10 –
  • The Philosopher's Index (prieiga per OCLC) – since 2005
 
Open access
  • The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – since 2006
  • Electronic Academic Library of Lithuania (eLABa)
 
 
 
       
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