Focus and Scope

Scope: Arts and Humanities/Religion/Islamic Studies/Comparative Religious Studies

Scope: Social and Behavioral Sciences/ Theology and Ethics

Cumhuriyet theology journal  has been a central forum for scholars of religion since its founding in 1996 (e-Journal in 2004).

It continues to publish compelling original research that contributes to the development of scholarly understanding and interpretation in the history and philosophy of religious thought in all traditions and periods - including the areas of Islamic Studies, Judaic Studies, Christianity, Comparative Religious Studies, Theology and Ethics. 

Journal language was Turkish (with an abstract and summary in English). Furthermore, two issue are published in a year (15 June-15 December). 

This journal uses double-blind review fulfilled by at least two reviewers. In addition, all articles are checked by means of a program in order to confirm they are not published before and avoid plagiarism.

Section Policies

İç Kapak

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Contents

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Editorial

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Original Papers - Articles

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Articles

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PhD Abstracts

A dissertation abstract needs to give a reader a sense of your argument in a very short form, no more than 250-300 words. It should begin by introducing the general area of study in which your topic intervenes and then make clear the central argument of your work in the first two sentences. It should provide a sense of the methodological approach that you use in analyzing your topic and provide a compelling yet very brief description that lets readers know why your study is worthwhile and what is distinct about it. Avoid quoting other scholars in your abstracts, providing excessive detail, and listing topics chapter by chapter. It is most important to provide an overview in a succinct fashion.

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Kitap İncelemesi / Book Reviews

Kitap İncelemesi / Book Reviews

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Toplantı Tanıtımları / Symposium-Conference Reviews

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Dergi Yayın ve Makale Yazım İlkeleri / Editorial Principles and Style Guidelines

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Peer Review Process

1. Submissions to Cumhuriyet theology journal should be original articles evaluating previous studies in the field and should produce new and worthwhile ideas and perspectives. 
2. An article to be published in Cumhuriyet theology journal should not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Papers presented at a conference or symposium may be accepted for publication if this is clearly indicated.
3. This journal uses double-blind review fulfilled by at least two reviewers (Double-blind peer review: Reviewers are unaware of the identity of the authors, and authors are also unaware of the identity of reviewers.) In addition, all articles are checked by means of a program in order to confirm they are not published before and avoid plagiarism
4. Type of peer review: Cumhuriyet theology journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are hidden from each other, throughout the review process. The authors and reviewers are responsible to show their efforts to conceal the identities from being known to each other. This involves the authors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties: The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc. With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file.
5. The review process: Section Editor is assigned to handle the editorial process by Editors. Submission is typically sent to two reviewers for evaluation. Then, Section Editor works with two reports, and submit a unified report to the author(s). Article in order to be accepted to the journal must take a positive evaluation from two referees. When necessary, the third referee or the advisory committee may be asked to contribute to the evaluation process.
6. Length of Review Process: The publication process of the accepted work lasts 2-8 months from the date of receipt.
7. Plagiarism policy: Plagiarism is defined to present a portion or all the work of others as their own. Duplication or self-plagiarism is the reuse of a portion or all of the work in another article without citing the original work. 

Open Access Policy

1. Cumhuriyet theology journal is Open Access according to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition. By this we mean that the journal's articles have "free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself."
2. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research free available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
3. Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. 
4. The base URL for our repository:  http://cumhuriyet.dergipark.org.tr/api/public/oai/cuifd
5. Every research article published in Cumhuriyet theology journal is immediately accessible to everyone, at no charge. 

Plagiarism Policy

CrossCheck is a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality.  Cumhuriyet theology journal uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Wherever you see the “CrossCheck Deposited” or “CrossCheck Depositor” logos, you can be reassured that the publisher whose content you are reading is committed to actively combating plagiarism and publishing original research. View Cumhuriyet theology journal’s plagiarism policy here. To find out more about CrossCheck visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html iThenticate is the leading provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology used worldwide by scholarly publishers and research institutions to ensure the originality of written work before publication. iThenticate helps editors, authors and researchers prevent misconduct by comparing manuscripts against its database of over 50 billion web pages and 130 million content items, including 40 million works from 590 scholarly publisher participants of CrossCheck, a service offered by CrossRef and powered by iThenticate software. iThenticate is developed by Turnitin, the leader in plagiarism and originality checking for educational institutions worldwide.

Editorial Principles

Cumhuriyet theology journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice (June 15 and December 15) a year by Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Theology, Sivas/Turkey

1. In this journal publishes academic essays that produced in the fields below: Basic Islamic Sciences: Tafsir, Kalam, Hadith, Islamic Law, History of Islamic Sects, Sufism, Arabic Language and Literature.
2. Philosophy and Religious Sciences: Philosophy of Islam , Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religious Education, History of Religions, History of Philosophy, Logic. Islamic History and Arts: History of Islam, History of Islamic Arts, Turkish Islamic Literature, Religious Music.
3. Submissions to Cumhuriyet theology journal should be original articles evaluating previous studies in the field and should produce new and worthwhile ideas and perspectives. 
4. An article to be published in Cumhuriyet theology journal should not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Papers presented at a conference or symposium may be accepted for publication if this is clearly indicated.
5. The language of Cumhuriyet theology journal  is Turkish as spoken in Turkey. However, each issue may include articles in English or in Arabic as long as the number of these do not exceed one-third of the total number of articles in the issue.
6. Articles submitted to Cumhuriyet theology journal are first reviewed by the Editorial Board in terms of the journal's publishing principles. Those found unsuitable are returned to their authors for revision. Academic objectivity and scientific quality are considered of paramount importance. Submissions found suitable are referred to two referees working in relevant fields. The names of the referees are kept confidential and referee reports are archived for five years. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other negative, the article may be forwarded to a third referee for further assessment or alternatively, the Editorial Board may make a final decision based on the nature of the two reports. The authors are responsible for revising their articles in line with the criticism and suggestions made by the referees and the Editorial Board. If they disagree with any issues, they may make an objection by providing clearly-stated reasons. Submissions which are not accepted for publication are not returned to their authors.
7. This journal uses double-blind review fulfilled by at least two reviewers. In addition, all articles are checked by means of a program in order to confirm they are not published before and avoid plagiarism.
8. The DOI number is assigned to all the articles published in the journal.
9. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research free available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
10. Each issue is forwarded to libraries and international indexing institutions within one month after its publication.
11. The royalty rights of the articles accepted for publication are considered transferred to Cumhuriyet theology journal Editorial Office. 
12. Authors have full responsibility for the views express ed in their articles and for their stylistic preferences. 
13. Quotations from other articles are permitted as long as they are fully referenced and cited.
14. Title of the article: The title should suit the content and express it in the best way, and should be written in bold letters. The title should not consist of more than 10-12 words.
15. Abstract: The article should include an abstract in Turkish at the beginning. The abstract should explain the topic clearly and concisely in a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 150 words. The abstract should not include references to sources, figures and charts. Keywords of 5 to 8 words should be placed at the end of the abstract. There should be a single space between the body of the abstract and the keywords. The keywords should be comprehensive and suitable to the content of the article. The English and Russian versions of the title, abstract and keywords should be placed at the end of the article. In case the Russian abstract is not submitted, it will be added later by the journal.
16. Body Text: The body of the article should be typed on A4 (29/7x21cm) paper on MS Word in Size 11 Times New Roman font using 1,5 line spacing. Margins of 2,5 cm should be left on all sides and the pages should be numbered. Articles should not exceed 7.000 words including the abstract and bibliography. Passages that need to be emphasized in the text should not be bold but italicized. Double emphases like using both italics and quotation marks should be avoided.
17. Section Titles: The article may contain main and sub-titles to enable a smoother flow of information. The main titles should be fully capitalized while the sub-titles should have only their first letters capitalized and should be written in bold characters. The sub-titles should be followed by a colon and the text should continue in the same line following the colon.

Manuscript Style

NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cumhuriyet theology journal reguires writers to use the The Chicago Manual of Style “notes and bibliography” system of referencing: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Cumhuriyet theology journal - Guidelines for Authors: http://dergi.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/public/journals/1023/CUJFT_GuidelinesforAuthors_2016.pdf

First citation: author(s) first name and last name, title, (if applicable) first and last name of translator or editor, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, page number.

Subsequent citations: author’s last name and the page number are sufficient; if the work cited is the only work from the author. If the article cites multiple works written or edited by the author, the last name, the short title, and the page number should be indicated in all subsequent citations. Footnote citations should conform to the following examples.

References: References should be placed at the end of the text in alphabetical order. If a source has more than one author, the surname and name of the first author should be written, and the other authors should be indicated by et.al. The titles of books and journals should be italicized; article titles and book chapters should be placed in quotation marks. Translator’s and editor’s names (if there are any) should follow the title of the work: 

BOOK

a) One Author: 


1. Talip Özdeş, Maturidi’nin Tefsir Anlayışı (İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2003), 15.

2. Özdeş, Maturidi’nin Tefsir Anlayışı, 47.

1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.

2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3.

Bibliography:

Özdeş, Talip. Maturidi’nin Tefsir Anlayışı. İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2003.

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.

b) Two Authors

1. Ömer Lütfi Barkan ve Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi, İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri 953  Tarihli ( İstanbul: İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti, 1973), 520.

2. Barkan ve Ayverdi, İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri, 159.

1. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945 (New York: Knopf, 2007), 52.

2. Ward and Burns, War, 59–61.

Bibliography:

Barkan, Ömer Lütfi ve Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi. İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri 953 Tarihli,  İstanbul: İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti, 1973.

Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf, 2007.

c) Three or More Authors


For three or more authors, list all of the authors in the bibliography; in the note, list only the first author, followed by et al. (“and others”):

1. Bekir Topaloğlu v.dğr., İslam’da İnanç Esasları (İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları, 1998), 25.


2. Topaloğlu v.dğr., İslam’da İnanç Esasları, 36.

1. Mitchell L. Eisen, Jodi A. Quas, and Gail S. Goodman, eds., Memory and Suggestibility in the Forensic Interview (Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Assoicates, 2002), 65.

2. Eisen and et al., Memory and Suggestibility in the Forensic Interview, 67.

Bibliography:

Topaloğlu, Bekir,  Y. Şevki Yavuz, İlyas Çelebi. İslam'da İnanç Esasları. İstanbul: İFAV Yay.,1998.


Eisen, Mitchell L., Jodi A. Quas, and Gail S. Goodman, eds. Memory and Suggestibility in the Forensic Interview. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

d) Translation

1. Francis Dvornik, Konsiller Tarihi, İznik’ten II. Vatikan’a, trc. Mehmet Aydın (Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, 1990), 11. 

2. Dvornik, Konsiller Tarihi, 23. 

1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, trans. Edith Grossman (London: Cape, 1988), 242–55.

2. Marquez, Cholera, 33.

Bibliography:

Dvornik, Francis. Konsiller Tarihi, İznik’ten II. Vatikan’a. trc. Mehmet Aydın, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, 1990. 

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London: Cape, 1988.

e) Chapter or Other Part of a Book

1.Hişam İbrahim Mahmud, “Mukaddime,” Telhisü’l-edille içinde, thk. Hişâm İbrâhim Mahmûd (Kahire: Dâru’s-Selâm, 1431/2010), 14.

2. Mahmud, “Mukaddime”, 34.

1. John D. Kelly, “Seeing Red: Mao Fetishism, Pax Americana, and the Moral Economy of War,” in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, ed. John D. Kelly et al (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010), 77.

2. Kelly, “Seeing Red,” 81–82.

Bibliography:

Mahmud, Hişam İbrahim. “Mukaddime.” Telhisü’l-edille içinde, thk. Hişâm İ̇brâhim Mahmûd, Kahire: Dâru’s-Selâm, 1431/2010, 5-44.

Kelly, John D. “Seeing Red: Mao Fetishism, Pax Americana, and the Moral Economy of War.” In Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, edited by John D. Kelly, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell, and Jeremy Walton, 67–83. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

ARTICLE

a)    Printed:

First Citation: author(s) first name and last name, title, journal title, (if applicable) volume number:, (if applicable) issue number, date of publication, page number. Subsequent citations: author(s) last name, short title, page number. 

1. Adem Çiftci,  “İslam Ceza Hukukunda Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme,” Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 19:1 (Haziran 2015), 23.

2. Çiftci,  “Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme,” 23.

1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.

2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53.

Bibliography:

Çiftci, Adem. “İslam Ceza Hukukunda Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme.” Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 19:1 (15 Haziran 2015), 23-46.

Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.

b)    Online:

1.Ramazan Altıntaş, “Naslar Karşısında Aklın Değerse Durumu”, Kelâm Araştırmaları Dergisi 1/1 (2003): 411, erişim 22 Şubat 2016, http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/kader/article/view/1076000016

2. Altıntaş, , “Naslar Karşısında Aklın Değerse Durumu”, 17.

1. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network”, American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, doi:10.1086/599247.

2. Kossinets and Watts, “Origins of Homophily,” 439.

Bibliography:

Altıntaş, Ramazan. “Naslar Karşısında Aklın Değerse Durumu.” Kelâm Araştırmaları Dergisi 1/1 (2003): 11-20. Erişim 22 Şubat 2016. http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/kader/article/view/1076000016.

Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

For encylopedia entries, the author’s name and surname are written first. These are followed by the title of the entry in quotation marks, the full name of the encyclopedia, , the place and date of publication, its volume number and page numbers:

1. Ömer Faruk Akün, “Âlî Mustafa Efendi,” Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, c. 2 (Ankara 1989), 416.


2. Akün, “Âlî Mustafa Efendi”, 416

1. As’ad Abukhalil, “Maronites,” in Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, ed. Philip Mattar, 2nd ed., vol. 3 (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004), 1491-92.

2. Abukhalil, “Maronites,” 1492.

Bibliography:

Akün, Ömer Faruk. “Âlî Mustafa Efendi.” Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. c. 2. Ankara 1989, 416-17.

Abukhalil, As’ad. “Maronites.” In Encycloedia or the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Edited by Philip Mattar. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1491-92.

DISSERTATION

For theses and dissertations, the following order should be followed: name of the author and surname, full title of thesis in italics, thesis type, the name of the university and date.

1. Abdullah Demir, “Ebû İshâk Zâhid es-Saffâr’ın Kelâm Yöntemi” (Doktora tezi, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2014), 122.

2. Demir, “Zâhid es-Saffâr’ın Kelâm Yöntem,”  22.

1. Akyüz, İsmail, “Türkiye’de Muhafazakar Yardım Kuruluşları” (Yüksek Lisans tezi, Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2008), 33.

2. Akyüz, “Türkiye’de Muhafazakar Yardım Kuruluşları,” 23.

1. Mihwa Choi, “Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty” (PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2008), 55.

2. Choi, “Contesting Imaginaires,” 59.

Bibliography:

Demir, Abdullah. “Ebû İshâk Zâhid es-Saffâr’ın Kelâm Yöntemi.” Doktora tezi, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2014.

Choi, Mihwa. “Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty.” PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2008.

Akyüz, İsmail. Türkiye’de Muhafazakar Yardım Kuruluşları.” Yüksek Lisans tezi, Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2008.

Language of Publication

1.  The language of CUJFT is Turkish as spoken in Turkey.
2. However, each issue may include articles in English or in Arabic as long as the number of these do not exceed one-third of the total number of articles in the issue.

Review of Articles

1. Articles submitted to CUJFT are first reviewed by the Editorial Board in terms of the journal's publishing principles.
2. Those found unsuitable are returned to their authors for revision.
3. Academic objectivity and scientific quality are considered of paramount importance.
4. Submissions found suitable are referred to two referees working in relevant fields.
5. The names of the referees are kept confidential and referee reports are archived for five years.
6. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other negative, the article may be forwarded to a third referee for further assessment or alternatively, the Editorial Board may make a final decision based on the nature of the two reports.
7. The authors are responsible for revising their articles in line with the criticism and suggestions made by the referees and the Editorial Board. If they disagree with any issues, they may make an objection by providing clearly-stated reasons.
8. Submissions which are not accepted for publication are not returned to their authors.

Submission or processing charges

Cumhuriyet theology journal does not charge any article submission, processing charges, and printing charge from the authors.