Streit-Kultur (StK)
Journal for Theology
Edited by Philipp David (responsible according to press law), Anne Käfer, Malte Dominik Krüger, André Munzinger
Advisory board: Reinhard Bingener, Ruth Conrad, Alexander Filipović, Christine Helmer, Hendrik Munsonius, Georg Pfleiderer, Michael Quante, Michael Seewald, Jayne Svenungsson, Gyburg Uhlmann
Volume 4 (2026) / Price per volume (1 issue with approx. 80 pages)
The ability to think critically is more necessary than ever. As discourses take place in bubbles, a culture of respectful argumentation is lacking, so it also is with matters of religion and theology. The theological journal Streit-Kultur aims to ease the way for those interested in society and the church, in schools and universities to access issues and voices in topical social and theological debates.
Each annual journal is dedicated to debating one theological issue from a variety of perspectives, and includes controversial editorials, short commentaries, interviews, and book reviews. Attention to quality and diversity is paid by the editors when selecting expert contributors. An academic advisory board advises the journal editors, provides thematic suggestions, and proposes authors.
Open Access
This journal is published under the Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) model. This model combines the advantages of a traditional subscription with the benefits of Open Access.
What does S2O mean?
Under the S2O model, a journal’s content is made available via Open Access once a sufficient number of institutional subscriptions have been secured. In this way, Open Access is collectively funded by libraries – without authors incurring publication fees.
What does this mean for your article?
- Initially, your article will be published as an “Online First” release and will be accessible only to subscribers during this period.
- Whether your article appears in Open Access when it is included in an issue of the journal depends on the journal’s subscription status.
- If the required subscriber threshold is reached in February of a given year, the entire volume will be published as Open Access.
- If the threshold is not reached, the volume – and thus your article in an issue of that volume – will not be published as Open Access and will be accessible only to subscribers. - You have the option to ensure the open-access publication of your article by agreeing to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 1,300 EUR in the event that the subscriber threshold is not reached.
Your Benefits of Open Access
Open-access articles are freely available worldwide and are generally read, cited, and referenced more frequently. They thus significantly increase the visibility and reach of your research.
How can you support the S2O model?
Suggest that your library subscribe to the journal.
An institutional subscription enables Open Access for all articles – including your own. At the same time, a subscription is significantly more cost-effective than individual APCs and contributes sustainably to the funding of scholarly publications.
The following journals are published under the S2O model:
Historical Interactions of Religious Cultures (HIReC)
Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences (PTSc)
Religion in the Roman Empire (RRE)
Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ)