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Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche (ZThK)

Editors: Albrecht Beutel in association with Knut Backhaus, Ruth Conrad, Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt, Thomas Kaufmann, Annette Kurschus, Martin Laube, Hartmut Leppin, Gesche Linde, Reinhard Müller, Thomas Schlag, and Christiane Zimmermann

ISSN 0044-3549 (Print Edition)

ISSN 1868-7377 (Online Edition)

The Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche (ZThK – Journal for Theology and Church) represents the central scholarly organ for the conveyance of historical-critical theology and church practice. To ensure that the critical service theology owes to the church’s administration of religion is provided, highest priority is given to the ability to engage in internal and external theological discourse as well as to the differentiation of perspectives and positional neutrality.
For the last 120 years, the Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche (ZThK – Journal for Theology and Church) has been the leading and all-encompassing German language periodical for Protestant theology. Founded in 1891 and shaped by Adolf von Harnack, Wilhelm Herrmann, and Martin Rade, it remains committed to upholding liberal Protestantism’s legacy of contemporary responsibility. After its publication was put on hold in 1938 following turbulent struggles within the German church, the journal was revived in 1950 under the editorship of Gerhard Ebeling. His successors – Eberhard Jüngel, Michael Beintker, and Albrecht Beutel ¬– have continued to steer the proven course, maintaining the traditional profile, yet ensuring that the ZThK is sensitive and open to current events.
The ZThK remains the main scholarly mouthpiece for the communication of historical-critical theology and church practice today. On its editorial board sit renowned representatives of all the theological disciplines as well as a church leader. Great importance is attached to the ability to engage in internal and external theological discourse as well as to the differentiation of perspectives and positional neutrality; for only in this way can the critical service theology owes to the church’s administration of religion be adequately rendered.
All contributions published in the ZThK undergo an anonymous double-blind review. In addition to German-language texts, studies in English are also occasionally offered to the readership. With each edition offering up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of theological disciplines, or appearing as a themed issue, the journal is published quarterly.

Submissions

Manuskripte werden zusammen mit den identischen Textdaten (im WORD-Format) in digitaler Form ausschließlich an die Redaktion erbeten:

Hannah Piefkowski
Lehrstuhl für Systematische/Reformierte
Theologie
Hausbriefkasten 22
Theologische Fakultät der Universität Göttingen
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2
37073 Göttingen
E-Mail: hannah.piefkowski@theologie.uni-goettingen.de

Time from submission to decision: 12 weeks on average.
Time from submission of final manuscript to publication: 12 weeks on average.

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