Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

In-text citations and reference lists should be presented according to the APA style, the basic principles of which are presented below. If in doubt, use the following website: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines

1. Structure of the paper and format of the text

-          Language: English or Polish;

-          Length of text: 7000–7500 words;

-          Font: 12-point Times New Roman; spacing: 1.5 line; margins: 3 cm (left), 2.5 cm (other);

-          Include an Abstract and keywords (max. 5) at the beginning of the paper;

-          The main text should be divided into sections and numbered: 1. Introduction; 2. … (for sub-sections: 2.1. …; 2.2. …, etc.); 3. …; 4. …; 5. Conclusion;

-          Include a list of references at the end of the paper (sorted alphabetically);

-          If necessary, include footnotes;

-          Short quotations (fewer than 40 words) should be incorporated into the text (with single quotation marks, 12-point Times New Roman); quotations of 40 words or more should be written as block quotations (indented, without quotation marks; 10-point Times New Roman);

-          Include an ellipsis (a sequence of three dots with a space before and after) to indicate omitted words within a quotation.

2. In-text citation style

-          One author: Bagrowicz (2000) or (Bagrowicz, 2000) or (Bagrowicz, 2000, p. 12); (Chałas, 2018, 2019); (Śliwerski, 2004a, 2004b);

-          Two authors: Ciechowska and Walulik (2018) or (Ciechowska & Walulik, 2018, pp. 87–88);

-          Three or more authors: Biernat et al. (2018, p. 225) or (Biernat et al., 2018, pp. 225–226);

-          Use alphabetical order when the number of sources for the same citation is greater (Biernat, 2016; Nowak, 2010; Stępkowski, 2019);

-          Group author with abbreviation: (Ministry of Science and Higher Education [MSHE], 2020), and in the next citation (MSHE, 2020);

-          Biblical texts: (Mc 9:7; 1Ti 4:12–16);

-          Documents of the Catholic Church: (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2012 [CCC], no. 369), and in the next citation (CCC, no. 370);

-          Secondary sources: (MacIntyre, 1998, p. 105, as cited in Kaźmierczak, 2019, p. 96);

-          If the same work is cited in the next quote: (ibidem, p. 107).

3. List of references

-          Books: Ferguson, G. A. & Takane, Y. (2002). Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education. New York: McGraw-Hill.

-          Chapters in books: Opiela, M. L. (2017). Developing religious and patriotic feelings in pre-school aged children in Sisters Servants’ nurseries. In F. W. Wawro & A. Lendzion (Eds.), Educational and Psychosocial Dimension of Experience (pp. 235–279). Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.

-          Journal articles: Horowski, J. (2018). What conditions education for forgiveness in terms of the neo-Thomistic philosophy of education. Journal of Religious Education, 66(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-018-0054-z

-          Edited books: McCosker, P. & Turner, D. (Eds.). (2016). The Cambridge Companion to The Summa Theologiae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

-          Unpublished Master’s or Doctoral dissertations: Waga, L. (2016). Rola doświadczenia w tworzeniu wiedzy pedagogicznej [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

-          Websites: Hughes, P. M. & Warmke, B. (2017). Forgiveness. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 5, 2020, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/

-          Legal acts: Ustawa z dnia 9 czerwca 2011 r. o wspieraniu rodziny i systemie pieczy zastępczej (Dz. U. 2011 Nr 149, poz. 887).

-          If a book or journal article includes a DOI, include the DOI at the end of the reference. 

4. Tables and figures

-          Include a number for each table/figure, as well as a title, above it;

-          Data presented in tables should not be repeated in the text;

-          If the data included in a table is from your own research/notation, specify the source as follows: Source: Own study.

-          Include information on independent variables at the top of the table: L=…

-          Present dependent variables as percentage values (without specifying the number L in each category) in the sidebar(s) of the table.

Example:

Table 1
            Respondents’ declared basis of faith

Source: Own study.