Focus and Scope

"Theology and Man" is a quarterly journal that has been published since 2003 at the Nicolas Copernicus University and is edited by academics from the Faculty of Theology in partnership with an international academic council of theologians. The first editor-in-chief of the journal in the years 2003-2020 was Rev. prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Konecki. From October 1, 2020, this function is performed by Rev. dr hab. Daniel Brzezinski, prof. NCU.

Each issue contains four sections: 1 - Theology, 2 - Family, 3 - Ecumenism, 4 - Orient.

The main objective of the publication is to present academic research, and to discuss and analyse current trends and tendencies taking place in different fields of modern theology, such as the Bible, dogmatic theology, fundamental theology, the theology of liturgy, the theology of spirituality, pastoral theology, catechetics, homiletics, and the history of the Church. Since philosophy is taught as part of the program at the Faculty of Theology, the publication also addresses philosophical problems. Apart from tackling strictly theological issues, authors also discuss the current pastoral problems of the Church related to changes of social, economic, cultural and political nature. They stress challenges posed to the Church by various social phenomena, such as migration for employment, discrimination, the meeting of cultures, the secularization of life, and especially the preservation of one's faith identity while opening up to others. The publication takes on difficult questions related to the defence of life, euthanasia, human rights and human dignity, which reflects the fact that it is interested not only in theology, but also in man.

Such a broad range of discussed problems obliges to a call for cooperation with theologians from various academic institutions in Poland and abroad.  From the very beginning, the publication offered opinions of foreign authors representing theological thoughts of academic centres in Germany, Spain and Italy.

The section entitled "Ecumeny" allows a discussion about current issues related to dialogue and the meetings of different religions and denominations. "Reports" talk about important events and achievements of numerous academic centres. "Reviews" present Polish and foreign publications from various subfields of theology.

Our publication is available online as well as in hard copy; however, it is always printed first.

It features on the list of quality publications that are awarded points by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science . In 2021 we were awarded 100 points.

The journal provides article download statistics on demand.

Program "Development of Scientific Journals"

We would like to kindly inform you that the scientific journal "Theology and Man" has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Science under the program entitled "Development of Scientific Journals" (project no. RCN/SP/0281/2021/1). The amount of funds awarded was 25,000 PLN.

The aim of the project was to carry out activities aimed at raising the level of publishing and editing practices, increasing the journal's impact on the development of science, and maintaining the journal in international scientific circulation. The project implementation period was 24 months (28.09.2022 - 27.09.2024), during which eight issues from 59(2022)3 to 66(2024)2 were published.

Peer Review Process

Reviewing Procedure

In order to provide an objective and thorough assessment, all articles are reviewed in accordance with the principle of double-blind review, carried out by two independent reviewers. Based on these reviews, the Editorial Team can make a decision to reject or accept the text, or return it to the author for correction.

Application Form

In order to have their articles reviewed, all authors need to submit a completed application form, which can be downloaded here.

Open Access Policy

The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the principles of non-exclusive license Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Article Processing Charges and Submission Charges

The "Teologia i Człowiek" welcomes article submissions and does not charge  a submission or publication fees.

Archiving policy

Long-term preservation service(s) where the journal "Teologia i Człowiek" is currently archived: the backup of the server of Nicolaus Copernicus University.

Scientific Council

Ks. prof. dr hab. Klaus Baumann (Uniwersytet Alberta Ludwiga we Freiburgu; Niemcy)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Waldemar Chrostowski (Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Wojciech Cichosz (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu)
Prof. dr Bishara Ebeid (Uniwersytet Ca’ Foscari w Wenecji; Włochy)
Prof. dr Barbara Ghelfi (Uniwersytet Boloński; Włochy)
Ks. prof. dr Constantin Bajau (Uniwersytet w Krajowej; Rumunia)
Bp prof. dr Enrico Dal Covolo (Papieski Uniwersytet Laterański w Rzymie; Watykan)
O. prof. dr Joseph Ellul (Uniwersytet Maltański, Malta)
Prof. dr Leandro Gaitan (Uniwersytet Nawarry w Pampelunie; Hiszpania)
Ks. prof. dr Jose Gutierrez Martin (Papieski Uniwersytet Świętego Krzyża w Rzymie, Watykan)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Konecki (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Dariusz Kotecki (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu)
Prof. dr Lydia Salviucci (Papieski Uniwersytet Gregoriański w Rzymie; Watykan)
Bp prof. dr Manel Nin (Papieski Instytut Liturgiczny św. Anzelma w Rzymie; Watykan)
Prof. dr hab. Martin Tamcke (Uniwersytet Georga Augusta w Getyndze; Niemcy)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Jan Perszon (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Henryk Sławiński (Uniwersytet Papieski  Jana Pawła II w Krakowie)
Ks. prof. dr Manlio Sodi (Uniwersytet Carlo Bo w Urbino; Włochy)
Ks. prof. dr Jacob Thekeparampil (Instytut Badań Ekumenicznych św. Efrema w Kottayam; Indie)
Ks. prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Werbiński (Kolegium Jagiellońskie w Toruniu)