Faith • Civilization • Theology is committed to honesty, fairness, transparency, academic integrity, and responsible publication practice.
The journal seeks to follow recognised principles of scholarly publishing ethics, including the guidance and best-practice standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). These principles inform the journal’s approach to authorship, peer review, editorial decision-making, conflicts of interest, corrections, retractions, complaints, research integrity, and publication misconduct.
Originality and Source Integrity
Authors must submit work that is original or clearly identified as adapted from their own previously published material.
All quotations, ideas, data, arguments, translations, images, and other material drawn from external sources must be properly acknowledged and cited.
Plagiarism, fabricated references, falsified evidence, deliberate misrepresentation, undisclosed duplicate publication, and inappropriate use of another person’s work are not acceptable.
Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy and reliability of all references and sources before submission.
Author Responsibility
Authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their work, including names, dates, quotations, citations, historical claims, theological interpretations, translations, data, and conclusions.
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a meaningful contribution to the work. All listed authors should approve the submitted manuscript and accept responsibility for its content.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors, reviewers, and editors should disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest that could reasonably affect the presentation, assessment, or editorial decision concerning a manuscript.
Where a conflict exists, appropriate steps will be taken to preserve the fairness and independence of the editorial process.
Peer Review and Editorial Integrity
Manuscripts selected for external review should be assessed fairly and according to their scholarly quality, relevance, originality, responsible use of evidence, and suitability for the journal.
Reviewers should treat manuscripts and related correspondence as confidential and should not use unpublished material for personal advantage.
Final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial decisions will not be influenced by an author’s nationality, institutional status, denominational background, personal beliefs, or other characteristics unrelated to the scholarly merit and suitability of the submission.
Corrections, Retractions, and Withdrawals
Faith • Civilization • Theology may correct, update, retract, withdraw, or remove published material where serious errors, plagiarism, ethical concerns, copyright violations, fabricated evidence, misleading claims, or other substantial problems are identified.
Minor errors that do not invalidate the central argument may be corrected through an editorial correction or updated version.
Where a serious problem affects the reliability or integrity of a published article, the journal may issue a retraction or other appropriate editorial notice in accordance with recognised publication-ethics practice.
Complaints and Concerns
Complaints or concerns relating to editorial conduct, peer review, authorship, plagiarism, conflicts of interest, or published material may be submitted through the journal’s contact page.
Each concern will be considered fairly and, where necessary, investigated before an editorial decision is made.
Appropriate corrections, clarifications, retractions, or other notices may be issued where warranted.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence tools may be used for limited assistance with language, structure, editing, translation, or formatting, provided their use does not replace scholarly judgment, source verification, or author responsibility.
AI systems must not be listed as authors.
Authors remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted content and must verify factual statements, references, quotations, and interpretations before submission.
Where the use of artificial intelligence has materially contributed to the preparation of a manuscript, authors should disclose that use where appropriate.
Copyright and Publication Integrity
Authors must ensure that they have permission to reproduce copyrighted material where permission is required.
Submission of a manuscript confirms that the author has the right to submit the work for publication and that publication will not knowingly infringe the intellectual-property rights of another person or organisation.
Ethical Standards
The journal’s publication-ethics framework is informed by the principles and guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Editor-in-Chief: Daniel J. Grace
Publisher: Faith • Civilization • Theology
Country of Publication: Australia
Integrity concerns and post-publication action
Concerns about plagiarism, duplicate publication, undisclosed competing interests, fabricated or manipulated material, authorship, research ethics or serious error may be reported confidentially to editor@faithcivilizationtheology.com. The journal will assess the evidence fairly and may request an author response or supporting records.
Corrections, retractions and version history
- Minor typographical changes that do not affect meaning may be corrected in the online record.
- Material corrections will be identified by a dated correction notice linked to the article.
- Retractions will preserve the bibliographic record and state the reason, while avoiding defamatory or unnecessary personal information.
- Expressions of concern may be used when a serious question remains unresolved.
Published changes will be made transparently. The journal will not silently replace a version of record when a change affects interpretation, evidence or conclusions.
Research involving people
Where a submission reports research involving human participants, personal data or vulnerable communities, authors must state the relevant ethics approval or explain why formal review was not required, and confirm that appropriate consent and privacy protections were used.
Complaints
Complaints should identify the article, page or process concerned and the requested remedy. The Editor will acknowledge and assess the matter, keep an appropriate record, and communicate the outcome. If the complaint concerns the Editor personally, an independent adviser will be asked to review it where practicable.
Policy record: Last reviewed 9 August 2026. Material changes will be dated on this page.