Journal of Pastoral Theology

期刊简介：The Journal of Pastoral Theology was established in 1990 by the Society for Pastoral Theology to: Further the understanding of pastoral theology as a theological discipline and to clarify the nature of the discipline; Maintain a view of pastoral theology as a constructive theology that emerges from the exercise of caring relationships, with attention both to present lived experience and to knowledge derived from the past; Provide an intentional forum for the voices of diverse persons, women and men, of many cultural and ethnic backgrounds; Foster multi-cultural understandings of issues in the discipline; Promote and encourage multi-discipline and multi-cultural research in the field of pastoral theology; Provide resources for those who teach and those who study, through recording current research and assessing the relevant literature; Provide for the construction of sound theological principles for guidance and critique of practices of pastoral and spiritual care; and Work creatively, through synthesis and construction, to define the frontiers and parameters of the discipline. Peer Review Policy: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

【译文】《教牧神学期刊》由教牧神学协会于1990年创办，目的是： 进一步了解教牧神学作为一门神学学科，并阐明该学科的性质；坚持将教牧神学视为一种从关怀关系的实践中产生的建设性神学的观点，既关注当前的生活经验，又关注来自过去的知识；为不同文化和种族背景的不同人士、女性和男性的声音提供一个有目的的论坛；促进对学科问题的多元文化理解；促进和鼓励教牧神学领域的多学科和多文化研究；通过记录当前研究和评估相关文献，为教学人员和学习人员提供资源；提供健全的神学原则的构建，以指导和批评教牧和精神关怀的实践；通过综合和构建，创造性地确定学科的前沿和参数。同行评审政策：本期刊发表的所有研究文章都经过严格的同行评审，基于最初的编辑筛选和至少两名匿名审稿人的匿名审稿。