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Philosophy of Journal of Religion & Film

For more information, please see Journal of Religion & Film About this Journal page.


Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Journal of Religion & Film provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Journal of Religion & Film, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Journal of Religion & Film. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Journal of Religion & Film, please contact the editors.

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Submission Guidelines

Journal of Religion & Film has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission and authors should format their initial submission as though it were the final version. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a Microsoft Word or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the DigitalCommons@UNO website and/or software agree not to misuse the DigitalCommons@UNO service or software in any way.

The failure of DigitalCommons@UNO to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between DigitalCommons@UNO and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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