Author Guidelines

  General concern

  1. The submitted manuscripts must be the author's original work and never be published;
  2. Manuscripts must write in Indonesian or English.
  3. Verbum Christi accepts an original research paper, both in empirical and conceptual research, which is in line with the focus and scope as well as its novelty and contribution to science.
  4. The journal accepts files in Microsoft Word and WPS Office;
  5. Manuscripts typed on A4 size paper with a margin of 2,5 cm;
  6. The minimum length is 5.000 words, excluding footnotes, bibliography, table, and graphics.
  7. Footnote citations should be used rather than in-text citations. It must follow the Chicago style;
  8. There are no strict format requirements for the manuscript's structure. However, all manuscripts should contain a title, abstract, introduction, literature review (if any), research methods, results and discussion, conclusion, dan bibliography.
  9. The author should refer to the Manuscript Template.

Title

The title should be informative, contain the main keywords, and have no abbreviations. The title should use title case letters in Indonesian and English.

Author(s) Name

Under the title are the full name of the author(s), correspondence email, and institutional affiliation.

Abstract

The abstract consists of 100‒150 words in Indonesian and English and one paragraph including at least research objectives, methods, and findings. For manuscripts in Bahasa, the English abstract is above the Indonesian abstract and vice versa.

Keywords

The manuscript should contain between three and six keywords that represent the topic of the manuscript, are specific, and are not general.

Introduction

The introduction provides an overview that must trigger the reader's attention and interest and state the uniqueness of the research. This part generally consists of (1) the problem backgrounds, (2) gaps in the previous literature (novelty), (3) the purpose, and (4) the contribution. The author should organize the article's structure at the end of the introduction section.

Literature Review (if any)

The literature review presents theories and scientific opinions relevant to the topic under study. The author can describe the manuscript's historical background, contemporary context, theories and concepts, and relevant terminology in this section. The author also identifies controversial areas and contested claims in the selected literature. A theoretical or conceptual framework can be presented in a separate chapter and placed before the Research Methods section.

Research Methods

This section describes the steps involved in executing the study. It must be described clearly and thoroughly, including research design, data collection procedures, and data analysis. Justification for a particular method used is necessary so that the reader can evaluate the suitability and feasibility of the method and the reliability and validity of the research results.

Results

The results should summarize the findings from the data analysis and address the research question and present the data in detail. This section also displays tables and charts, if needed.

Discussion

The discussion should explore and interpret the findings but not repeat the findings in the results section. This chapter can also discuss the findings with previous studies and theories in the introduction section and theoretical debates in the literature review section (if any). This section is argumentative, which contains the author's stance or attitude. The Discussion section can incorporate with the Results section.

Conclusion

The conclusion should include the main findings and state how the research has contributed to the development of science in the area under study. In addition to emphasizing contributions, the Conclusions also contain recommendations and research limitations. Quotations should not accompany conclusions.

References

The sources cited should be included in the bibliography following Chicago standards. Authors can use reference management applications, such as Zotero. Primary literature (i.e., journal articles and proceedings) are preferable, although it can also be books and research reports. The literature used as a reference should be related to the studied problem and expected to have the most recent information (maximum of the last ten years for publishing journals, proceedings, and books).