Journal of Pastoral Theology (JPT)

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.

Journal of Pastoral Theology (JPT) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, the nature of the discipline, the exercise of caring relationships, the voices of diverse persons, encourage multi-discipline and multi-cultural research, synthesis and construction, the frontiers and parameters of the discipline , Online or Print , 3-issues-year Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1064-9867, E-ISSN: 2161-4504, Established: 1991, Impact Factor: 0.7
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Indexed in: Scopus, WoS

• Not indexed in DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE