Open Access Policy

Kurios provides immediate open access to all of its published content, on the principle that making scholarly research freely available supports a greater exchange of knowledge in theology and Christian religious education.

Access

All articles are available online free of charge to readers immediately upon publication. Readers, individuals, and institutions alike may read, download, copy, print, search, and link to the full text of the articles without subscription fees, registration, or permission from the publisher or the authors, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Copyright and License

Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant Kurios the right of first publication. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Under this license, users may share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes), provided that they:

  • give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and to Kurios;
  • provide a link to the license and indicate whether any changes were made; and
  • distribute any adapted material under the same license as the original.

Authors may deposit the published version of their article in institutional repositories or on personal websites, provided that Kurios is acknowledged as the original place of publication.

Archiving

The journal encourages the long-term preservation of its content through the journal website and, where applicable, indexing services and digital archives.