About the Journal

KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen

KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal that aims to disseminate novel conceptual thoughts, ideas, and research results across the fields of biblical theology, multicultural theology, church mission, and the history of the development of Christianity.

Kamasean in the Toraja language is derived from the root word mamase (compassion and love to give). However, it is used in a broad sense, such as to bestow or use to pity. The interaction between the lover and the beloved is the part that wants to be highlighted. This insight touches on the essence of the relationship between God and His people as found in the Christian faith. Humans experience "grace" (gifted-grace) from God. God's mercy opens the way for humans to experience new relationships, new promises, or new lives with Him.

In His teaching, Jesus Christ showed how to live in the love that humans need to build good interactions with God and others (Matt 22:37–40). Interaction in the spirit of love declares God's mission in the practice of living a believer's life. Realizing the news about the Kingdom of God, compassion, transformation, and empowerment.

Journal Information:
Journal Title	: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen
Journal Abbreviation	: Kamasean
DOI Prefix	: 10.34307/kamasean by Crossref
Frequency	: 2 issues per year (June and December)
Print ISSN	: 2722-8657
Online ISSN	: 2722-8800
Editor In Chief	: Deflit Dujerslaim Lilo
Publisher	: Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja

Focus and Scope

KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal that aims to disseminate novel conceptual thoughts, ideas, and research results across the fields of biblical theology, multicultural theology, church mission, and the history of the development of Christianity.

The scope of the journal includes:
1. Multicultural Theology
2. Contextual Biblical Theology
3. Congregational Development
4. History of Christianity
5. Church Mission

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. All open-access articles are published and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It allows authors and readers to copy, use, distribute, modify, or redistribute articles for any lawful purpose in any media, provided they give appropriate credit to the original author and KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen as the publisher, link to the license, indicate if changes have been made, and redistribute any derivative works under the same license.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

The other archiving system used by the journal is the LOCKSS. LOCKSS collects, preserves, and serves this archival unit for all published articles.

Journal History

2020: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen has been published since June 2020, with a frequency of publication of two times a year (June and December).

2020: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen published the first volume in June under the coordination of the first Editor in Chief, Yohanes Krismantyo Susanta, M.Th.

2021: Darius, M.Th., serves as the new Editor in Chief.

2022: The journal management structure of KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen has changed as of February 2022. The new Editor in Chief is Deflit Dujerslaim Lilo.

2022: This journal has implemented an updated form of article templates since January 2022, which can be downloaded here.

2022: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen transfers the copyright of every article published in this journal to the authors starting from volume 3, number 1 (2022).

2022: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen has been accepted into DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). All articles from volume 1, issue 1, have been indexed in DOAJ.

2022: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen has been accredited with a Sinta 4 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, No. 204/E/KPT/2022, starting from Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020) to Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024). The accreditation certificate can be viewed and downloaded here.

2022: To increase the quality and quantity of publications in KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen encourages us to consistently include six articles in one issue from Volume 3 No. 2 (2022) onward.

2023: To display the DOI number of the journal article when the authors cite it in the manuscript, this journal uses the Turabian 9th edition (Full Note) as the new citation format, starting from Vol. 4, No. 1 (June 2023).

2023: KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen uses a new journal cover design.

2025: In response to the dynamic use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journal publications, KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen implements an AI usage policy. TThis policy will apply to Volume 6, Issue 2, December 2025, and subsequent publications. The AI policy can be found here: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Policy.