January 2024

Greetings to all subscribers to Critical Theology,

We, the publisher and the editors of Critical Theology, want to share some exciting news. Critical Theology is shifting to an exclusively online and open access format.

Beginning with the Winter 2024 issue, Critical Theology
will be available to the public online at this address: en.novalis.ca/products/critical-theology as well as on this website.

Because Critical Theology will be open access, there will be no subscription fee and no paywalls to navigate. Novalis Publishing will work with the editorial team to raise the necessary funds to ensure that Critical Theology will remain accessible to readers at no cost.

We are, furthermore, delighted to announce that we have received initial funding from the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University (Montreal) and from St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo to support this transition. We also have been promised annual financial support through the Genevieve Shaul Connick Chair in Religion at Whittier College, California. We hope that you will continue to read Critical Theology and consider supporting the periodical financially through an annual fundraising campaign.

We want to assure you that the mission of Critical Theology will be sustained. We will continue to publish articles that seek to outline a theology that speaks to the great and often terrible events of our times, including war, the Holocaust, colonialism, the ecological crisis, racial injustice, gender discrimination, and the globalization of the free market system. From its inception during the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), Critical Theology has always sought to inspire people to resist evil, to organize themselves in solidarity with the poor, and to dedicate themselves to living their lives in the service of the common good.

We are truly excited by the possibilities that a digital journal offers: more timely articles, articles and issues of varying lengths, and the ability to reach a larger audience.

Finally, we hope that you will continue to enjoy Critical Theology and that you will continue to support the periodical. Of course, we would be most appreciative if you could share the news with your friends, colleagues, and those in your various networks that Critical Theology is now open access and available exclusively online.

The Editorial Team
Donald Schweitzer (Managing Editor)
Rosemary P. Carbine
Christine Jamieson
Scott Kline

Publishing Director: Jonathan Guilbault

ISSN: 2562-0347