SCM Studyguide: Theological Reflection

By Judith Thompson with Stephen Pattison and Ross Thompson

This book provides an accessible guide to the key issue of relating belief and practice, offering a step-by-step introduction to theological reflection, its evolutionary roots in liberation theology, and how to go about it. Readers are invited to explore a variety of methods and choose an approach that suits them and their situation. The emphasis is practical throughout, providing a ‘toolkit’ and many lived examples. Making connections with prayer, the Bible, psychology, theology and ethics, the book shows how theological reflection can transform decision-making and action in personal spirituality, in ministry, and in the institutions in which we work, stimulating new connections between faith and life.

Contents

Part 1: What is PTR?

Chapter 1: What Theological Reflection is - and what it isn't.
Chapter 2: PTR in Practice: Some simple paradigms
Chapter 3: Ways and Means: A variety of PTR Approaches and Models

Part 2: The Elements of PTR and its Basic Resources

Chapter 4: The Place of Scripture in PTR
Chapter 5: God, Gaps and Glory - The Kairos Moment
Chapter 6: PTR in the context of daily and community life - Chronos
Chapter 7: PTR and Personality: Differences in thinking, feeling, learning and doing

3: The Wider Perspective

Chapter 8: PTR and Theology
Chapter 9: PTR, Ethics, Institutions, and the Wider World
Chapter 10: PTR for Life - not just for Courses

Part 4: A Toolkit for PTR