Elaine Graham is Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology at The University of Manchester. She is the author of Making the Difference: Gender, Personhood and Theology (Mowbray, 1995), Transforming Practice (Mowbray, 1996, 2nd edition, 2002) and Representations of the Post/Human (Manchester, 2002). 伊萊恩·格雷厄姆（Elaine Graham）是曼徹斯特大學（The University of Manchester）社會與教牧神學的撒母耳·弗格森（Samuel Ferguson）教授。她著有《創造差異：性別、人格和神學》（Mowbray，1995 年）、《轉化實踐》（Mowbray，1996 年，第 2 版，2002 年）和《後/人類的表徵》（曼徹斯特，2002 年）。
Heather Walton is Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Glasgow and co-director of the Centre for Literature, Theology and the Arts. She researches in the field of literature and theology and is co-editor, with Elizabeth Stuart, of the journal Theology and Sexuality (Sage). 希瑟·沃爾頓（Heather Walton）是格拉斯哥大學（University of Glasgow）實用神學講師，也是文學、神學和藝術中心（Centre for Literature， Theology and the Arts）的聯合主任。她在文學和神學領域進行研究，並與伊莉莎白·斯圖爾特 （Elizabeth Stuart） 共同編輯了《神學與性》（Sage） 雜誌。
Frances Ward is an Anglican parish priest and Honorary Canon of Manchester Cathedral in the Diocese of Manchester, UK. She is author of Lifelong Learning: Theological Education and Supervision (SCM Press, 2005), co-editor of Studying Local Churches: A Handbook (SCM Press, 2005) and Editor of the journal Contact: Practical Theology and Pastoral Care. 弗朗西斯·沃德 （Frances Ward） 是英國聖公會教區神父和英國曼徹斯特教區曼徹斯特大教堂的名譽教士。她著有《終身學習：神學教育與監督》（Lifelong Learning： Theological Education and Supervision ，SCM 出版社，2005 年），合編了《研究地方教會：一本手冊》（Studying Local Churches： A Handbook，SCM 出版社，2005 年），並編輯了《接觸：實用神學與教牧關懷》（Contact： Practical Theology and Pastoral Care）雜誌。
Theological Reflection: 神學反思：
Methods 方法
Elaine Graham, Heather Walton and Frances Ward 伊萊恩·格雷厄姆、希瑟·沃爾頓和法蘭西斯·沃德
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Contents 內容
Introduction 介紹
I ‘Theology by Heart’: The Living Human Document I8 I 心中神學：活生生的人類文獻 I8 {:[2," 'Speaking in Parables': Constructive Narrative Theology ",47],[3," 'Telling God's Story': Canonical Narrative Theology ",78]:}\begin{array}{llr}2 & \text { 'Speaking in Parables': Constructive Narrative Theology } & 47 \\ 3 & \text { 'Telling God's Story': Canonical Narrative Theology } & 78\end{array}
4 ‘Writing the Body of Christ’: Corporate Theological Reflection 4 〜書寫基督的身體〝：集體神學反思
5 ‘Speaking of God in Public’/ Correlation 大 F I38 5 '在公共場合談論上帝'/ Correlation 大 F I38
6 ‘Theology-in-Action’: Praxis 晈 T] 170 6 'Theology-in-Action'： 實踐 晈 T] 170
References 230 參考資料 230
Index 243 索引 243
Introduction 介紹
Method or Mystique? 方法還是神秘？
Students and teachers in adult theological education, ministerial formation and the twin disciplines of pastoral studies and practical theology have become familiar over the past two decades with the frequently used phrase ‘theological reflection’. A sizeable literature has developed in this area of work, reflecting a growing body of research material (Ballard and Pritchard, 1996; Elford, I999; Pattison, Thompson and Green, 2003; Walton, R., 2003; Warren, Murray and Best, 2002). Prevailing understandings and expectations have consolidated to the stage that practitioners in various contexts - seminaries, universities and local churches - now have a range of pedagogical techniques and resources to use as they reflect theologically. 在過去的二十年裡，成人神學教育、牧師培育以及教牧研究和實踐神學這兩個學科的學生和教師已經熟悉了經常使用的短語「神學反思」。。在這一工作領域已經發展了大量文獻，反映了越來越多的研究材料（Ballard 和 Pritchard，1996 年;埃爾福德，I999;Pattison、Thompson 和 Green，2003 年;沃爾頓，R.，2003 年;Warren、Murray 和 Best，2002 年）。普遍的理解和期望已經鞏固到這樣一個階段，即不同處境中的實踐者——神學院、大學和地方教會——現在有一系列的教學技巧和資源可供使用，因為它們在神學上反映了。
So why another book on the subject? Our argument - and correspondingly, our intention in writing - is to point out that often the reality does not fit the rhetoric. ‘Theological reflection’ is still easier said than done. Received understandings of theological reflection are largely under-theorized and narrow, and too often fail to connect adequately with biblical, historical and systematic scholarship. So we hope that this book will enable participants to engage in patterns of theological reflection that are richer in the sources they draw on, more diverse in their knowledge-base, more rigorous and more imaginative, so that those undertaking theological reflection today may gain confidence and insight from a realization that what they do is a perennial and indispensable part of the history of Christian doctrine. It is our contention that ‘theological reflection’ is not a novel or exceptional activity. Rather, it has constituted Christian ‘talk about God’ since the very beginning. 那麼，為什麼還要寫一本關於這個主題的書呢？我們的論點——以及相應的寫作意圖——是要指出現實往往與修辭不符。“神學反思”說起來容易做起來難。對神學反思的公認理解在很大程度上是理論化不足和狹隘的，而且往往無法與聖經、歷史和系統的學術研究充分聯繫起來。因此，我們希望這本書能使參與者參與到神學反思的模式中，這些模式在他們所借鑒的來源上更豐富，在他們的知識基礎上更多樣化，更嚴謹，更有想像力，這樣那些今天進行神學反思的人可以從意識到他們所做的是基督教教義歷史中永恆的、不可或缺的一部分中獲得信心和洞察力。我們認為，“神學反思”不是一項新穎或特殊的活動。相反，它從一開始就構成了基督教的 「談論上帝」。。
