Disruptive Inclusion

Jen Smith is a tutor at the Queen’s Foundation Birmingham. She has a Masters in Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena California and a PhD in Theology from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Her doctoral research focused on Christian adult learning methodology and she is passionate about facilitating conversation about what it means to teach and learn both in the church and other theological educational settings.

• Acknowledgements:Prologue:Part I: Re-directing the conversation1: Me, you and Christian adult learning2:From here to somewhere else: why and how?Interlude: Learning in and from the BiblePart II: Re-defining the task3: The Christian basis for adult learning. Theology practised4: The Christian basis for adult learning. Practice theologised5: The Christian distinctives of disruptive inclusion: new questions and new answers to old questions.Part III: Re-shaping practice6: Disruptive inclusion and classroom learning17: Disruptive inclusion from the pulpit8: Disruptive inclusion and online learningEpilogue: always under construction?

"Jen provides a helpful contribution for those interested in reflecting on how adults can learn in a way that is Christian. The book invites us to embrace the disruptive in church life as well as in the classroom, as part of our Christian journey. Jen weaves personal stories together with biblical reflection, great anecdotes and important literary voices."