Helen Cameron is Public Affairs Officer for the Salvation Army and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology. John Reader is Rector of Ironstone in the Oxford Diocese and former Diocesan Rural Officer. Victoria Slater is Research Officer at OxCEPT, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Chris Rowland is Professor of Biblical Exegesis in the University of Oxford.

'The authors of this book have provided us not only with a valuable account of the importance of theological reflection in a world where human flourishing is contested and in no way guaranteed, but also with a demonstration of the process. This is a brave move, which helpfully allows the reader to see the learning actually happening, and along the way to listen in to a fascincating account of some 'blurred encounters' in pastoral and public theology. Most imaginatively teasing of all is the 'blurred encounter' which happened in the learning process itself over the engagement with scripture.'

Helen Cameron is Public Affairs Officer for the Salvation Army and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology. John Reader is Rector of Ironstone in the Oxford Diocese and former Diocesan Rural Officer. Victoria Slater is Research Officer at OxCEPT, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Chris Rowland is Professor of Biblical Exegesis in the University of Oxford.

'The authors of this book have provided us not only with a valuable account of the importance of theological reflection in a world where human flourishing is contested and in no way guaranteed, but also with a demonstration of the process. This is a brave move, which helpfully allows the reader to see the learning actually happening, and along the way to listen in to a fascincating account of some 'blurred encounters' in pastoral and public theology. Most imaginatively teasing of all is the 'blurred encounter' which happened in the learning process itself over the engagement with scripture.'

Helen Cameron is Public Affairs Officer for the Salvation Army and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology. John Reader is Rector of Ironstone in the Oxford Diocese and former Diocesan Rural Officer. Victoria Slater is Research Officer at OxCEPT, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Chris Rowland is Professor of Biblical Exegesis in the University of Oxford.

'The authors of this book have provided us not only with a valuable account of the importance of theological reflection in a world where human flourishing is contested and in no way guaranteed, but also with a demonstration of the process. This is a brave move, which helpfully allows the reader to see the learning actually happening, and along the way to listen in to a fascincating account of some 'blurred encounters' in pastoral and public theology. Most imaginatively teasing of all is the 'blurred encounter' which happened in the learning process itself over the engagement with scripture.'