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Abstract
The article explores threshold concepts in theological reflection. Threshold concepts and a conversational model of theological reflection are defined and some features shared between them are identified. A doctoral research project among students for licensed lay ministry is summarized. Three threshold concepts in theological reflection are identified relating to the interpreted nature of texts, the complexity of theological reflection, and its pervasiveness. These are related to some key features of threshold concepts. The article then turns to threshold concept negotiation in the author's learning about theological reflection. Two further threshold concepts are identified relating to an internally held disposition or habitus of faith and spirituality. The article concludes with a reflective conversation with a biblical text before suggesting that exploration of habitus may have relevance for threshold concept transitions beyond theological reflection.
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† All biblical quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version: Anglicized Ed., 1995. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Quentin Chandler
Quentin Chandler is Principal of the training programme for licensed lay ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough. He draws on twenty years of experience as a parish priest in teaching Practical Theology. He successfully completed a Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology with the Cambridge Theological Federation and Anglia Ruskin University in 2015. He takes up a new role as Director of Ordinands for the Diocese of St Albans in September 2016.