A Manifesto
What is good theology? Theology that is organically linked and firmly rooted in the sources and traditions of Christian doctrine Theology that opens those sources and traditions in a new way, or enables fresh insight from them Theology that comes from and sends one back to prayer Theology that is open to and engaged in life, with all its variety and mess Theology that is humble, aware that there are other insights and that God is bigger than anything it can say Theology that feeds and is fed by the life of the people of God Conversely, bad theology is: Theology that is divorced from, embarrassed by or seeking to remove its biblical or traditional roots Theology that simply repeats or restates traditional or biblical formulae Theology that is nothing more than an intellectual exercise Theology that is only looks inward on a Christian sub-culture Theology that insists on its own veracity, and will not engage with dissenting or differing voices Theology that has no connection to the Chris