Revisiting the idea of vocation : theological explorations / edited by John C. Haughey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haughey, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocation, Ecclesiastical.

Vocation--Catholic Church.

Vocation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until recently theologians have been in a deep slumber about the subject of vocations. This volume represents one of the first awakenings in the theological community to this subject. The ten contributors, all theologians at Loyola University Chicago, present original essays that explore vocations, or callings.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""John C. Haughey, S.J. : The Three Conversions Embedded in Personal Calling ""; ""Camilla Burns: The Call of Creation""; ""Edward Breuer: Vocation and Call as Individual and Communal Imperatives: Some Reflections on Judaism ""; ""Urban C. von Wahlde: “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me� (John 4:34): Jesus as Model of Vocation in the Gospel of John ""; ""Marcia Hermansen: Islamic Concepts of Vocation""; ""Paul F. Harman, S.J. : Vocation and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola ""

""Mark A. McIntosh: Trying to Follow a Call: Vocation and Discernment in Bunyan�s Pilgrim�s Progress """"D. H. Williams: Protestantism and the Vocation of Higher Education ""; ""John P. Neafsey: Psychological Dimensions of the Discernment of Vocation ""; ""Mary Elsbernd: Listening for a Life�s Work: Contemporary Callings to Ministry ""; ""After Words""; ""Contributors""; ""Scriptural Index""; ""General Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2056-4

OCLC:

816506597