Called beyond our selves : vocation and the common good / edited by Erin VanLaningham.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• VanLaningham, Erin, editor.

Series:

• Oxford scholarship online.
• Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Moral education (Higher).
• Vocation.
• Common good.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The concept of vocation in higher education helps undergraduates explore what it means to live a meaningful life. This volume situates vocation within the context of the common good and emphasizes the interconnectedness of individual life and communal life. In this meeting place between self and others, we are called beyond our selves. The contributors - drawing from diverse academic disciplines and experiences - propose that when we prioritize the well-being of all, our notions of success and purpose are elevated. They argue that this necessary shift in vocational frameworks allows college educators to challenge dominant ways of thinking about vocation as well as thinking about what is 'common' and what is 'good.'

Contents:

• Foreword / by Marjorie Hass
• Introduction. Whose Good Life?: Vocation and Communal Flourishing
• Part 1. Vocation in the Commons
• Part 2. Transformations of the Common Good
• Part 3. Pedagogies and Practices for the Common Good
• Part 4. Callings of Campus, Community, and Beyond
• Epilogue. Towards an Ecology of the Common Good: Vocation in the Gaps.

Notes:

• This edition also issued in print: 2024.
• Includes index.
• Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 29, 2023).

ISBN:

• 0-19-769194-3
• 0-19-769192-7
• 0-19-769193-5

OCLC:

1406103118