Disciples' call : theologies of vocation from scripture to the present day

Disciples' call : theologies of vocation from scripture to the present day / edited by Fr Christopher Jamison, O.S.B.

There is currently no shared language of vocation among Catholics in the developed, post-modern world of Europe and North America. The decline in practice of the faith and a weakened understanding of Church teaching has led to reduced numbers of people entering into marriage, religious life and prie...

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Other Authors: Jamison, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013.
Subjects:
Vocation > Catholic Church.
Conduct of life.
Spiritual life > Christianity.
Table of Contents:
  • What theologies of vocation are to be found in the Bible? / Fr John Hemer
  • Did the early monastic tradition have a concept of vocation? / Fr. Richard Price
  • The church as a mission / Fr Richard Lennan
  • 'The will to enter religious life does not need to be tested to see whether it is from God' (ST II-II 189:10) : can Aquinas' understanding of vocation still work? / Fr Joseph Bolin
  • The Spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and their contribution to a theology of vocation / Sr Gemma Simmonds
  • How did the reformation develop the theology of vocation / The Very Revd David Hoyle
  • A note on the Imitation of Christ and vocation in the post-reformation church / Abbot Geoffrey Scott
  • 'The irreducible particularity of Christ' : Hans Urs von Balthasar's theology of vocation / Sr Gill Goulding
  • What is distinctive about vocations to religious life? / Sr Cathy Jones
  • A note on apostolic religious life / Dr Susan O'Brien
  • Vocation to the diocesan priesthood / Fr Stephen Wang
  • How is marriage to be understood as a vocation? How is it connected to the clerical state / Fr Yuriy Kolasa
  • The psychology of vocation: nurturing the Grail quest / Dr Peter Tyler
  • A culture of vocation / Fr Christopher Jamison.

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