Calling All Years Good
Christian Vocation Throughout Life's Seasons
Published on 5. July 2017
186 pages
978-1-4674-4786-7 (ISBN)
Description
A uniquely comprehensive discussion of vocation from infancy to old age Do infants have a vocation? Do Alzheimer's patients? In popular culture, vocation is often reduced to adult work or church ministry. Rarely do we consider childhood or old age as crucial times for commencing or culminating a life of faith in response to God's calling. This book addresses that gap by showing how vocation emerges and evolves over the course of an entire lifetime. The authors cover six of life's distinct seasons, weaving together personal narrative, developmental theory, case studies, and spiritual practices. Calling All Years Good grounds the discussion of vocation in concrete realities and builds a cohesive framework for understanding calling throughout all of life.
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Kathleen A. Cahalan | Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Calling All Years Good
Christian Vocation throughout Life's Seasons
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07/2017
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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Kathleen A. Cahalan is professor of theology at Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Finding Life's Purposes in God's Purposes (KATHLEEN A. CAHALAN)
- 2. Callings over a Lifetime: In Relationship, through the Body, over Time, and for Community (KATHLEEN A. CAHALAN)
- Introducing Biblical Interludes: Vocation in the Family of God (JANE PATTERSON)
- Childhood: One Such Child (JANE PATTERSON)
- 3. Childhood: The (Often Hidden yet Lively) Vocational Life of Children (BONNIE J. MILLER-MCLEMORE)
- Siblings: Am I My Brother's Keeper? (JANE PATTERSON)
- Adolescence: God Looks on the Heart (JANE PATTERSON)
- 4. Adolescence: Vocation in Performance, Passion, and Possibility (KATHERINE TURPIN)
- Younger Adulthood: A Voice from Within (JANE PATTERSON)
- 5. Younger Adulthood: Exploring Callings in the Midst of Uncertainty (KATHERINE TURPIN)
- Points of Decision in Adulthood (JANE PATTERSON)
- 6. Middle Adulthood: The Joys and Paradoxes of Vocation (MATT BLOOM)
- Elders: Ultimate Values (JANE PATTERSON)
- 7. Late Adulthood: Seeking Vocation Once Again (KATHLEEN A. CAHALAN)
- Blessing the Next Generation (JANE PATTERSON)
- 8. Older Adulthood: Vocation at Life's End (JOYCE ANN MERCER)
- Resurrection and God's Vindication (JANE PATTERSON)
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
