Introduction / Fr Christopher Jamison -- Part 1: Foundations of a theology of vocation -- What theologies of vocation are to be found in the Bible? / Fr John Hemer -- Did the desert fathers and mothers have a concept of vocation? / Fr Richard Price -- The Church as mission / Fr Richard Lennan -- Part 2: Conversing with the tradition -- '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 St Ignatius of Loyola and their contribution to a theologiy 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 -- Part 3: Discerning vocation today -- What is distinctive about vocations to religious life? / Sr Cathy Jones -- A note on apostolic religious life / Dr Susan O'Brien -- Vocation to the dioscesan 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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The disciples' call : theologies of vocation from scripture to the present day. ISBN 9780567310996. Published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
