Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on VocationWilliam C. Placher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 26 iul. 2005 - 468 pagini What am I going to do with my life? is a question that young people commonly face, while many not-so-young people continue to wonder about finding direction and purpose in their lives. Whether such purpose has to do with what job to take, whether to get married, or how to incorporate religious faith into the texture of their lives, Christians down the centuries have believed that God has plans for them. This unprecedented anthology gathers select passages on work and vocation from the greatest writers in Christian history. William Placher has written insightful introductions to accompany the selections — an introduction to each of the four main historical sections and a brief introduction to each reading. While the vocational questions faced by Christians have changed through the centuries, this book demonstrates how the distilled wisdom of these saints, preachers, theologians, and teachers remains relevant to Christians today. This rich resource is to be followed by a companion volume, edited by Mark R. Schwehn and Dorothy C. Bass, featuring texts drawn mainly from fiction, memoir, poetry, and other forms of literature. A study guide is available from Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation (PTEV) on their website: www.ptev.org |
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Pagina 5
... Consider your own call , brothers and sisters : not many of you were wise by human standards , not many were ... considering ? " So whatever " vocation " meant , it did not usually mean choice of jobs . 5. Karlfried Froehlich , “ Luther ...
... Consider your own call , brothers and sisters : not many of you were wise by human standards , not many were ... considering ? " So whatever " vocation " meant , it did not usually mean choice of jobs . 5. Karlfried Froehlich , “ Luther ...
Pagina 26
... consider . Why Then Become a Christian ? Yet the church kept growing . More and more people felt called to be Chris- tians . Perhaps a traveling merchant came around with amazing stories about this man named Jesus . Perhaps a friend ...
... consider . Why Then Become a Christian ? Yet the church kept growing . More and more people felt called to be Chris- tians . Perhaps a traveling merchant came around with amazing stories about this man named Jesus . Perhaps a friend ...
Pagina 53
... consider whether Gaius is not good and Lucius wise , by the very reason that he is a Christian ; or a Christian , for the reason that he is wise and good .... Others , in the case of persons whom , before they took the name of Christian ...
... consider whether Gaius is not good and Lucius wise , by the very reason that he is a Christian ; or a Christian , for the reason that he is wise and good .... Others , in the case of persons whom , before they took the name of Christian ...
Pagina 62
... considering the spirituality of the soul , quenched the coal of the other's deceit . Again the enemy suggested the ease of pleasure . But he like a man filled with rage and grief turned his thoughts to the threatened fire and the ...
... considering the spirituality of the soul , quenched the coal of the other's deceit . Again the enemy suggested the ease of pleasure . But he like a man filled with rage and grief turned his thoughts to the threatened fire and the ...
Pagina 67
... consider another ; since in the nature of things there was but one marriage , as there is one birth and one death . She persisted that the man who had been linked to her by her parents ' arrangement was not dead , but that she ...
... consider another ; since in the nature of things there was but one marriage , as there is one birth and one death . She persisted that the man who had been linked to her by her parents ' arrangement was not dead , but that she ...
Cuprins
A Treatise of the Vocations | 232 |
The Temple or The Country Parson | 243 |
The Collar | 247 |
Directions about Our Labor and Callings | 248 |
Directions about Our Labor and Callings | 249 |
The Pilgrims Progress | 256 |
Journal | 264 |
A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England | 270 |
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Letters | 102 |
Chronicle of the Crusade of St Louis | 110 |
The Life of St Francis | 113 |
The Flowing Light of the Godhead | 120 |
Summa Theologiae | 124 |
The Treasure of the City of Ladies | 146 |
The Mission of Joan of Arc | 160 |
The Imitation of Christ | 166 |
Vocations after the Reformation 15001800 | 173 |
An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate | 181 |
The Gospel for the Early Christmas Service | 183 |
Trade and Usury | 185 |
Whether Soldiers Too Can Be Saved | 187 |
A Sermon on Keeping Children in School | 190 |
Cherished Instructions on Sin Excommunication and the Community of Goods | 197 |
The Spiritual Exercises | 209 |
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself | 214 |
Reply to Sor Philothea | 224 |
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life | 273 |
Personal Narrative | 280 |
Journal | 286 |
Sermon 28 Sermon on the Mount8 | 289 |
Sermon 51 The Good Steward | 292 |
Christian Callings in a PostChristian World i8ooPresent | 295 |
Fear and Trembling | 303 |
Divine Calls | 313 |
The Brothers Kammazov | 319 |
Every Mans Life a Plan of God | 323 |
Rerum Novarum | 329 |
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | 334 |
Christianity and the Social Crisis | 337 |
What Shall I Do with My Life? | 341 |
The Cost of Discipleship | 345 |
Relections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God | 356 |
Vocation in Work | 361 |
Selected Writings | 369 |
No Man Is an Island | 377 |
Church Dogmatics | 385 |
Index | 401 |
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