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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... seemed accessible to contemporary readers or could not secure the permission of copyright holders for the texts I wanted to use ; no doubt the fault often lay with my not knowing where to look . But I decided my first responsibility was ...
... seemed accessible to contemporary readers or could not secure the permission of copyright holders for the texts I wanted to use ; no doubt the fault often lay with my not knowing where to look . But I decided my first responsibility was ...
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... seemed pretty easy just to be a Christian ? Some of them went to the desert to be nuns and monks , and found their callings in lives of radical self - denial that preserved the dramatic challenge of Christianity . Religious Vocations in ...
... seemed pretty easy just to be a Christian ? Some of them went to the desert to be nuns and monks , and found their callings in lives of radical self - denial that preserved the dramatic challenge of Christianity . Religious Vocations in ...
Pagina 8
... seemed liberating to many of Lu- ther's contemporaries has come to seem to some more like a burden . Fur- thermore , even when we have learned to dismiss many of the ideas of Karl Marx , we can recognize that he had some valid points ...
... seemed liberating to many of Lu- ther's contemporaries has come to seem to some more like a burden . Fur- thermore , even when we have learned to dismiss many of the ideas of Karl Marx , we can recognize that he had some valid points ...
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... seemed a terror . It might start up again at any point , stirred up by anyone from local neighbors to a new emperor , and the forms of torture Christians faced were horrible indeed . They could easily enough become " martyrs " — until ...
... seemed a terror . It might start up again at any point , stirred up by anyone from local neighbors to a new emperor , and the forms of torture Christians faced were horrible indeed . They could easily enough become " martyrs " — until ...
Pagina 61
... prayers ; the one fire him with lust , the other , as one who seemed to blush , fortify his body with faith , prayers , and fasting . And the devil , unhappy spirit , one night even took upon him the shape 61 The Life of Antony.
... prayers ; the one fire him with lust , the other , as one who seemed to blush , fortify his body with faith , prayers , and fasting . And the devil , unhappy spirit , one night even took upon him the shape 61 The Life of Antony.
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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