Vocation and social context /

The category of Beruf has intrigued sociology since Max Weber made it a fundamental element in understanding the relationship between the individual and society. The richness of the concept can be found in the simultaneous polarity and interpenetration between the subject's personal profession...

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Other Authors: Giordan, Giuseppe.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Religion and the social order, v. 14
Religion and the Social Order 14.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073.

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Call Number: BV4740 .V63 2007

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • G. Giordan
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Vocation /
  • Andrew J. Weigert and Anthony J. Blasi
  • Chapter Two. Italian Youth And Ideas Of Vocation /
  • Franco Garelli
  • Chapter Three. Vocation As A Personal Choice /
  • Luigi Berzano
  • Chapter Four. Vocation Versus Vocational Status In The Lives Of Current And Former Vowed American Catholic Religious /
  • Anthony J. Blasi
  • Chapter Five. Vocation And Vocational "Crisis": A Study Of Italian Former Priests
  • Chapter Six. Civic Engagement And Church Policy In The Making Of Religious Vocations: Cross-National Variation In The Evolution Of Priestly Ordinations /
  • Robert M. Fishman and Keely Jones
  • Chapter Seven. Women, Religious Agency And The Politics Of Vocation /
  • Laura M. Leming
  • Chapter Eight. Seminarians And Vocation /
  • Giovanni Dal Piaz
  • Chapter Nine. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life: Vocation As A Social Movement /
  • Robert C. Butler
  • Contributors /
  • G. Giordan.