Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on VocationWilliam C. Placher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 26 jul 2005 - 468 pagina's 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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... death . Thus the fun- damental vocational questions for Christians or potential Christians were initially , first , should I be a Christian ? and , second , how public should I be about my Christian faith ? In the fourth century , after ...
... death . Thus the fun- damental vocational questions for Christians or potential Christians were initially , first , should I be a Christian ? and , second , how public should I be about my Christian faith ? In the fourth century , after ...
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... death . Yet more and more people kept joining the church . It was as if the blood of the martyrs watered its growth . Eventually , Christianity became the official religion of the empire , and at that point some Christians promptly ...
... death . Yet more and more people kept joining the church . It was as if the blood of the martyrs watered its growth . Eventually , Christianity became the official religion of the empire , and at that point some Christians promptly ...
Pagina 25
... deaths and then during their lifetimes ) , subjects were expected to sacrifice to the deified emperor . Failure to do so was like refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag to- day -only much worse , grounds for charges of treason and ...
... deaths and then during their lifetimes ) , subjects were expected to sacrifice to the deified emperor . Failure to do so was like refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag to- day -only much worse , grounds for charges of treason and ...
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... death and departed from Rome to live on the island of Capri in part because his sexual vices had begun to scandal- ize even the remarkably tolerant Romans . He left the rule of the empire to his notoriously brutal chief of secret police ...
... death and departed from Rome to live on the island of Capri in part because his sexual vices had begun to scandal- ize even the remarkably tolerant Romans . He left the rule of the empire to his notoriously brutal chief of secret police ...
Pagina 29
... death , and watching animals attack human beings . Around the year 80 the Emperor Titus spon- sored a hundred consecutive days of games , with more than five thousand animals killed in one day.13 The spectacle won him the love of the ...
... death , and watching animals attack human beings . Around the year 80 the Emperor Titus spon- sored a hundred consecutive days of games , with more than five thousand animals killed in one day.13 The spectacle won him the love of the ...
Inhoudsopgave
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 |
Confessions | 53 |
Vocations in the Middle Ages 5001500 | 75 |
Institutes | 85 |
Life of St Martin | 93 |
The Rule of St Benedict | 98 |
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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