ISBN:
9789004161948
,
9004161945
,
9789047421023
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 213 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Religion and the social order v. 14
Parallel Title:
Print version Vocation and Social Context
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Vocation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Illustrating the different ways in which "vocation-profession" can be interpreted, and how it can be studied from various perspectives and with different scientific sensibilities, this book demonstrates how the concept of Beruf continues to be fertile for contemporary sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface (William H. Swatos, Jr); Introduction (Giuseppe Giordan); 1. Vocation (Andrew J. Weigert and Anthony J. Blasi); 2. Italian Youth and Ideas of Vocation (Franco Garelli); 3. Vocation as a Personal Choice (Luigi Berzano); 4. Vocation versus Vocational Status in the Lives of Current and Former Vowed American Catholic Religious (Anthony J. Blasi); 5. Vocation and Vocational ""Crisis"": A Study of Italian Former Priests (Giuseppe Giordan)
Description / Table of Contents:
6. 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)7. Women, Religious Agency and the Politics of Vocation (Laura M. Leming); 8. Seminarians and Vocation (Giovanni Dal Piaz); 9. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life: Vocation as a Social Movement (Robert C. Butler); Contributors; Series List
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
