The Disciples' Call: Theologies of Vocation from Scripture to the Present Day

Christopher Jamison

ISBN 10: 056763177X / ISBN 13: 9780567631770

Published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Disciples' Call: Theologies of Vocation from Scripture to the Present Day
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 056763177X
• ISBN 13: 9780567631770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

There is currently no shared language of vocation among Catholics in the developed, post-modern world of Europe and North America. The decline in practice of the faith and a weakened understanding of Church teaching has led to reduced numbers of people entering into marriage, religious life and priesthood.

Uniquely, this book traces the development of vocation from scriptural, patristic roots through Thomism and the Reformation to engage with the modern vocational crisis. How are these two approaches compatible? The universal call to holiness is expressed in Lumen Gentium has been read by some as meaning that any vocational choice has the same value as any other such choice; is some sense of a higher calling part of the Catholic theology of vocation or not? Some claim that the single life is a vocation on a par with marriage and religious life; what kind of a theology of vocation leads to that conclusion? And is the secular use of the word 'vocation' to describe certain profession helpful or misleading in the context of Catholic theology?

About the Author

Dom Christopher Jamison OSB is Australian by birth but moved to England as a child. After graduating from Oxford, he joined the Benedictine community at Worth and later became Abbot. He currently serves as Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation and is much in demand as a speaker and broadcaster.