Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Author Maros, Susan Lynn, 1966- author.

Title Calling in Context : Social Location and Vocational Formation / Susan L. Maros.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : InterVarsity Press, [2022]
©2022

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Farmington - Downloadable Materials  Freading Ebook    Downloadable
Farmington cardholders click here to access this title from Freading
 Newington - Downloadable Materials  Freading E-Book    Downloadable
Newington cardholders click here to access this title from Freading
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  Freading Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from Freading
 Wethersfield - Downloadable Materials  FreadingEbook    Downloadable
Wethersfield cardholders click here to access this title from Freading
 Windsor Locks - Downloadable Materials  Freading Ebook    Downloadable
Windsor Locks cardholders click here to access this title from Freading
Description 1 online resource (240 pages)
text file rdaft
(epub)
Access Access limited to subscribing institutions.
Summary "I don't care for vocational books written in the United States; they're too American." When Susan Maros heard this comment from a Malaysian colleague, she was initially taken aback. Isn't the concept of calling universal? Why wouldn't resources with a biblical perspective on vocation apply to everyone? The reality is that each of us encounters our questions of calling from within a particular context. In this paradigm-shifting book, Maros explores how various dimensions of social location -- including race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and gender -- shape our assumptions and experiences with vocation. Maros helps Christians in the United States in particular see how ideas about calling that emphasize certainty, career paths, and personal achievement arise from cultural priorities that shouldn't go unexamined, such as individualism, productivity, and meritocracy. She explains how unexamined "mental maps" can distort our perspective and refocuses our attention on biblical insights about calling as a lifelong journey. In the process, she helps us find both clarity and encouragement to explore the paths before us. God calls all people, yes -- but calling is not a monolithic concept. Filled with numerous stories from Christians in diverse communities, Calling in Context invites anyone exploring questions of calling to find fresh possibilities in their own identity and engagement with God's mission. Reflection questions and Bible study prompts are included throughout."-- Provided by Freading.
Note Publisher metadata.
Subject Vocation -- Christianity.
Christianity -- United States.
RELIGION / Christian Living / Calling & Vocation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781514001455 (epub)
9781514001448 (print)
Standard No. 9781514001455
-->
Add a Review