Vocation and social context / edited by Giuseppe Giordan.

• Superior document: Religion and the social order, v. 14
• TeilnehmendeR: Giordan, Giuseppe.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and the social order ; v. 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 and the feeling of a call from God: precisely this ambiguity widens the possibility of applying the concept in understanding the meaning that individuals give to their own professions, activities and, more generally, \'life in the world.” 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. Contributors: Anthony J. Blasi, Andrew J. Weigert, Franco Garelli, Luigi Berzano, Robert M. Fishman, Keeley S. Jones, Laura M. Leming, Giovanni Dal Piaz, Robert C. Butler

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.