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Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy

Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy


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Many colleges and universities have begun using the language of vocation and calling to help undergraduates think about the future direction of their lives. This language is used in both secular and religious contexts, but it has deep roots in the Christian theological tradition. Given the increasingly multi-faith context of undergraduate life, many have asked whether this terminology can truly serve as a new vocabulary for higher education. If vocation is to find a foothold in the contemporary context, it will need to be re-examined, re-thought, and re-written; in short, higher education will need to undertake the project of hearing vocation differently. In this third volume on vocation from editor David S. Cunningham, the thirteen contributing scholars identify with a wide variety of religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. Some contributors identify with more than one of these; others would claim none of them. The authors met on multiple occasions to read common texts, to discuss agreements and differences, and to respond to one another's writing; some of these responses are included at the end of each chapter. Both individually and collectively, these contributors expand the range of vocational reflection and discernment well beyond its traditional Christian origins. The authors observe that all undergraduate students-regardless of their academic field, religious background, or demographic identity-need to make space for reflection, to overcome obstacles to discernment, and to consider the significance of their own narratives, beliefs, and practices. This, in turn, will require college campuses to re-imagine their curricular and co-curricular programming in order to support their students's reflection on issues of meaning, purpose, and identity.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Richard H. Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges Preface Vocations of the Contributors Introduction Hearing and Being Heard: Rethinking Vocation in the Multi-Faith Academy David S. Cunningham Part One: Reframing Vocation: Creating Spaces for New Ways of Hearing Chapter 1 The Change a Difference Makes: Formation of Self in the Encounter with Diversity Rachel S. Mikva Chapter 2 Reviving Sheila: Listening to the Call of Multiple Religious Belonging Katherine (Trina) Janiec Jones Chapter 3 The Call of Death and the Depth of Our Callings: The Quality of Vocational Discernment Rahuldeep Gill Part Two: Releasing Expectations: Overcoming Misleading Assumptions about Vocation Chapter 4 Doubt as an Integral Part of Calling: The Qur'anic Story of Joseph Younus Y. Mirza Chapter 5 Gracious Reception: The Christian Case for Hearing Vocation Differently David S. Cunningham Chapter 6 Renunciation of Vocation and Renunciation within Vocation: Contributions from the Bhagavadgita Anantanand Rambachan Part Three: Restor(y)ing our Lives: Narrative as a Vocational Catalyst Chapter 7 Called by Our Conflicting Allegiances: Vocation as an Interfaith Endeavor / Interfaith Cooperation as a Vocation Noah J. Silverman Chapter 8 The Story of Me: A Myth-understanding of Vocation Matthew R. Sayers Chapter 9 Attentiveness and Humor: Vocation as Awakening to Self Homayra Ziad Part Four: Re-imagining our Campuses: The Practice(s) of Hearing Vocation Differently Chapter 10 Response-ability in Practice: Discerning Vocation through Campus Relationships Florence D. Amamoto Chapter11 The Vocation of Church-Related Colleges in a Multi-Faith World: Educating for Religious Pluralism Jacqueline A. Bussie Chapter 12 Vocational Exploration as Transformative Pedagogy: Retrieving the Affective, Educating for Difference Tracy Wenger Sadd Chapter 13 Do You Love Us? Higher Education as an Interfaith Conversation about the Good Life Jeffrey Carlson Epilogue Hearing in a New Key: Vocation beyond the Limits of Reason Alone David S. Cunningham Index of Names Index of Subjects

About the Author :
David S. Cunningham is Director of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), Council of Independent Colleges. As Director of the NetVUE Scholarly Resources Project, he developed this volume as well as two previous books on vocation and higher education. He is Professor of Religion at Hope College, where he also served as Director of the CrossRoads Project. He is the author of five books and editor of four collections on various topics in religion, ethics, and higher education.

Review :
"This volume is an excellent example of what it wants to achieve...From my own neoCalvinist Reformed background, I can only underline its importance." -- Hans (J.H.F.) Schaeffer, Theological University Kampen, Journal of Reformed Theology "Young people of all backgrounds naturally seek a deeper purpose. Our increasingly diverse communities badly need a new generation inspired by a higher calling. One of the great tasks of colleges is to nurture vocation in the young so that they may find their fulfillment in serving the broader society. This book is a wonderful companion for that journey." --Eboo Patel, Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core and author of Interfaith Leadership: A Primer "In changing times, we hunger for a more spacious language. Vocation is a big word breaking out of earlier confines to hold some of the most significant features of a human life. Hearing Vocation Differently offers a contemplative conversation with worthy companions, exploring today's boundary-crossing quests for meaning and purpose. If you are a mentor open to greater wisdom, this book will meet you on the edge of your own vocation."--Sharon Daloz Parks, author of Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith "This book has been long overdue; but it was well worth the wait! The twelve authors were well chosen and what they wrote was on point. How much richer life will be on this planet with so many more living out their vocations faithfully."--John Haughey, S.J., author of A Biography of the Spirit


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  • ISBN-13: 9780190888671
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Weight: 658 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190888679
  • Publisher Date: 13 Feb 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy
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