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Zusatztext [a] welcome effort to recapture the inspiration of vocation as a locus for higher education. Informationen zum Autor David S. Cunningham is Professor of Religion at Hope College, where he also serves as Director of the CrossRoads Project and of the Klooster Center for Excellence in Writing. He is the author of five books and editor of three collections on various topics in theology, ethics, and higher education. In 2009, he helped to launch the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE); he currently serves as the Director of the NetVUE Scholarly Resources Project. Klappentext Although the language of vocation was born in a religious context, the contributors in this volume demonstrate that it has now taken root within the broad framework of higher education and has become intertwined with a wide range of concerns. This volume makes a compelling case for vocationalreflection and discernment in undergraduate education today, arguing that it will encourage faculty and students alike to venture out of their narrow disciplinary specializations and to reflect on larger questions of meaning and purpose. In conversation with a growing range of scholarly resources, these essays advance the cause of vocational reflection and discernment well beyond its occasional mention in general education courses and career placement offices. The book's thirteen contributors all work in higher education, but theydo so as biologists and musicians, sociologists and engineers, doctors and lawyers, college presidents and deans, and scholars of history, literature, and business administration. Together, they demonstrate that vocation has an important role to play across the entire range of traditional academicdisciplines and applied fields. Regardless of major, all undergraduates need to consider their current and future responsibilities, determine the stories they will live by, and discover resources for addressing the tensions that will inevitably arise among their multiple callings. Vocation across the Academy will help to reframe current debates about the purpose of higher education. It underscores the important role that colleges and universities can play in encouraging students to reflect more deeply on life's most persistent questions and to consider how they might bestcontribute to the common good. Zusammenfassung The language of vocation and calling can encourage faculty and students to venture out of their academic silos and to reflect on larger questions of meaning and purpose. With contributors from across different disciplines, this volume makes a compelling case for vocational reflection and discernment in undergraduate education today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Richard H. Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges Preface Vocations of the Contributors Introduction Language that Works: Vocation and the Complexity of Higher Education David S. Cunningham Part One: Calling without Borders: Vocational Themes across the Academy Chapter 1 Vocation is Responsibility": Broader Scope, Deeper Discernment Margaret E. Mohrmann Chapter 2 The Conflicts in Our Callings: The Anguish (and Joy) of Willing Several Things Jason A. Mahn Chapter 3 Called to Tell Our Stories: The Narrative Structure of Vocation Shirley Hershey Showalter Part Two: Calling in Context: Fields of Study as Resources for Vocational Reflection Chapter 4 Calling over the Life Course: Sociological Insights Catherine Fobes Chapter 5 To Whom Do I Sing, and Why? Vocation as an Alternative to Self-Expression David Fuentes Chapter 6 Coordination, Community, Covenant: Insights from Organization Theory Michael E. Cafferky Chapter 7 The Art and Science of Vocation: Wisdom and Conscience as Companions on a Way Celia Deane-Drummond Part Three: Called into the Future: Professio...
