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Author: David S. Cunningham
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0190888679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany colleges and universities have begun using the language of vocation, which originates in Christian theology, to help undergraduates think about their futures. The contributors to this volume seek to reexamine and re-think this language for the contemporary multi-faith context.
Author: David S. Cunningham
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0190607106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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 the disciplines, the book demonstrates that vocation can reframe current debates about the role of higher education today"--
Author: David S. Cunningham
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0190243929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume champions vocation and calling as key elements of undergraduate education. It offers a historical and theoretical account of vocational reflection and discernment, as well as suggesting how these endeavours can be implemented through specific educational practices. Against the backdrop of the current national conversation about the purposes of higher education, it argues that the undergraduate years can provide a certain amount of relatively unfettered time, and a 'free and ordered space', in which students can consider their callings.
Author: Zakir Hussain
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1581124848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book has been structured into three parts, namely, Analytical Meditation, The Death of Diseases: Psychological Vaccination, Communication with the Heart: The Utterances that Provide Energy, and The Architecture of the Mind: The Psychology of Spirituality. The entire approach is founded on the concept of the combination of Analysis (or self-enquiry), Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, and Prayer and is expected to simultaneously work on the different dimensions of the mind -emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and behavioral. It is expected, as hundreds of the author's readers have reported to have experienced, that the method will work instantly on the mind, without the reader's having to do any special mental exercise as is typical of most meditation practices.
Author: Brad Pardue
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2022-05-19
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1725298104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRestoring the Vocation of a Christian College examines the vocation of a Christian institution of higher learning—to faithfully educate students—and how individual Christian teachers and scholars can participate in this process no matter their discipline. It surveys and engages developments over the last few decades in Christian worldview studies, Christian pedagogy, character formation, and vocational reflection. Through individual essays by college administrators, cocurricular staff, and faculty from a wide range of disciplines, it provides both thoughtful reflection and concrete application of these often abstract concepts to specific institutional settings and the actual classroom experience.
Author: Paul J. Wadell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2021-01-27
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 172527339X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the thick of modern life, we are tempted to forget what we are doing and why we are doing it. We are busy socializing, building careers, and looking for fun—but what’s it all for? The ancient concept of “vocation” has recently gained popularity as we return to questions about the meaning of life. Almost all religions include the idea that divine purposes should guide our lives; Christianity has particularly accented it. The God who called Israel and sent Jesus has something in mind for us. God’s call challenges us, but also opens us to the best sort of life imaginable. In Living Vocationally, the challenge and the joy of the called life is thoroughly explored. Part one considers the benefits of living vocationally, biblical traditions of call, and subsequent Christian understandings. Part two examines why vocation pertains not only to careers, but indeed touches every dimension of our lives and encompasses our full journey through life. Because every person’s life includes many callings, some very difficult, part three considers the virtues we need to live the called life well. Living Vocationally demonstrates why to have found a calling is to have found a good way to live.
Author: Olga Kovbasyuk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-12
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1136293884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a time of globally changing environments and economic challenges, many institutions of higher education are attempting to reform by promoting standardization approaches. Meaning-Centered Education explores the counter-tide for an alternative vision of education, where students and instructors engage in open meaning-making processes and self-organizing educational practices. In one contributed volume, Meaning-Centered Education provides a comprehensive introduction to current scholarship and pedagogical practice on meaning-centered education. International contributors explore how modern educational scholars and practitioners all around the world are implementing a comprehensive framework that supports meaning making in a classroom. This edited collection is a valuable resource for higher education faculty and scholars interested in renewing the deep purposes of higher education.
Author: Steven Garber
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2014-01-27
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0830896260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVocation is more than a job. It is our relationships and responsibilities woven into the work of God. In following our calling to seek the welfare of our world, we find that it flourishes and so do we. Garber offers here a book for parents, artists, students, public servants and businesspeople—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation.
Author: Valerie J. Bradley
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2021-06-01
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1438483449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past, when people with disabilities and older adults needed help with activities of daily living and navigating their communities, they rarely had any choice about who helped them, when that support was delivered, or what the worker would or would not do. The self-direction movement changed all that by offering people the option to select their own workers and even create an individualized budget to help them live more independently. Written by experts who played a key part in the growth, evaluation, and dissemination of this revolutionary approach, Self-Direction describes the development of this movement through the authors' personal accounts. Also included are stories from actual participants in the movement who benefitted from this approach and from policymakers who saw how self-direction could help address states' problems. The book's conclusion discusses recommendations that can improve the way self-direction is delivered and how to spread its message so that all people with disabilities can have this choice.
Author: Anna Wenzel
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-07-15
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1534505237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMale privilege refers to the sociological concept that men are automatically granted certain privileges and advantages in politics, society, and the workplace based entirely on their gender. Feminists and others concerned with perceived gender inequality hope to challenge the preconceived values and notions that enable male privilege and the inherently patriarchal nature of society. The viewpoints in this volume address the definition and history of male privilege, offer differing perspectives on whether it exists and how it may influence society, and propose solutions to help reduce gender inequality.
