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Vocation and Social Context

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-07-10
Mått160 x 240 x 14 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReligion and the Social Order
Antal sidor216
FörlagBrill
MedarbetareGiuseppe Giordan
ISBN9789004161948

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Giuseppe Giordan, Ph.D. (2002) in Social Sciences, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Rome), is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Valle d'Aosta, Italy. His main works include Valori e cambiamento sociale: definizioni operative e modello esplicativo [Values and Social Change: Working Definitions and Explanatory Models], Dall’uno al molteplice. Dispositivi di legittimazione nell’epoca del pluralismo [From One to Many: Systems of Legitimation in the Age of Pluralism].

PrefaceWilliam H. Swatos, Jr.IntroductionGiuseppe Giordan1. VocationAndrew J. Weigert and Anthony J. Blasi2. Italian Youth and Ideas of VocationFranco Garelli3. Vocation as a Personal ChoiceLuigi Berzano4. Vocation versus Vocational Status in the Lives of Currentand Former Vowed American Catholic ReligiousAnthony J. Blasi5. Vocation and Vocational “Crisis”: A Study of ItalianFormer PriestsGiuseppe Giordan6. Civic Engagement and Church Policy in the Making ofReligious Vocations: Cross-National Variation in theEvolution of Priestly OrdinationsRobert M. Fishman and Keely Jones7. Women, Religious Agency and the Politics of VocationLaura M. Leming8. Seminarians and VocationGiovanni Dal PiazRDAN_f1_i-viii.indd5/2007 4:15:01 PM9. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Life: Vocation as a SocialMovementRobert C. Butler