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An Annotated Bibliography of Works Pertinent to Vocation and Values Works on Theology and Vocation: Title Author/Publisher Work Description A collection of theological essays from a multi- and interdisciplinary approach, stemming from Loyola University John Haughey, S. J., editor; 2003 Revisiting the Idea of Vocation: of Chicago’s participation in the The Catholic University of Theological Explorations Programs for the Theological America Press Exploration of Vocation. The volume includes essays written from Jewish and Islamic perspectives. Gilbert C. Meilander; 2000 Notre This collection offers a Working: Its Meaning and Its Dame Press comprehensive look at work by Limits different authors. Historical review of professional life in America and the impact of Work and Integrity: The Crisis William Sullivan; 1995 globalization, technology, and and Promise of Professionalism HarperCollins changing work patterns on in America professionals. The book promotes civic responsibilities for professionals, and commitments to the larger society. Guide to help people discover R. J. Ledier & D. A. Shapiro; Whistle While You Work and heed their callings, using 2001 Berrett-Koehler stories and exercises. Best-seller for twenty-five years— helps job hunters define their Richard N. Bolles; 2002 Ten What Color is Your Parachute? interests, experience, goals, and Speed Press state of mind, then points them in the direction of a suitable, satisfying and profitable career. Arguing that all work should have The Reinvention of Work: A dignity, Fox envisions a work Matthew Fox; 1995 Harper San New Vision of Livelihood for world in which intellect, heart, Francisco Our Time and health harmonize to celebrate the whole person. Drawing on interviews with fast- trackers, Albion shares how these Making a Life, Making a Living: Mark Albion; 2000 Warner Books men and women found the Reclaiming Your Purpose and courage and motivation to re- Passion in Business and Life create successful professional lives guided by passion. Discusses the disparity between teen beliefs and aspirations, and the new economic and labor Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Kenneth Gray; 1999 Corwin markets they will face as adults; Their Future designed as a resource for educators, parents, and employers. Twenty interviews with one Find Your Calling, Love Your Martha I. Finney & Deborah simple objective: find out how Life: Paths to Your Truest Self in Dasch; 1998 McGraw-Hill people with good jobs went Life and Work about getting them. From a member of the theology faculty at Loyola University of Converting Nine to Five: Chicago who has written on Bringing Spirituality to Your John C. Haughey, S. J.; 1995 topics as wide-ranging and Daily Work Crossroad/Herder & Herder pertinent as the nature of holiness, justice, spirituality and the use of money, personal finance and affluence. Careers in social services, government, healthcare, religious Careers for Good Samaritans and Marjorie Eberts & Margaret institutions, voluntary Other Humanitarian Types Gisler; 1998 McGraw Hill organizations, and similar others offer rewards that go far beyond a paycheck. Exploration of work from an The Fabric of This World: evangelical perspective, Inquiries into Calling Career Lee Hardy; highlighting the Christian concept Choice and the Design of Human 1990 Eerdmans of vocation as articulated by Work Luther and Calvin, and including applications for today. Far bigger than jobs and accomplishments, and higher than ideas of self-fulfillment, The Call calling does more than give Os Guinness; 1998 W. Publishing purpose and meaning to lives—it Group completes God’s plan Explores the themes of call, discernment, and community as Listening Hearts: Discerning Call Suzanne Farnham; they relate to each other. The in Community 1991 Morehouse book is designed for use in prayer and meditation and as the basis for group discussion. Title derived from the Quaker admonition to allow vocation to Let Your Life Speak: Listening come from listening to and Parker Palmer; 1999 Jossey-Bass for the Voice of Vocation accepting "true self" rather than from willfulness. Palmer begins a meditation on finding one’s true calling. Muller asks four questions focused on the beauty and Wayne Muller; 1996 Bantam How, Then, Shall We Live? meaning in our daily lives. Books Throughout the text are stories, contemplations, daily practices, poems, and teachings. An exploration of the spiritual How to Find Your Mission in Richard N. Bolles; 2001 Ten aspects of finding one’s place in Life Speed Press the world; originally an appendix to What Color is Your Parachute? "This engaging book invites us to explore the places where our deep gladness and the world’s great hunger might possibly meet. It is about claiming vocation in Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose: the spiritual sense of finding a Vocation and the Ethics of Brian Mahan; 2002 Jossey-Bass purpose for our lives that is part Ambition of the purposes of God. Its special gift lies in helping us examine our personal and cultural inhibitions about claiming our calling." (James W. Fowler, author of Stages of Faith) Provides a theological foundation for identifying vocation. Courage and Calling: Embracing Gordon T. Smith; 1999 Recommended for those seeking Your God Given Potential InterVarsity Press vocational guidance in early adulthood or during a midlife re- evaluation A study that reveals how we Common Fire: Leading Lives of become committed to the Commitment in a Complex Laurent A. Parks Daloz; 1997 common good and sustain such World Boston: Beacon Press commitments in a changing world Levoy describes the myriad ways Callings: Finding and Following Gregg Levoy; 1998 Three Rivers individuals are directed to follow an Authentic Life Press their authentic true work and provides psychological, spiritual, and practical guidance. Takes on the theological complexities of a major struggle Also a Mother: Work and Family Bonnie Miller-McLemore; 1994 in womanhood, that of vocation as Theological Dilemma Abingdon Press versus maternity, and suggests that beneath the struggles over gender roles and child care lies a religious crisis of work and love. Taylor defines the modern identity by tracing its genesis, analyzing the writings of such thinkers as Augustine, Descartes, Montaigne, Luther, and others. Far from being a disastrous Sources of the Self: The Making Charles Taylor; 1992 Harvard rejection of rationality, the of the Modern Identity University Press modern turn inwards has at its heart what Taylor calls the affirmation of ordinary life. He concludes that the modern identity and its attendant rejection of an objective order of reason is far richer in moral sources than its detractors allow. Badcock develops a constructive Gary D. Badcock; 1998 The Way of Life: A Theology of theology of Christian vocation Eerdmans Christian Vocation where vocation is not about what one does, but who one is. A book about "coping with multiple overwhelmings, both good and bad" and the way our lives are shaped in the midst of The Shape of Living: Spiritual David F. Ford; 1997 Baker Books these. Ford, Regius Professor Life Directions for Everyday Divinity at the University of Cambridge, examines how religions serve as "resources for coping with being overwhelmed." The Ethics of Authenticity Charles Taylor; 1992 Harvard University Press Works Relevant to Teaching: Title Author/Publisher Work Description Beleaguered Rulers: The Public William F. May; Explores eight professions as Obligation of the Professional 2001 W/JK they struggle with their professional double identity: that of a means to a livelihood and as a common calling in the spirit of public service. Courage to Teach: Exploring the Parker Palmer; The author's premise is that good Inner Landscape of a Teacher's 1997 Jossey-Bass teaching comes from the identity Life and integrity of the teacher; discusses the inner life of the teacher. The Call of Stories: Teaching and Robert Coles; Presents conversations with the Moral Imagination 1990 Mariner college, law, and medical school students and studies how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery. The Heart of Learning: Steven Glazer; Collection of essays that focus on Spirituality in Education 1999 New York: Putnam making education not just an intellectual endeavor but a process of cultivating identity and encouraging creativity. To Know as We Are Known: Parker Palmer; 1993 Jossey-Bass "Without a doubt the most Education as a Spiritual Journey inspiring book on education I have read in a long time." (John H. Westerhoff III, Duke University) Works on Education and Religion Title Author/Publisher Work Description Education, Religion, and the Martin E. Marty; 2000 Jossey- Marty discusses the proper role Common Good: Advancing a Bass of religion in educating and Distinctly American forming the next generation Conversation about Religion's within a pluralist society; engages Role in Shared Life questions on the place of religion in public, private, and denominational education from kindergarten to post-graduate. Exiles from Eden: Religion and Mark R. Schwehn; 1992 Oxford Argues that higher education was the Academic Vocation in University led astray by stressing research at America the expense of shaping moral character and suggests a prescription for a classroom- centered spiritual community of scholars. Faith and Knowledge: Mainline Douglas Sloan; 1994 W/JK Analyzes the brief renaissance in Protestantism and American American Protestant theology Higher Education from 1925 to 1960 and is written primarily