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The grammar of calling The grammar of calling
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The reification of the call The reification of the call
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Call as private interior disposition Call as private interior disposition
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Vocation as merely instrumental Vocation as merely instrumental
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Mission or missio? Mission or missio?
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The mystery of vocation The mystery of vocation
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God as the caller? God as the caller?
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The interdependence of the caller and the called The interdependence of the caller and the called
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Theatre and mystery Theatre and mystery
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Revelation and the mystery of vocation Revelation and the mystery of vocation
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The universality of the call The universality of the call
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“This wide and universal theatre” “This wide and universal theatre”
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Creation and universality Creation and universality
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Vocational reserve Vocational reserve
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6 “Who’s There?”: The Dramatic Role of the “Caller” in Vocational Discernment
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Published:September 2015
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Abstract
This chapter addresses the thorny question of whether vocation, by its very nature, implies an agent, a “caller”; and if so, whether this agent can or should necessarily be identified as God. Is some such claim about vocational agency required by the fact that most of the language and literature of vocation is tied to various theistic religious traditions? By developing an extended analogy to the ways that the audience is addressed in a theatrical performance, this chapter argues that, even though the language of vocation requires the acknowledgement of an addressing agent, this does not mean that the agent can be perfectly described (as is also the case in drama, and in the theological doctrine of revelation). The chapter concludes by recommending a certain degree of “vocational reserve”; since the nature and character of the “caller” can never be fully known, vocational discernment is necessarily an ongoing process.
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