Audiobook8 hours
Calling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation
Written by Susan L. Maros
Narrated by Lisa Larsen
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
"I don't care for vocational books written in the United States; they're too American."
When Susan Maros heard this comment from a Malaysian colleague, she was initially taken aback. Isn't the concept of calling universal? Why wouldn't resources with a biblical perspective on vocation apply to everyone? The reality is that each of us encounters our questions of calling from within a particular context. In this path-breaking book, Maros explores how various dimensions of social location-including race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and gender-shape our assumptions and experiences with vocation. Maros helps Christians in the United States in particular see how ideas about calling that emphasize certainty, career paths, and personal achievement arise from cultural priorities that shouldn't go unexamined, such as individualism, productivity, and meritocracy. She explains how unexamined "mental maps" can distort our perspective and refocuses our attention on biblical insights about calling as a lifelong journey. In the process, she helps us find both clarity and encouragement to explore the paths before us.
Filled with numerous stories from Christians in diverse communities, Calling in Context invites anyone exploring questions of calling to find fresh possibilities in their own identity and engagement with God's mission.
When Susan Maros heard this comment from a Malaysian colleague, she was initially taken aback. Isn't the concept of calling universal? Why wouldn't resources with a biblical perspective on vocation apply to everyone? The reality is that each of us encounters our questions of calling from within a particular context. In this path-breaking book, Maros explores how various dimensions of social location-including race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and gender-shape our assumptions and experiences with vocation. Maros helps Christians in the United States in particular see how ideas about calling that emphasize certainty, career paths, and personal achievement arise from cultural priorities that shouldn't go unexamined, such as individualism, productivity, and meritocracy. She explains how unexamined "mental maps" can distort our perspective and refocuses our attention on biblical insights about calling as a lifelong journey. In the process, she helps us find both clarity and encouragement to explore the paths before us.
Filled with numerous stories from Christians in diverse communities, Calling in Context invites anyone exploring questions of calling to find fresh possibilities in their own identity and engagement with God's mission.
Author
Susan L. Maros
Susan L. Maros (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an affiliate assistant professor of Christian leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary, where she has also served as a doctoral supervisor, and an adjunct professor at the King's University, Southlake, Texas. She is a past president of the Academy of Religious Leadership.
Related to Calling in Context
Related audiobooks
Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help Us Move Through Joy, Pain, and Everything in Between Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBecoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Am a Leader: When Women Discover the Joy of Their Calling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gift of Thorns: Jesus, the Flesh, and the War for Our Wants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pursuing God's Presence: A Practical Guide to Daily Renewal and Joy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mansions of the Heart: Exploring the Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Translating Jesus: How to Share Your Faith in Language Today's Culture Can Understand Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now That I'm Called: A Guide for Women Discerning a Call to Ministry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSubversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTogether in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Freedom in Constraint: Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNext Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the Church Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Christianity For You
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holy Bible in Audio - King James Version: The Complete Old & New Testament Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cost of Discipleship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mere Christianity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Enoch Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Return of the Gods Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little Book of Letting Go Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: Third Edition with Bonus Content, New Reflections Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership 25th Anniversary: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Divorce Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5More Than a Carpenter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Switch on Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weight of Glory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Calling in Context
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
2 ratings0 reviews