Theology Day 2016: Changing the Way We Talk About our Callings
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
We often talk about vocation as if it is a noun: something we possess, rather than something we do. If we shift the grammar of vocation to prepositions, our callings can be framed in a more dynamic and relational way. In this talk, Cahalan explores a contemporary theology of calling through eight prepositions: by, to, as, from, for, through, in, and within.
Kathleen A. Cahalan is professor of theology at Saint John’s University School of Theology and Seminary. She directs a collaborative research project, the Collegeville Institute Seminars at the Collegeville Institute, which is exploring vocation in relationship to the professions, across the lifespan from children to older adults, and through interfaith perspectives. She has a forthcoming book on vocation, entitled Call It What It Is, and is the author of several books, most recently A Living Discipleship: Called on the Way, co-authored with Laura Kelly Fanucci (Twenty-Third Publications, 2015), Opening the Field of Practical Theology (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), edited with Gordan Mikoski, and Introducing the Practice of Ministry (Liturgical Press, 2010).
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Recommended Citation
Cahalan, Kathleen A., "Theology Day 2016: Changing the Way We Talk About our Callings" (2016). Theology Day Lectures. 45.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_theology_day/45