Being Called (eBook, ePUB)

Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives
Redaktion: Yaden, David Bryce; Ellens, J. Harold; McCall, Theo D.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This unique book is an essential resource for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on the phenomenon of feeling called to a life path or vocation at the interface of science and religion.

According to Gallup polls, more than 40 percent of Americans report having had a profound religious experience or awakening that changed the direction of their life. What are the potential mental, spiritual, and even physical benefits of following the calling to take a particular path in life? This standout book addresses the full range of calling experiences, from the "A-ha!" moments of special insight, to pondering what one is meant to do in life, to intense spiritual experiences like Saint Paul on the road to Damascus.

Drawing upon the collective knowledge and insight of expert authors from Australia, China, Eastern Europe, Italy, the UK, and the United States, the work provides a comprehensive examination of the topic of callings suitable for collegiate students, professors, and professional scholars interested in topics at the interface of science and religion. It will also benefit general readers seeking the expertise of psychologists, neuroscientists, and theologians from various backgrounds and worldviews who explain why it is important to "do what you were meant to do."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216052302
• Artikelnr.: 68347140

Autorenporträt

David Bryce Yaden is a research fellow and assistant instructor at The University of Pennsylvania in the Positive Psychology Center, under the direction of Dr. Martin Seligman. Theo D. McCall, PhD, is the chaplain of St Peter's College, an Anglican school for boys in Adelaide, Australia. J. Harold Ellens, PhD, has held 15 pastorates, military and civilian, and taught full-time at Oakland University and as adjunct at Calvin Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Oakland Community College, Wayne County Community College, Wayne State University, and the Ecumenical Theological Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Foreword Preface by J. Harold Ellens Introduction How Are
We Called into the Future? Martin Seligman Part I Scientific and Secular
Perspectives Chapter 1 Callings and the Meaning of Work Amy Wrzesniewski
Chapter 2 The Dark Side of a Calling Ryan D. Duffy, Richard P. Douglass,
and Kelsey L. Autin Chapter 3 Road to Damascus Moments: Calling Experiences
as Prospective Epiphanies David Bryce Yaden and Andrew B. Newberg Chapter 4
Neuropsychological and Personological Aspects of Spirituality Cristiano
Crescentini, Cosimo Urgesi, and Franco Fabbro Chapter 5 Called to
Nonduality Zoran Josipovic and Judith Blackstone Chapter 6 Folk Theories of
Calling in Chinese Cultural Contexts Kaiping Peng and Yukun Zhao Chapter 7
Calling Counselors: A Novel Calling Intervention for Career Development and
Well-Being Susanna Wu-Pong Chapter 8 On Call: Physician Perspectives on
Callings in Medicine and Medical Education Mary "Bit" Smith and Susan
Rosenthal Chapter 9 Discerning Calling: Bridging the Natural and
Supernatural Bryan J. Dik and Michael F. Steger Part II Sacred Perspectives
Chapter 10 The Normalcy of the Paranormal: Numinous Experiences throughout
the Life Span J. Harold Ellens Chapter 11 Calling of a Wounded Healer:
Psychosis, Spirituality, and Shamanism David Lukoff Chapter 12 The Circus
Snake: A Numinous, Initiatory Calling from Below Thomas Singer Chapter 13
Hope and Eternity: God as Transcendent Presence in the Ordinary Theo D.
McCall Chapter 14 Called to Shape the Future Stephen Lewis Chapter 15
Sacrifice: The Shadow in the Calling Gregg Levoy Chapter 16 "I have been
anointed and I have fleeced the Lord": The Contemporary Serpent Handlers of
Appalachia and Their Experience of Being Called by God Ralph W. Hood Jr.
Chapter 17 Already but Not Yet: Calling and Called in Religious Time
Gordon Bermant Chapter 18 "Be Thou my Vision": Mystical Experience and
Religious Calling J. Hugh Kempster Conclusion Answering the Call David
Bryce Yaden Appendix Mystics Anonymous: An Introduction J. Hugh Kempster
and David Bryce Yaden About the Editors About the Contributors Index