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  • Social Location and Vocational Formation
  • By: Susan L. Maros
  • Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
  • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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"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.

©2022 Susan Lynn Maros (P)2022 eChristian

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Most pragmatic book on calling

I have read many books on calling but this one stood out to me because it is grounded in Scripture, psychology, sociology, leadership theory and it contains a lot of narratives. I found many narratives I could personally relate to and others I could connect to for my mentees.

I listed to the audiobok but I have placed an order for the paper copy so I can go through the reflective exercises at the end of each chapter. I live in Australia and yet I was able to easily connect with the content because of the breadth of stories and examples. You will be blessed - I strongly recommend this book.

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