Theological Reflections

This is not a static bibliography. We hope to add new sources (as we search and as you recommend), and we would like to add your comments or brief reviews on any of the sources that you have read (or movies you have seen). Eventually we hope to expand the Particular Callings section into various areas of life and study. So we welcome input from various departments across campus. We also hope to develop a section we will call Novel Callings where we list good literature related to the idea of calling.

Calvin, John. "Vocation," Institutes of the Christian Religion III.X.VI.

Coombs, Marie Theresa and Francis Kelly Nemeck. Called by God: A Theology of Vocation and Lifelong Commitment. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.

Cotton, John. "Sermons on Calling," in The Way Of Life, or God's Way And Course, In Bringing the Soul Into, Keeping It In, And Carrying It On, In The Way Of Life And Peace. Brooklyn: A.M.S. Press, 1983.

Marshall, Paul. A Kind of Life Imposed on Man: Vocation and Social Order from Tyndale to Locke. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1996.

Perkins, William. "A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men," in Ian Breward, ed., The Work of William Perkins. Appleford: The Sutton Courtenay Press, 1970.

Ryken, Leland. Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1995.

Volf, Miroslav. Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theory of Work. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Wingren, Gustaf. Luther on Vocation, trans. by Carl Rasmussen. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1957.