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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."
Contents
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
