A Kind of Life Imposed on Man: Vocation and Social Order from Tyndale to Locke

by Paul A. Marshall

Book Overview

Vocation, or calling - the idea that everyday work is the locus of Christian obedience - is, at first glance, peculiarly a theological notion. But doctrines of vocation formed the core of much of the economic and social theory of Protestantism at a time when such theory was culturally and politically influential. Hence it has also attracted attention from, and caused controversy among, sociologist, economic historians, and political theorists. Max...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487578695
• ISBN13: 9781487578695
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"