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Douglas V. Porpora

Print publication date: 2001

Print ISBN-13: 9780195134919

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003

DOI: 10.1093/0195134915.001.0001

Callings, Journeys, and Quests

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(p. 201 ) Chapter 6 Callings, Journeys, and Quests
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Landscapes of the Soul
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Douglas V. Porpora (Contributor Webpage)

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195134915.003.0007

Investigates how frequently people apply to their lives the traditional metaphors of calling or vocation, journey, and quest. To what do people feel called? Where are they going on life's journey? For what are they questing? The conclusion of this chapter is that in the fading use of these metaphors, what is fading as well is moral idealism and the sense that our undertakings have any larger significance.

Keywords:   call, calling, journey, life's journey, moral idealism, quest, significance, vocation

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