Word: vocationalizing
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The dichotomy between ideology and pragmatism has been best described by German sociologist Max Weber in his essay “Politics as a Vocation.” Weber asked, “How can warm passion and a cool sense of proportion be forged together in one and the...
Experts are unaware of any similar formal local recruiting effort elsewhere in the country. But over the years, from New Hampshire and Maine to Iowa, Mississippi and Wisconsin, many tactics have been employed to lure a new generation of Catholics to the priesthood - Internet campaigns, TV commercials, high school marketing...
The eventual decampment of “Brother West,” as he styles himself, for Princeton was the fruit of Summers’ presidential advice that West lay off the spoken-word albums and Al Sharpton presidential bids, and return to the scholarly toils of his handsomely paid...
Back in the Alps, technology has also become part of the distillation and by extension the contemplation process. La Chartreuse has relied on a sophisticated software program that's updated constantly--"It cost a fortune," says Roget--and helps run production automatically. The monks got hold of the recipe, originally...
The Sisters of Life is a traditional religious order located in New York City. While the sisters themselves rarely use the Internet or watch TV,their vocation director does maintain a web site and communicates with interested women via email. She was contacted by more than 400 young women in...