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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Called by God?</title>
    <subTitle>a handbook for those testing Christian vocation</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart> Buchanan, Stuart</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1949-</namePart>
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    <publisher>SPCK</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>pt. 1. What is a vocation? Understanding vocation
Developing vocation
Generational issues and personality
pt. 2. Developing a strategy. Person specifications and vocation
A selection strategy
Selecting cross-culturally
pt. 3. Interviewing. Tools of the trade 1: paperwork
Tools of the trade 2: other resources
An interviewing strategy
pt. 4. Interviewing. What about me?
Using your eyes
Using your ears
Using your lips
Using your faith : exploring faith issues
pt. 5. Making decisions. Using your hands
Making and giving decisions</tableOfContents>
  <note>Offers advice to those who are required to test someone's calling, be that to full time ministry, mission work overseas or at home, or pastoral and youth work in the community. This book helps you to gain a deeper understanding of what a vocation is and to appreciate the diversity of meanings encompassed by this word.</note>
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    <topic>Decision making</topic>
    <topic>Religious aspects</topic>
    <topic>Christianity</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Discernment (Christian theology)</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Vocation</topic>
    <topic>Christianity</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BV4740 .B83 2008</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780281060528</identifier>
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