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A Narrative Approach to Religious Calling: The Role of Dreams

Schweitzer, Jeffrey Russell
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1284394108

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
James Hillman (1996) resurrected a Platonic notion, the daimon or soul-companion, towards a mythic, archetypal understanding of calling. According to Hillman, contemporary paradigms privilege the influence of genetics and societal factors and have all but erased the image of a soul’s calling. However, the arena of religious vocation is one in which the notion of calling retains significance. Using a narrative and performative writing methodology, I examined religious calling and dreams in the lives of three female ministers. Three major themes—“calling as a life-long process,” “the multiplicity of callings,” and “the irrationality of calling”—recurred throughout the ministers’ narratives. Particularly in relation to the third theme, the ministers reported that their dreams provided instruction, support, and a unique, embodied access to a divine other. Moreover, the ministers experienced their calling as a relationship with a divine other augmented by the autonomous and presentational qualities featured in their significant dreams.
Roger M. Knudson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Larry M. Leitner, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Kathryn B. McGrew, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
103 p.
Psychology; Religion
calling; divine; dream; imaginal; archetypal psychology; narrative; performative writing

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  • Schweitzer, J. R. (2010). A Narrative Approach to Religious Calling: The Role of Dreams [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1284394108

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schweitzer, Jeffrey. A Narrative Approach to Religious Calling: The Role of Dreams. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1284394108.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schweitzer, Jeffrey. "A Narrative Approach to Religious Calling: The Role of Dreams." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1284394108

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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