RT Article
T1 Figuring One’s Calling: A Lukan Passion Theology of Vocation in Dialogue with Karl Barth
JF Journal of theological interpretation
VO 17
IS 1
SP 92
OP 108
A1 Erickson, Amy J.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1851212299
AB This article contends that a figural reading of Luke’s passion narrative, influenced by Barth’s account of vocation, offers a heuristic for discerning contemporary callings. The first part of this study examines Barth’s theology of vocation. For Barth, one’s vocation is a dialectic of the concrete circumstances of the disciple and the dynamic, event-like nature of the call itself. Together, a disciple’s vocation is primarily a form of witness to the Christ who calls. The article then deploys Barth’s account of vocation to inform a figural reading of Luke’s passion narrative. This reading generates a renewed perception of prevailing vocational forms in the present.
K1 Barth
K1 Luke
K1 "figural reading"
K1 Calling
K1 Vocation
DO 10.5325/jtheointe.17.1.0092