Abstract
Teaching understood as a profession sometimes conflicts with teaching understood as a Christian vocation. In order to see whether and why this claim is true, the essay first examines the present state of the conversation about the general idea of Christian vocation. It then proceeds to consider the activity of teaching both as a general human endeavor and as a profession. And finally, it analyzes what differences it should make to regard teaching as a Christian vocation rather than as simply one of several forms of professional life.
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