Depth Psychology and Vocation: A Psycho-Social Perspective

What are the basic psychological processes which underlie the antrance, perseverance and effectiveness in priestly or religiuos vocation? Without diminishing the primacy of supernatural grace, father Rulla offers a possible answer to the foregoing challenging question by presenting the first psyco-social theory of vocation. The author sees in the self-ideal-in-situation the significant element underlying a vocational choise.