Discernment of Religious Vocation Through Formation in the Light of Depth Psychology With Special Reference to Luigi M. Rulla SJ / Christal Rainy C.

includes index and biblioraphy

1.Discernment of Religious vocation through formation What is discernment ..........7 Need of Discernment .........7 Church teachings on Disernment .....8 Theology of Discernment .........11 Discernment and freedom of Will ..........14 Discerning the works of the Spirits in Oneself.........16 Discernment as a gift of God ........20 Discernment of religious vocation ......21 Need for discernment in Religious formation ..........31 Psychology of Discernment in Religious formation ........36 2. Theoretical and Methodological Framework of Luigi rulla`s Theory of Self-transcendent consistency Development of Luigi rulla`s Depth psychology and Vocation ...........40 Theory of Self-transcendent consistency ............43 3. Applying the insights of luigi rulla`s Depth psychology in the Discernment of the vocation for the Religious formation Contribution of Rulla to discern the religious life .........67 Teaching of the church on discernment with reference to the concept of rulla ..........71 Relevance of rulla`s Concepts on discernment in today`s Religious formation .............77