We welcome papers related (but not limited) to the following thematic tracks: 

1. Theological and Historical Foundations of Vocation

• Biblical theology of vocation) 
• Pauline and Reformation theology of vocation (Rom 12; 1 Cor 7; Eph 4–6; Col 3:23) in an algorithmic age
• Historical perspectives on vocation across pre-industrial, industrial, and digital transformations of work
• Anthropological accounts of human purpose in the technological age 
• Pastoral care as the theological shaping of identity, meaning, and vocation amid technological change

2. Work, Labor, and Economic Transformation

• Automation, AI, transformations of human work and the dignity of work 
• Christian economic ethics in digital capitalism
• Gig economy, precarious work, and the meaning of calling (vocation)
• Pastoral care as theological accompaniment in rethinking work, dignity, and vocation amid digital transformation

3. Family, Care, and Domestic Vocation

• Family vocation in the context of digitalized reproduction and parenting
• Care for the elderly, gender roles, and household economies when robots and AI enter the domestic sphere
• Vocation within the family in a technologically saturated age 
• Parenting, digital formation, and intergenerational dynamics 
• Vocation, caregiving, and gender roles amid the technological reshaping of household life
• Pastoral care for nurturing Christian identity and vocation within digitally shaped family life

4. Community, Ecclesial Life, and the Common Good

• Digital fragmentation and rebuilding the community
• The Church’s public role in technocentric societies
• Practices of Christian vocation within digitally shaped congregational life
• Pastoral care for sustaining communal vocation and spiritual belonging in digitally fragmented societies