Description
Book SynopsisBuilding on the foundation she established with her ground-breaking book, The Critical Years, Parks invites us to take up responsibility for providing thoughtful mentorship and mentoring environments during the wilderness years of young adulthood.
Table of ContentsPreface ix
1. Emerging Adulthood in a Changing World: Potential and Vulnerability 1
2. The Deep Motion of Life: Composing Meaning, Purpose, and Faith 20
3. Becoming at Home in the Universe: A Developmental Process 46
4. It Matters How We Think 70
5. It All Depends . . . 94
6. . . . On Belonging 114
7. Imagination: The Core of Learning and the Heart of Leadership 134
8. The Gifts of Mentorship and a Mentoring Environment 165
9. Higher Education as Mentor 203
10. Culture as Mentor 224
Coda: Mentoring Communities 243
Professional Education and the Professions 243
The Workplace 251
Travel 258
Families 261
Religious Faith Communities 267
Media 279
Social Movements 286
Notes 289
The Author 319
Name Index 321
Subject Index 325
