Big questions, worthy dreams : mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith /
Mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith
Sharon Daloz Parks.
- 1st ed.
- San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c2000.
- xiv, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and indexes.
Young adulthood in a changing world : promise and vulnerability -- Meaning and faith -- Becoming at home in the universe -- It matters how we think -- It all depends -- On belonging -- Imagination : the power of adult faith -- Gifts of a mentoring environment -- Mentoring communities. Higher education -- Professional education and the professions -- Workplace -- Travel --Natural environment -- Families -- Religious faith communities -- Culture as mentor.
Urges thoughtful adults to assume responsibility for providing strategic mentorship to twenty-somethings, and reveals the ways young adults are influenced not only by individual mentors but also by mentoring environments.