Parks, Sharon Daloz, 1942-

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.

0787941719 (alk. paper) 9780787941710 (alk. paper)

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Religious education of young people.
Young adults--Religious life.
Faith development.
Mentoring.

BL42 / .P37 2000

261.834242 / PAR