Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index.

Defining adulthood -- Ruling in order to control -- The religion of fearful submission -- The tyranny of the rational mind -- Our frazzled institutions -- Theology from the bottom up -- Calling forth the adult in the twenty-first century -- Transformative learning for the protean adult -- Toward a spirituality of homecoming -- Stages in adult faith development -- Expanding cultural horizons -- Embracing embodied relationality -- Adult governance in the power of networking -- Doing ritual in an adult way -- When adults die gracefully.