TABLE OF CONTENTS -- MODERN MEANS, CLASSIC GOALS -- THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES -- LIFETIME AND ETERNITY -- LIFE STORIES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE -- TOWARD A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONCEPTION OF FAITH DEVELOPMENT -- THE NIGHT IS THE MOTHER OF DAY -- PAST AND PRESENT RELIGIOUS STORIES -- AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PSYCHIC FUNCTIONING AND MENTAL HEALTH -- METHODIST RITUAL MOURNING AND THE RESOLUTION OF TRAUMATIC GRIEF -- THE PERSONAL AND BEYOND -- FROM PARADISE TO PARADOX -- DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT STORIES -- THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR-ORPHANS AS CONSTRUCTED IN THEIR LIFE STORIES -- THE REDEMPTIVE SELF, GENERATIVITY, AND AMERICAN CHRISTIANS AT MIDLIFE -- SPIRITUALITY, NARRATIVE, AND CHARACTER -- ACTING AS MISSIONARIES: THE RELIGIOUS SELF IN INTERCULTURAL PRACTICE -- AFTERWORD: REFLECTIONS OF A NARRATIVE RESEARCHER -- Notes on contributors -- Index.