Stephen Hunt is Associate Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, with specialised research interest in religion and contemporary culture. His publications include The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity (2015), A History of the Charismatic Movement in Britain and the United States of America (2009), Religion in Everyday Life (2005) and The Alpha Enterprise (2004).

• Introduction1. From Life Cycle to the Life Course: Theoretical Accounts2. The Life Course in Late/Post-Modernity3. Social Differentiation and Determinants of the Life Course4. Reproduction, Pregnancy and Childbirth5. Infancy and Parenting6. Childhood: Issues and Perspectives7. Youth and Emerging Adulthood8. Adulthood: Work, Leisure, and Consumption9. Relationships, Intimacy, and Family Life10. Constructing Mid-Life11. Ageing and Later Life12. End of Life, Death and Dying.

'This thoroughly revised and well-crafted overview usefully draws together a range of empirical evidence on the life course and its stages, as well as examining theoretical and conceptual issues. Hunt's book is rigorous, simulating and very accessible. For me, it is the leading text book in its field.' -Jane Pilcher, University of Leicester, UK 'Stephen Hunt provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and important overview of the contemporary life course. He captures the enormity of social changes in institutions, demographics, technologies, economies and lifestyles that are upending conventional roles and routines as well as expected transitions and trajectories, fostering both uncertainty and risk.' -Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota, US