General editor's foreword / Denis R. Janz
Introduction: reforming from below / Peter Matheson
The life of faith. The piety of townspeople and city folk / Raymond A. Mentzer ; Rural and village piety / Keith P. Luria ; A people's reformation? / Margo Todd
From cradle to grave. Entering the world / David Cressy ; Baptism and childhood / Karen E. Spierling ; Women and men, together and apart / Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ; Leaving the world / Peter Marshall
Finding their voice. The dream of a just society / James M. Stayer ; The emergence of lay theologies / Elsie McKee ; Insiders and outsiders / Susan R. Boettcher ; The language of the common folk / Peter Matheson.
