The contemplative religious life can be viewed from two perspectives, the social, and the spiritual. Within the modern context of the life of a religious, there are eight factors which are likened to eight biblical mountains. Solidarity with the poor is like Abraham's place of sacrifice, Mt Moriah.
This reflection on contemporary religious life is made from two perspectives: the first social, the second spiritual. One without the other, I believe, is always bogus.
The social ...