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THE WAY January 2016
The Spirit in Contemporary Culture
The ‘Ordinary’ Contemplative Life and the ‘Little Way’ of
Social Justice
Meredith Secomb
Many would think of the contemplative life as one that withdraws from the
world and its demands into silence and prayer. As such it would seem to be
the polar opposite of, and incompatible with, the active pursuit of social
justice. Meredith Secomb’s psychological and pastoral work has led her to
believe that these two approaches to the world need to be brought
together, and are not only compatible but mutually enriching.
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Book Reviews
Michael Rogers on Ignatian spirituality and pilgrimage
Philip Endean on Christianity and the Internet
Brendan Callaghan on spirituality and healthcare
John Pridmore on the Song of Songs
Ian Coleman on Christian cosmology and today’s spirituality
Kate Kirkpatrick on the philosopher William James
Jan Graffius on seventeenth- and twenty-first-century art
James Sweeney on practical theology
T. Frank Kennedy on Jesuits and music
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