Reweaving Religious Life is a bold, provocative, thoughtful exploration into the future of religious life in North America. With solid references to cultural history and sociology, Mary Jo Leddy argues that the American empire is in decline. She demonstrates definitively how this situation is impacting not only religious life, but society in general. Leddy writes in her introduction, "My desire to be at once critical and constructive flows from my conviction of the importance of religious life as a prophetic gift for the church. My critique is as strong as my hope in the promise of religious life for the world and for the church." She calls for a "reweaving" of religious life, a process that can bring communities beyond the religious life, a process that can bring communities liberal model---one based on political liberalism and liberal model---one based on political liberalism and consumer capitalism-currently accepted by many North American religious Communities.