Those persons called "religious"-brothers, sisters, priests-have been buffeted by a host of currents since the Second Vatican Council. David Fleming takes account of this, but he goes much further. The result is a book for the “religious” that is a spiritual goldmine for every Christian. Fleming has experienced religious life in a variety of settings in his own Marianist community in the U.S. and Asia. He understands how religious life can be lived in the postmodern age, and in a culture other than the West’s. He finds universal religious values in the particularity of religious life - in evangelical obedience, celibacy, and poverty- and shows how these values adorn the life of the church without supplanting the lay vocation.