The book suggests that the defining problem driving out most people who leave is … just how American life works in the 21st century. Contemporary America simply isn’t set up to promote mutuality, care, or common life. Rather, it is designed to maximize individual accomplishment as defined by professional and financial success. Such a system leaves precious little time or energy for forms of community that don’t contribute to one’s own professional life or, as one ages, the professional prospects of one’s children. Workism reigns in America, and because of it, community in America, religious community included, is a math problem that doesn’t add up.
incompatible? (sorry not trying to be correction jerk, just want to make sure of meaning since used twice)
I am typing on my phone. It automatically autocorrected. I hate this thing so much. Thanks for the correction! I’ll clean up the original post