"Secular spirituality was according to the worker-priests and IM chaplains an integrated part of faith without which faith could not be conceived and understood and without which faith was not truly faith about God incarnated in Jesus Christ. This secular spirituality was the theological dividing line between the official Church and the worker-priests and industrial chaplains." [Quote pp 169-172]

"Secular spirituality did not leave room for authority to exercise supervision of faith to control faith. Authority saw in this the risk of heresy. And the structure of the official Church did not want voluntarily to give up its duty and power to guard faith." [Quote pp 169-172]

"Secular spirituality can be misunderstood as being reductionism. It is not rather the opposite. The search in secular spirituality for ways to understand faith to be present in real life and not to be merely an intellectual structure is not reductionism but points to new ways of religious experience an expansion of faith deepening it. The worker-priests and industrial chaplains witnessed to their experiences of being close to God in the activity in the world of work cooperating with workers and combatting oppression. Some worker-priests said they felt more close to God in such types of activity than in Church. The rejection of secular spirituality prevented a further search into the spirituality of work and the theology of work. The official Church as guardian of faith had great difficulty in accepting this type of experience." [Quote pp 169-172]

"As time passed the priests and chaplains tuned down some parts of secular spirituality. The Church put emphasis on the prophetic role of the Church but less on the problem of influence into the Church and theology from the world. Further exploration into secular spirituality is necessary in order to continue to develop the nature and scope of the spirituality of work and the theology of work." [Quote pp 169-172]