A STRATEGY FOR CHRISTIANS IN A POST-CHRISTIAN NATION
Rod Dreher
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ISBN: 9780735213302 (paperback edition)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dreher, Rod, author.
Title: The Benedict option : a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation / Rod Dreher.
Description: New York : Sentinel, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053888 (print) | LCCN 2017001377 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735213296 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780735213319 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Christianity and culture—United States. | Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula. | Benedictines—Rules. | Monasticism and religious orders—Rules.
Classification: LCC BR526 .D735 2017 (print) | LCC BR526 (ebook) | DDC 261.0973—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053888
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About The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian NationIn this controversial bestseller, Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. From the inside, American churches have been hollowed out by the departure of young people and by an insipid pseudo–Christianity. From the outside, they are beset by challenges to religious liberty in a rapidly secularizing culture. Keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House may have bought a brief reprieve from the state’s assault, but it will not stop the West’s slide into decadence and dissolution. Rod Dreher argues that the way forward is actually the way back—all the way to St. Benedict of Nursia. This sixth-century monk, horrified by the moral chaos following Rome’s fall, retreated to the forest and created a new way of life for Christians. He built enduring communities based on principles of order, hospitality, stability, and prayer. |
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