Williamsburg Regional Library

The Benedict option, a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation, Rod Dreher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index

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The Benedict option

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Rod Dreher

a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation

"From the inside, American churches have been hollowed out by the departure of young people and by an insipid pseudo<U+2013>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<U+2019>s assault, but it will not stop the West<U+2019>s slide into decadence and dissolution. Rod Dreher argues that the way forward is actu<U+00AD>ally the way back<U+2014>all the way to St. Benedict of Nur<U+00AD>sia. This sixth-century monk, horrified by the moral chaos following Rome<U+2019>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. His spiritual centers of hope were strongholds of light throughout the Dark Ages, and saved not just Christianity but Western civilization"--, Jacket flap

Introduction: The awakening -- The great flood -- The roots of the crisis -- A rule for living -- A new kind of Christian politics -- A church for all seasons -- The idea of a Christian village -- Education as Christian formation -- Preparing for hard labor -- Eros and the new Christian counterculture -- Man and the machine -- Conclusion: The Benedict decision

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