The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a

The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Already the most discussed and most important religious book of the decade."Â â€”David Brooks

In this controversial bestseller, Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life.Â
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From the inside, American churches have been hollowed out by the departure of young people and by an insipid pseudoâ€“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 stateâ€™s assault, but it will not stop the Westâ€™s slide into decadence and dissolution.
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Rod Dreher argues that the way forward is actuÂally the way backâ€”all the way to St. Benedict of NurÂsia. This sixth-century monk, horrified by the moral chaos following Romeâ€™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.
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Today, a new form of barbarism reigns. Many believers are blind to it, and their churches are too weak to resist. Politics offers little help in this spiritual crisis. What is needed is the Benedict Option, a strategy that draws on the authority of Scripture and the wisdom of the ancient church. The goal: to embrace exile from mainstream culture and construct a resilient counterculture.
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The Benedict OptionÂ is both manifesto and rallying cry for Christians who, if they are not to be conquered, must learn how to fight on culture war battlefields like none the West has seen for fifteen hundred years. It's for all mere ChrisÂtiansâ€”Protestant, Catholic, Orthodoxâ€”who can read the signs of the times. Neither false optimism nor fatalistic despair will do. Only faith, hope, and love, embodied in a renewed church, can sustain believers in the dark age that has overtaken us. These are the days for building strong arks for the long journey across a sea of night.
Country USA
Manufacturer Sentinel
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-03-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sentinel
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-03-14
Format	Kindle eBook

The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

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