The Benedict option : a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation
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New York, New York : Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017].
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9780735213296, 0735213291
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Published
New York, New York : Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017].
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Book
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English
ISBN
9780735213296, 0735213291

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
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"In a radical vision for the future of Christianity, American Conservative columnist 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 are 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 might 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 Christian 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. Today, a new, post-Christian 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. This book 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. The Benedict Option is for all mere Christians -- Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox -- 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 and resilient culture, 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." --,(Source of summary not specified)

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Dreher, R. (2017). The Benedict option: a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation . Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Dreher, Rod. 2017. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Dreher, Rod. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

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Dreher, Rod. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

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