The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Already the most discussed and most important religious book of the decade. -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. 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 actuèally the way back-all the way to St. Benedict of Nurèsia. 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,
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0735213291
ISBN13:9780735213296
Release Date:March 2017
Publisher:Sentinel
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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Published by Tebel Shaw , 9 months ago
Wordy, repetitive, hardly original concept of changing society by withdrawing from it. Some historical perspectives are worth pondering, but the idea has been tried before.
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