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The Benedict Option : A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

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**A __NEW YORK TIMES__ BESTSELLER"Already the most discussed and most important religious book of the decade." —David BrooksIn 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. His spiritual centers of hope were strongholds of light throughout the Dark Ages, and saved not just Christianity but Western civilization. Today, a new fo

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Author
Rod Dreher
Publisher
Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780735213296
Category
religious
Subjects
Political Science, Christian, Fiction
Rating
3.76 / 5 (1,300 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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