The Benedict Option
by Rod Dreher · first published 2017
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In a radical vision for the future of Christianity, New York Times bestselling author and 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
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…country." Graeber on the myth of the ignorant savage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvUzdJSK4x8 I'm not sure that itinerance or illiteracy are strategies I would recommend to anyone. :) Dreher's Benedict Option seems like a Western perspective of a similar strategy.
on “Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes” ↗You sound like you've been reading a lot of Rod Dreher :-). If you haven't been, you might be interested in his blog, where he discusses "The Benedict Option" as a (Christian) response to this sort of cultural decline. He's also working on a book on the topic...
on “The Triumph of Stupidity (1933)” ↗…that Groypers are ascendant in the MAGA era. The remarkable thing here is the fact this message to Vance came from fairly far out on the right. Dreher is perhaps most famous for his 2018 book — The Benedict Option — in which he pitched the idea that conservative Christians should form their own separatist communities due to their concerns about modern, secular values and the increasing acceptance of the LGBTQ community.…
on “Indiana Professor Removed from Class over White Supremacy Lesson” ↗The Benedict Option[1] having been mentioned on HN, I recently read a translation of Benedict's Rule. He's pretty clear that entering by the narrow gate implies giving up not only private property, but also personal property,…
on “On Old Age” ↗