Die Benedikt-Option: Eine Strategie für Christen in einer nachchristlichen Gesellschaft

Rod Dreher developed a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian society. It caused quite a stir in the United States. Perhaps the most important new publication for German-speaking Christians in the spring of 2018 is now available in Tobias Klein's translation. The problems that Dreher solves not only concern the USA, but also our German-speaking countries. This book - here with a foreword by Archbishop Georg Gänswein as a paperback - is not a self-pitying description of the state of affairs, but shows the possibilities of building a Christian counterculture with respect to the roots of our faith. It is a challenge for churches and for every individual.

About the Author: Rod Dreher is not promoting a political agenda or presenting a manual of spiritual practice, but he shows how Christians can find creative ways to live out their faith joyfully and counterculturally. The basis is the rule of St. Benedict: the ability to follow the right path at the time of decision.

“If we Christians today do not stand firmly on the rock of the sacred order revealed by our sacred tradition—the order of thought, speech, and action that embodies Christianity in culture and transmits it from generation to generation—then we will no longer have ground under our feet. If we do not incorporate practices into our daily lives that ensure that this sacred order remains ever-present to us, our families, and our communities, we will lose it. And if we lose it, we risk losing sight of Him to whom everything in this sacred order points like a divine treasure map”. (p. 372)

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