Tag Archives: Benedict Option

Where would Christianity be without the civil powers that privileged it?

https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/benedict-or-constantine-part-2 Dreher and Ben Op Reynolds: I guess I have a real concern here, though, in that I don’t think that it takes the actual history of the world seriously enough. Orthodox communities would not have survived in the Middle … Continue reading

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Carl Trueman on the Ben Op

First Things The talk on Friday night made all of that clear. And it offered an outline of the assumptions of the Ben Op, which might be summarized as follows: Conventional politics will not save us. Nota bene: This is … Continue reading

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Alan Jacobs Summarizes the Benedict Option

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Hauerwas vs. the Benedict Option

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Experimental Theology’s Progressive Evangelical Ben Op

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (the best of the bunch so far) Part 5 Sabbath as resistance Part 6 Liturgy is overrated

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Dreher in World Mag on the Benedict Option

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The Lost World of the CRCNA

Dismantling the CRC I was born in 1963. I was in college and seminary in the 80s, returned back to US ministry in the late 90s and have been pastor in a local church ever since. In the 80s CRC … Continue reading

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The Benedict Option

Dreher has been beating this drum consistently enough that he’s getting discussion. Noah Millman serious questions, HT Dreher Alan Jacobs Snakes and Ladders (same Dreher piece) But I think the reason you’re frustrated, and the reason the conversation has gone the … Continue reading

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