The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on e...

**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 reli...

Rod Dreher cominciò a parlare di Opzione Benedetto dieci anni fa, dalle colonne dei giornali conservatori americani. Quando gli chiesero di raccogliere le proprie ipotesi in un libro, Dreher scrisse questo testo che è diventato un vero e proprio manifesto sia del conservatorismo, sia delle prospettive future per il cristianesimo. La tesi di fondo è semplice: in un mondo come il nostro, molto simile a quello che vide la fine dell'Impero Romano con l'arrivo dei barbari, è necessario fare com...

L'Occident est « désenchanté », fermé à l'idée que l'univers est bercé de surnaturel et de métaphysique. L'homme quitte les églises parce que la foi est devenue sèche et sans vie. Mais l'homme est toujours en quête de quelque chose qui le dépasse.Observateur expérimenté du monde actuel, Rod Dreher nous encourage à retrouver le sens de l'émerveillement. Mêlant analyses, témoignages et récits personnels (il se livre ici comme jamais), Dreher invoque l'histoire, l'anthropologie, les n...

In 2018, at the end of a speech Rod Dreher gave in Genoa, an artist gave him an engraving by his own hand. In broken English, the artist explained that he was in his studio that afternoon when the Holy Spirit told him that he should come hear Rod Dreher, and give him a particular drawing of an obscure medieval saint. None of this made sense to Dreher until two years later, lost in depression and confusion, the saint - a Tuscan hermit named Galgano - appeared in Dreher's life again under ci...

Vivir en el asombro es una invitación a volver a abrir los ojos. A descubrir que el mundo no es un escenario plano y silencioso, sino un lugar cargado de sentido, misterio y presencia divina. En estas páginas, Rod Dreher narra cómo Occidente fue perdiendo su capacidad de asombrarse, cómo se «desencantó», y muestra, con ejemplos concretos y profundamente humanos, que ese encantamiento no ha desaparecido: simplemente hemos olvidado el sentido de la maravilla y la conciencia de lo divino. Apo...

Have you ever felt implicit pressure to 'go along' with something you believe not to be true?Since Live Not by Lies was originally published in 2020 with a warning for America, many have seen in Europe and other Western nations an acceleration of 'soft totalitarianism' in our societies. Whether it is the effects of cancel culture online because of progressive voices marginalising conservative opinions, or the unprecedented restrictions of civil liberties i...

Après son brillant essai sur le « pari bénédictin », Rod Dreher développe une réflexion aussi puissante que féconde autour du soft totalitarisme occidental. Pas d'interdiction officielle d'opinion, pas de déploiement d'un État policier, mais l'émergence insidieuse d'une tyrannie douce qui, sous l'égide d'un credo progressiste, annihile tout esprit critique et paralyse jusqu'au plus indépendant des libres penseurs. Qu'est-ce que le soft totalitarisme ? Comment l'homme moderne en vient-il à ...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on e...

Our churches are beset by challenges. From the outside, they are beset by a rapidly secularizing culture. From the inside, they're being hollowed out by the departure of young people and a watered-down spirituality. Many believers are blind to it, and their churches are too weak to resist. Those who notice are often frightened, and wonder what went wrong and what they can do about these trends.The Benedict Option is a guide for Christians under siege - a strategy that draw...

En un mundo como el actual, que sería semejante a aquel que vio el fin del Imperio romano con la llegada de los bárbaros, es necesario actuar del mismo modo que lo hizo en su día san Benito de Nursia al alejarse de Roma y dedicarse a, en palabras del filósofo Alasdair MacIntyre, "la construcción de nuevas formas de comunidad dentro de las cuales pudiera continuar la vida moral, de tal modo que moralidad y civilidad sobrevivieran a las épocas de barbarie y oscuridad que se avecinaban"....

O autor de A opção beneditina, best-seller do New York Times, usa como fundamento a sabedoria dos sobreviventes cristãos da perseguição soviética para alertar os cristãos ocidentais sobre os perigos que se aproximam. Por anos, emigrantes do antigo bloco soviético vêm dizendo a Rod Dreher que estão observando os sinais reveladores de que o totalitarismo brando está se proliferando no Ocidente — algo mais parecido com Admirável Mundo Novo do que com 1984. Políticas identitárias estão começan...