UPDATE: This is now a "Page" with it's own tab at the top, which I will update regularly.
Rod Dreher, at The American Conservative (among other places) is well-known, especially among conservative-leaning Christians (of whatever stripe) for his books Crunchy Cons, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and How Dante Can Save Your Life. Dreher's next project, which will eventually be in book form, currently consists of a wide-ranging discussion on what he calls the "Benedict Option." In essence, such a project takes as its starting point Alasdair McIntyre's final words in his book "After Virtue," which consist of his prediction that:
Rod Dreher, at The American Conservative (among other places) is well-known, especially among conservative-leaning Christians (of whatever stripe) for his books Crunchy Cons, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and How Dante Can Save Your Life. Dreher's next project, which will eventually be in book form, currently consists of a wide-ranging discussion on what he calls the "Benedict Option." In essence, such a project takes as its starting point Alasdair McIntyre's final words in his book "After Virtue," which consist of his prediction that:
What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us. And if the tradition of the virtues was able to survive the horrors of the last dark ages, we are not entirely without grounds for hope. This time however the barbarians are not waiting beyond the frontiers; they have already been governing us for quite some time. And it is our lack of consciousness of this that constitutes part of our predicament. We are waiting not for a Godot, but for another—doubtless very different—St. Benedict.What Dreher is about, in fostering conversation and in writing his book, is attempting a vision, and perhaps "marching orders," so to speak, regarding how Christians ought to respond to McIntyre's statement in formation of local forms of community. In other words, what will Christians do to form them, in what would the consist, how can Christians survive, is it physical sequestration or ideo-political, or partaking of both...and so forth...
Because of the sheer volume of posts on the matter, I am attempting here to give a decent list of the various discussions on the issue, from Dreher himself and from others, who are engaged in the discussion. If I miss any, please leave comments - I've done my best from Google and other sources, ordered from the most recent posts to the earliest I can find.
June 3, 2015
‘Opzione Benedetto’ Turning Up All Over - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Rod Dreher Explains the Benedict Option - Warren Cole Smith, World
June 2, 2015
The Glory of the Benedictines - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
June 1, 2015
Home, Retreat, and the Benedict Option - Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy
May 29, 2015
Putting Flesh on BenOp Bones - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Talking Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 28, 2015
Is it Time for the Benedict Option? - Dwight Longenecker, NC Register
May 27, 2015
The Liberal Catholic Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 26, 2015
Hope, Optimism, and Magical Thinking - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Is It Time to Hunker Down? - Dwight Longenecker, Patheos
May 24, 2015
The Benedict Option, Part One: Build a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul - Eve Tushnet, Patheos
The Benedict Option, Part Two: This Time Its Personal - Eve Tushnet, Patheos
Secure Your Own Mask First - James K.A. Smith, Cardus
May 21, 2015
Noah and the Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 20, 2015
Accidental Stylites and the Benedict Option - Leah Libresco, Patheos
Fundamentalism v. The Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 19, 2015
Serious...Questions About the Benedict Option - Noah Millman, American Conservative
The Benedict Option Reading List - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
The Benedict Option & Antipolitical Politics - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
The Benedict Option - Damon Linker, The Week
The Benedict Option & Antipolitical Politics - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 18, 2015
Benedictine Agrarians - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 15, 2015
Learning from, Some Thoroughly Material Benedictines - Russell Arben Fox, Front Porch Republic
L’Option Benoît - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 14, 2015
French Religious History and the New American Intégrisme - David Sessions, Patrol
Is this Man Dr. Evil? - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Breathing with Benedict - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Their Losing Religion = Our Losing Religious Freedom - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 13, 2015
Leviathan v. Benedict - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 12, 2015
Benedictines, Not Fundamentalists - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
May 11, 2015
Christopher Dawson and the Benedict Option - Brian Mattson, Journal
May 8, 2015
Arguing About the Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
X-Men Don’t Take the Benedict Option - Owen Strachan, The Stream
April 30, 2015
Building Shelters Along the Pilgrim Path - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
Rod Dreher and his Friendly Critics - Carl Eric Scott, NRO
April 29, 2015
Rod Dreher and the Problem with a Return to the Land - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy
February 1, 2015
Christian and Countercultural - Rod Dreher, First Things
All of the Above - David Dieteman, Crisis
November 13, 2014
Benedict Options - Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Patheos
November 12, 2014
Are Appeals to Natural Law and Right Reason Still Effective? - Samuel Gregg, Crisis
November 10, 2014
Our Only Option - C.C. Pecknold, First Things
November 7, 2014
Lots of Options - Bianca Czaderna, First Things
October 22, 2014
A Benedictine on the Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
October 18, 2014
Roger Scruton on Modern Political Conservatism - Rod Dreher, Imaginative Conservative
October 6, 2014
The Dominican Option - C.C. Pecknold, First Things
"Options" for Cultural Engagement - Dale Coulter, First Things
October 2, 2014
Should Christians Check Out Of Mainstream Society? - Matt K. Lewis, Daily Caller
September 5, 2014
The Evangelical Roots of the Benedict Option - Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy
August 26, 2014
A ‘Babylonian Exile' To Save Their Faith - David Gibson, HuffPo
August 20, 2014
To Be a Christian in Modern America - Matthew Sitman, The Dish
August 14, 2014
The Jeremiah Option vs. the Benedict Option - Joe Carter, Acton
March 26, 2014
The Benedict Option: What Does It Really Mean? - R. Jared Staudt, Crisis
March 15, 2014
The Benedict Option - The Peregrinator
February 19, 2014
The Benedict Option Doesn't Exist - Dylan Pahman, Ethika Politica
February 17, 2014
The Benedict Option and the Lay Vocation - David Goerke, Crisis
February 6, 2014
A Catholic Showdown Worth Watching - Patrick Deneen, American Conservative
February 4, 2014
The Francis Option - Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The American Scene
December 12, 2013
Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
September 29, 2013
Rod Dreher and the Benedict Option - Peter Robinson, Ricochet
September 27, 2013
Benedict Option Bleg - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
June 4, 2012
A Secularist Sees the Benedict Option - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
April 30, 2012
A Counterculture of Catholic Monks - James Carroll, Boston Globe
October 5, 2011
Front Porch Republic and the Communion of Saints - Daniels & Pecknold, Front Porch
October 1, 2014
Ghosts of Colson & Neuhaus - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
September 27, 2011
Doom of Rome: More on the Benedict Option - Hector, Crossroads
September 22, 2011
A Response to Turmarion - Hector, Crossroads
August 21, 2011
A Double Shadow V: Finale - Turmarion, Chequer-Board
June 14, 2011
So, what IS the Benedict Option? - Red Cardigan, And Sometimes Tea
June 13, 2011
News from the Benedict Option Front - Red Cardigan, And Sometimes Tea
May 18, 2009
Becoming Barbarians - Rod Dreher, American Conservative
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