Tag: Rod Dreher
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The Moral Conservative Wayback Machine and the Deeper Sense of the Closure of Memorial
by Kristina Stoeckl | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски The identification of moral conservatives in the twenty-first century with historical periods that predate the experience of twentieth century totalitarianism reveals a fundamental blind-spot in contemporary conservatism. Conjuring up political constellations of the 1920s to 40s as analogies for contemporary struggles between conservatives and progressives willfully ignores the ‘lesson’ of […]
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Dreher vs. Schmemann: Church, World, Mission
by Archpriest Denis J.M. Bradley | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски The January 2021 Schmemann Lecture delivered by Mr. Rod Dreher, a Senior Editor of The American Conservative, has provoked bewilderment and objections especially among former students of Father Alexander. Was Dreher—neither an academic nor a theologian but a polemical journalist […]
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The Kavasilas Option
by Fr. Micah Hirschy Much has been written in the last couple of years concerning the “Benedict Option.” People have found inspiration in it as well as a great deal to criticize about both the movement and Rod Dreher’s book. The historicity and theology of the book are questionable. The dire picture painted is […]
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The Benedict of History versus The Benedict Option
by George Demacopoulos Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option has much to commend it. Among other things, it aptly recognizes that the landscape of American religious practice is rapidly changing and in some depressing ways. It affirms that a faith divorced from real-life practice is useless. And it recognizes that Christians benefit when they mine […]