The BenOp: Rethinking Christian Civics

In a series of Gleanings posts last summer, we took a look at American religion by the numbers, how we as Christians should be preparing for exile in the post-Christian age, and Rod Dreher's idea of The Benedict Option, and later addressed what this means for the church. This week's Gleanings looks again to the BenOp and its call to rethink Christian civics, as well as learning from some who have gone before us.

The Benedict Option: Regrouping & Rethinking
John Burger, Aleteia

Eating Locusts Will be (Benedict) Optional
Carl R. Trueman, First Things

The BenOp as Culture War: A Response to Trueman
Greg Forster, First Things

Politics of Resentment?: A Response to Forster
Carl R. Truman, First Things

The Virtues of Alasdair MacIntyre
Stanley Hauerwas, First Things

Why Philosophy Still Matters in a Scientific Age
Olivia Goldhill, Quartz

Mercersburg Theology, Eucharistic Union & Civil Society
James R. Rogers, First Things

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