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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dreher, Rod, author.
Title: The Benedict option : a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation / Rod Dreher.
Description: New York : Sentinel, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053888 (print) | LCCN 2017001377 (e-book) | ISBN 9780735213296 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780735213319 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Christianity and culture—United States. | Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula. | Benedictines—Rules. | Monasticism and religious orders—Rules.
Classification: LCC BR526 .D735 2017 (print) | LCC BR526 (ebook) | DDC 261.0973—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053888
Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org.