Elizabeth Oldfield speaks with writer and editor Rod Dreher

Rod Dreher and Elizabeth Oldfield delve into Rod's coverage of the Catholic sex abuse scandal, converting to Eastern Orthodoxy, his views on immigration and Donald Trump and supernatural experiences.

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CHAPTERS

00:00:00 What is Sacred to you? Rod Dreher answers
00:06:28 Family, Place, and the Weight of Expectations
00:10:16 Moral Foundations and Personal Crisis
00:17:54 The Benedict Option: A Call to Intentional Living
00:26:25 The Journey to Orthodoxy and the Search for Transcendence
00:30:39 Living in Wonder: Rediscovering the Enchanted World
00:33:03 The Unseen Battle: Spiritual Awareness
00:36:44 Encounters with the Divine: Transformative Stories
00:39:41 Spiritual climate
00:43:03 Conservative politics, Trump and faith
00:48:42 The willingness to suffer for your beliefs

Keywords:
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