Today we still find this tradition of set dressing occurring in diplomatic photos.

[1] I have not read The Benedict Option but from its reviews, and from Dreher's professional and confessional background, I currently suspect Madonna's Justify My Love has stronger theological grounding.

Bonus clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlk4ulVs-2M (note the seppele and gestures, which finns apparently share with slavic cultures)

Edit: for the downvoter, are you aware of the various christian doctrines of justification, and their roles in the schisms within that religion?

For Dreher's confessional cursus, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24588118 (Not being a believer in heresy myself, I am feeling more charitable towards the shakiness of his theology after having discovered he is a journalist and/or blogger, not a theologian.)