Scott Bader-Saye - Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear: Choosing Trust Over Safety in an Anxious Age
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Formed by Love
Church and Israel after Christendom: The Politics of Election
A timely and provocative book concerning Christian resources of faith in a culture besot by fear. Bader-Sayes diagnosis of a pervasive system of anxiety, rooted in Enlightenment reductionism, is on target; but more important is his assessment of the capacity of communitarian courage to act as a transformative alternative to fear. Bader-Saye draws upon compelling contemporary cases of such courageous action but shows, with equally compelling articulation, how such courage finally is deeply rooted in Gods providence.
Walter Brueggemann , Columbia Theological Seminary
[A] cogently argued and elegantly written volume.
Publishers Weekly
A call to discipleship in its truest formwithout obsession and preoccupation with the costs or dangers of daily life.... Once we begin to understand that God is present with us in whatever circumstances surround our lives, ultimately redeeming every event of human existence, fear can be put in its place.
Kathy Brawley , Covenant Companion
Offers us Christian practical wisdom we desperately need. Through insightful examples as well as rich biblical and theological analysis, Bader-Saye beautifully invites us to trust God and to risk hospitality, peacemaking, and generosity. A profoundly hopeful, and hope-filled, book.
L. Gregory Jones , Duke Divinity School
A timely and well-written book.
Anthony B. Robinson , The Christian Century
The book is challenging and encouraging, and the discussion questions at the end of each chapter make it an ideal small-group resource.
Derek Melleby , Engage
Bader-Saye shares a great perspective on fear, one of the most abused commodities in our culture. His encouragement to follow Jesus is exactly the antidote we need.
John Dunham , YouthWorker Journal
Through helpful use of movie scenes and popular novels, and serious Bible study, Scott helps us all move towards a life of love, learning to embody the hospitality of Christ, and engage in peacemaking ministries. Good discussion questions, too, making this an ideal tool for study groups.
Byron Borger , Hearts and Minds Books
2007, 2020 by Scott Bader-Saye
Published by Brazos Press
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.brazospress.com
Previous edition published in 2007
Ebook edition created 2020
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ISBN 978-1-4934-2750-5
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Scripture quotations labeled KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
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To Demery
Who taught my heart not to fear
and whose presence in my life
is a sure sign of Gods providence
Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect for the Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
The Book of Common Prayer
My thesis... is very simply stated, though it has two parts: first, contemporary America is full of fear. And second, fear is not a Christian habit of mind.
Marilynne Robinson
Cover
Praise for the First Edition
Other Books by the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Fear for Profit
2. Fear and the Moral Life
3. Why Fearlessness Is a Bad Idea
4. Putting Fear in Its Place
5. Community and Courage
6. Trust and Hope
7. Narrative and Providence
8. Security and Vulnerability
9. The Risk of Hospitality
10. The Risk of Peacemaking
11. The Risk of Generosity
Notes
About the Author
Back Cover
Thanks to the many people and institutions who helped make this book possible. First, thanks to the Louisville Institute, whose Christian Faith and Life Sabbatical Grant provided significant time and funding for research and conversation. Thanks also to the Institute staff and my fellow grantees who provided helpful feedback on early drafts of these ideas. I am grateful to the Passionist Nuns of St. Gabriels Retreat Center in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, for providing a peaceful space to work on the first edition during my sabbatical. Thanks to those who read and commented on drafts of chapters: Raymond Barfield, Pauline Palko, Mary Reed, Dan Shenk-Evans, Alice Townley, and Allison Treat. Your insights and suggestions helped make the final draft clearer and more accessible. I owe a debt to those who allowed me to use their personal stories as examples of living honestly and well in a culture of fear: Kate Brennan, Maureen Fiordimondo, Ollie and Heather Wagner, Bob Fox, and David Daily. Your lives of faith are an encouragement to me. Thanks to my editors at Brazos PressRodney Clapp, Rebecca Cooper, Katelyn Beaty, and Eric Salowhose suggestions and support made this a better book. Thanks to the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics for permission to reprint portions of Thomas Aquinas and the Culture of Fear in volume 25, no. 2 (2005), 95108, in chapter 4. Thanks to Wipf and Stock and Ex Auditu for permission to reprint portions of Fear in the Garden: The State of Emergency and the Politics of Blessing, Ex Auditu 24 (2008): 113, in chapter 7.
My biggest thanks go to my familyto Elise, Eli, and Luke, who bring me joy and give me eyes to see, and to my wife, Demery, whose unflagging support kept me writing and whose superb editorial skill contributed to the text in countless ways.
I remember being thirteen years old and, as a requirement for confirmation class, having to memorize the Twenty-Third Psalm. I was in eighth grade, and in addition to taking confirmation class I was making my way through The Lord of the Rings for the first time. So, every Sunday evening, as my parents drove me to the church, I would be reading Tolkien in the back seat.
The thematic confluence between these two activities occurred when the journey of Frodo and Samwise through the dark paths of Mordor met the refrain of the psalmist, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me (Ps. 23:4 KJV). My aspirational teenage heart wanted to be heroic like Frodo and Sam, yet it knew that any real-life version of the journey to destroy the ring of power could easily become a road map to failure and hurt. In that space of teenage aspiration and fear, the words of the psalmist spoke to my anxieties, and they have stayed with me like a companion ever since. If Frodo and Sam could be sustained by courage, friendship, a bit of magic, and the background machinations of Gandalf, then surely I could be sustained by friendship with the God who is with me.
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