Face Your Fear Living with Courage in an Age of Caution

by Boteach, Shmuley

• ISBN13: 9780312326739
• ISBN10: 0312326734
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach argues that the roots of fear lie deep within the recesses of the soul and are magnified by a culture of purposelessness and meaninglessness. In the face of terrorism, individuals live with the constant dread that they dont matter. Boteach concludes that fear is crippling society with unprecedented force. He tackles this overwhelming emotion and answers the following questions: How does fear suck vitality from our lives? How can we be so powerful a society yet so succeptible to fear? How can we liberate ourselves from its clutches? Face Your Fear is a book that inspires us to transcendence by connecting to what is rock-solid and eternal.

Author Biography

The Rabbi of Oxford for fourteen years, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the internationally bestselling author of fourteen books. He is currently the host of two radio shows: The Peter and Shmuley Morning Show, which reaches an estimated 250,000 listeners in the New York area, and a nationally syndicated discussion/call-in show on the Talk America Network on weekdays for three hours. Rabbi Shmuley is a weekly columnist for the Jerusalem Post (500,000 readers bi-weekly) and appears regularly in the op-ed pages of The New York Post (590,000 readers) and the Times of London (1 million readers).

He has been profiled in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, etc. He is a regular guest on American talk and news programs.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: The Case Against Fear	1	(90)
1 Fear: The Dragon in Eden	3	(9)
2 Fear: The Ultimate Terrorist	12	(6)
3 What Stuff Are We Made Of?	18	(11)
4 The Media's Campaign of Fear	29	(7)
5 Fear's Futility	36	(23)
6 Busting the Myths About Fear	59	(13)
7 Move Toward the Light	72	(8)
8 Tell Yourself Not to Be Afraid	80	(8)
9 Fear Is the Hammer That Beats Our Lives into Dust	88	(3)
PART TWO: To Conquer Fear	91	(162)
10 Strengthen Your Inner Immunity	93	(4)
11 Principle #1: Dedicate Your Life to Something Higher	97	(7)
12 Principle #2: Believe in Your Destiny	104	(8)
13 Principle #3: Become a Leader	112	(4)
14 Principle #4: Face Your Fear	116	(6)
15 Principle #5: Keep Hope Alive	122	(4)
16 Principle #6: Redefine Vigilance	126	(4)
17 Principle #7: Replace Caution with Courage	130	(8)
18 Principle #8: Embrace the Superrational	138	(6)
19 Principle #9: Create Your Own Reality	144	(6)
20 Principle #10: Fight Back Against the Darkness	150	(4)
21 Principle #11: Do Something	154	(7)
22 Principle #12: Kill Your Television	161	(8)
23 Principle #13: Choose Righteousness	169	(5)
24 Principle #14: Have Contempt for Evil	174	(5)
25 Principle #15: Recognize Holiness	179	(12)
26 Principle #16: Connect Your Life with Others	191	(4)
27 Principle #17: Do Good	195	(5)
28 Principle #18: Connect with Family	200	(6)
29 Principle #19: Develop a Primary Relationship	206	(14)
30 Principle #20: Raise Fearless Children	220	(14)
31 Principle #21: Build Your Community	234	(8)
32 Principle #22: Knot Your Spiritual Umbilical Cord	242	(11)
Conclusion: Living Life in the High Places	253	(4)
Acknowledgments	257