Conquering Fear, Harold S. Kushner
Conquering Fear, Harold S. Kushner
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Conquering Fear
Living Boldly in an Uncertain World

Author: Harold S. Kushner

Narrator: Harold S. Kushner

Unabridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2009


Synopsis

From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.

An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises: fear of unemployment; fear of aging, illness, losing beauty; fear of a terrorist attack or natural disaster. In uncertain times, coping with these fears can be especially challenging, but in this indispensable, hopeful book, Harold S. Kushner teaches us to confront, master, and even embrace fear for a more fulfilling life.

Drawing on the teachings of religious and secular literature and on the true stories of people who have faced their fears, Kushner helps us to see that fear can present us with extraordinary opportunities—to connect with our emotions, rethink our values, and change our lives, and the world, for the better. For those who fear helplessness, he suggests empowerment: through prayer, service, and education. For those who fear for mankind’s future, he insists on hope and pragmatic measures, such as working to protect the environment. For those who fear death, he proposes life—lived boldly and purposefully.

In Conquering Fear, we are again inspired by Harold S. Kushner’s wisdom, at once deeply spiritual and eminently practical.

About The Author

Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, where he lives. His classic work, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, was an international best seller. He was honored by the Christophers, a Roman Catholic organization, as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place in the last half century, and by the national organization Religion in American Life as clergyman of the year in 1999.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Margie on March 03, 2010

A quick read. I like Rabbi Kushner's writing, though it's a bit like reading mystery novels by a favorite author; you sort of know what to expect. This book takes on different types of fears in the various chapters (fear of death, fear of loss of self, etc.). Nothing earth-shattering, but comforting......more

Goodreads review by Lanre on March 20, 2017

Book #8 : Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World by Harold Kushner | Finished February 4th 2017 #100BooksChallenge Favourite Take Aways Marketers and politicians have learned how much easier it is to manipulate people, to get them to do what you want them to, when they are frightened. In......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on October 19, 2009

As with all of Rabbi Kushner's books, I always find both comfort and inspiration from his writing. While addressing humanity's fear in the 21st century, he has an interesting perspective on issues as varied as technology, aging, terrorism, and rejection. This is definitely a book to be read more tha......more

Goodreads review by David on July 02, 2012

While you might not always agree with this theological framework, Kushner provides words of wisdom for overcoming fear through different periods of life. It is a volume that encourages and inspires, provokes and challenges and causes you to question your own actions. At the same time it provides hel......more


Quotes

“Harold Kushner once again arms his readers to battle life’s difficult moments by showing the strengths they already have inside them: this time courage is the quality—the  courage to change, to accept, to fight, and to follow virtue. An inspiring book for our times.”
            -Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie
 
 “Rich with Harold Kushner’s honest, practical eloquence, Conquering Fear is the right book at the right time. It will ease the heart and strengthen the mind of everyone who reads it!”
            -Forrest Church, author of Love & Death
 
“Harold Kushner speaks to the real questions that are on the minds and hearts of people . . . Rabbi Kushner’s answers in this book are not glib . . . He takes up these fears one by one, and gives us cogent advice on how to live with them . . . A carefully reasoned effort to calm our spirits so that we do not yield to the many frightening terrors that can crush our spirits and spoil our will to live wisely and well.”
            -Jack Riemer, Palm Beach Jewish Journal
 
“A helpful guide to navigating all kinds of fear.”
            -Joshunda Sanders, Austin American-Statesman
 
“Filled with a great deal of wisdom . . . Kushner’s message is inspirational and transcends all religious creeds and spiritualities.”
            -Library Journal
 
“Kushner does present ideas that . . . provide a different and satisfying way of looking at some of these problems.”
            -Washington Jewish Week
 
“The inspirational author’s latest is likely to strike a chord with a wide range of readers.”
            -Booklist