The Violence of Fear in Evangelical Christianity
6 min readApr 28, 2024
In “Are We Still Buying a New World with Old Confederate Bills,” Lillian Smith writes, “The Devil knows that if you want to destroy a man, all you need do is fill him with false hopes and false fears. These will blind him to his new direction and he will inevitably turn away from the future and destroy himself and those close to him.” Smith understood that fear is a powerful weapon because it causes…