One of the best ways to get someone to do what you want is to manipulate them through the use of fear. The church has done this in the past by invoking the threat of hellfire and brimstone. The use of fear as a motivator seems to be increasingly common in the field of politics. What does our Christian faith have to say about the politics of fear What did Jesus see as the antidote for fear, and what might that mean for us today, as we try to counteract the politics of fear with the politics of love?