On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Jeremy Lundgren about his new book on a theology of safety. It’s a conversation about the uniquely modern way that we pursue safety and what it means to hold the value of safety in tension with other virtues like courage, and in light of the call of discipleship. Among the topics we discuss:
- On the “tokens of safety” that fill our world and what it says about our values
- How Covid manifested and accelerated our pursuit of safety.
- The history of our pursuit of safety in three stages: humanity against the gods, humanity against nature, and humanity against itself.
- Three core elements of the modern pursuit of safety: predicting the future, using technology to control the material world, and developing uniform procedures to ensure safety.
- How the call of discipleship situates and sometimes challenges the pursuit of safety
- What Christian parents might hope for their children when it comes to safety
Get the book: https://www.ivpress.com/the-pursuit-of-safety
