US EditionDebate Emerges on Role of Empathy as Some Christian Conservatives Challenge Its Value
Conservative Christian leaders argue empathy promotes acceptance of behaviors they consider sinful, linking its rise to social movements and political shifts since 2018.
- Some Christian conservatives, like Allie Beth Stuckey and Joe Rigney, argue that empathy can lead to accepting sins like abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
- Historian Susan Lanzoni notes a shift in the perception of empathy, which has been co-opted politically, particularly regarding progressive views on kindness and morality.
- Rev. Albert Mohler supports critiques against contemporary uses of empathy, while Rigney asserts that empathy can be manipulative and disparages movements that complicate its role.
- Stuckey and Rigney published books arguing against forms of empathy, gaining traction within Trump's Christian base.
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Debate over empathy highlights differing views of Christian conservatives, progressives
WASHINGTON — Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice.
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Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be
Some voices on the Christian right are arguing the virtue of empathy has become a vice. Those Christians claim empathy can manipulate people into accepting what they see as sins, like abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights.
·United States
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