Author: Walker, Nathan C.
Brand: Skinner House Books
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 128
Release Date: 01-05-2016
Part Number: 9781558967748
Details: An emotionally honest and personal exploration of conflict that introduces a creative and compassionate way to develop empathetic responses.
In Cultivating Empathy, Reverend Nathan C. Walker explores the concept of the moral imaginationโa way we can project ourselves into a conflict and understand all perspectives, aware that understanding need not imply agreement.
Walker presents a series of revealing essays about his wrestlings with personal and cultural conflicts and his commitment to stop โotherizingโโwhich occurs when we either demonize people or romanticize them. His remedy for these kinds of projections is to employ the moral imagination as an everyday spiritual practice. Through his engaging and thought-provoking vignettes, he endeavors to find connection with skinheads, murderers, homophobic preachers, privileged 1-percenters, and Monsanto executives. As he experiments with this approach, he shows a model that can help us all nurture greater empathy for those we have previously held in contempt.
EAN: 9781558967748
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
Languages: English
