Cultivating Empathy

The Worth and Dignity of Every Person--without Exception

Nathan Walker (Nathan Walker)

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Skinner House Books
09 November 2016

Popular psychology

"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 imagination-a 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 ""otherizing""-which 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."

By: Nathan Walker (Nathan Walker)
Imprint: Skinner House Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
ISBN: 9781558967748
ISBN 10: 1558967745
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 09 November 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Meg Riley Introduction Meeting the One Percent My God! Reimagining Rwanda With You Always At-one-ment Get Up! My Equality Complex A Letter to My Murderer A Ministry of Mediation The Monsanto Beast Epilogue

Nathan C. Walkeris the executive director for the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute in Washington, D.C., where he teaches First Amendment principles that help leaders to negotiate religious and philosophical differences in the public square. He is a Unitarian Universalist minister and author of Exorcising Preaching: Crafting Intellectually Honest Worship.

Reviews for Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person--without Exception

“Reverend Walker introduces the concept of a moral imagination, or an ability to project oneself into a conflict and understand all the perspectives, as a daily spiritual practice that can lead to developing empathetic responses to those held in contempt.” —Emma Koonse, Publishers Weekly