Is Empathy a Sin? Can caring too much ever become morally wrong? Dr. Joe Rigney and Dr. Alastair Roberts
Joe Rigney calls empathy a sin. Alastair Roberts says not so fast. Who’s right? Today, we explore a question at the heart of pastoral care, public witness, and Christian leadership: Is empathy a virtue to be cultivated or a vice to be resisted? Professor Joe Rigney and Dr Alastair Roberts joined Andy Kind.…
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