By Sam Hailes2025-03-31T11:47:00
Joe Rigney has authored a much-discussed new book entitled The Sin of Empathy. He defends his thesis to Sam Hailes
If I were to list the fifty biggest problems facing the Church today, I don’t think ‘too much empathy’ would make the cut.
But Idaho-based pastor Joe Rigney disagrees. His provocative new book is entitled The Sin of Empathy (Canon Press) and claims empathy is “the greatest rhetorical tool of manipulation in the 21st century”.
Needless to say, the book has already generated plenty of online discussion. Can empathy really be sinful? I spoke to him to find out more.
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