That a conservative presented with these cases might feel betrayed by their own treacherous empathy makes sense; this degree ...

It’s a provocative idea: that empathy — that is, putting yourself in another person’s proverbial shoes, and feeling what they feel — is a sin. The Bible contains repeated invocations from ...

There's a growing movement, among some conservatives, pushing back against traditional notions of empathy. What's behind it, and what might it mean, especially for Christian conservatives?

When suffering is irrelevant, anything can be justified. Enter the Christian movement that believes empathy is a sin.

MAGA’s war on empathy exposes misogynist fears Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy "toxic" and "suicidal" — blame their shared misogyny ...

Some conservative Christians agree with Elon Musk that the fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy.

A sharp Christian voice makes a bold argument: when politics are driven by empathy rather than truth, innocent people pay the price. We are told that empathy is the highest virtue--the key to ...

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images But the inconvenient truth for Christian nationalist apologists is that to reject empathy is to reject the fundamental teachings of Christianity.

Cherokee Nation citizen Cobie Grace Graham recently released her first children’s book, “I Thought I Was a Bad Kid,” focusing ...

Yet as stunning as it may sound, “empathy is a sin” is a claim that’s been growing in recent years across the Christian right.