The Disciplines of Empathy and Hope in the Fight Against Racism
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God is heartbroken again Abraham Joshua Heschel, a rabbi who walked with Martin Luther King, Jr., taught me about the prophets of the Old Testament (and prophets of all kinds). Heschel argues that prophecy is empathy with the pathos of God. What does that mean exactly? It means that the prophets feel what God feels. This is a small problem for the doctrinaire of us because following the tradition of the Church Fathers and Mothers, Christians often hold the view that God is “impassible.” That is to say, God isn’t
The Disciplines of Empathy and Hope in the Fight Against Racism
The Disciplines of Empathy and Hope in the…
The Disciplines of Empathy and Hope in the Fight Against Racism
God is heartbroken again Abraham Joshua Heschel, a rabbi who walked with Martin Luther King, Jr., taught me about the prophets of the Old Testament (and prophets of all kinds). Heschel argues that prophecy is empathy with the pathos of God. What does that mean exactly? It means that the prophets feel what God feels. This is a small problem for the doctrinaire of us because following the tradition of the Church Fathers and Mothers, Christians often hold the view that God is “impassible.” That is to say, God isn’t