Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian LifeIn this provocative essay on that least understood virtue, compassion, the authors challenge themselves and us with these questions: Where do we place compassion in our lives? Is it enough to live a life in which we hurt one another as little as possible? Is our guiding ideal a life of maximum pleasure and minimum pain?Compassionanswers no. |
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User Review - empress8411 - LibraryThingOne of the best books I read as a young Christian. As someone who struggles with compassion for other humans (a productive of personality and home-life), this challenged me and helped me understand ... Read full review
Contents
GodwithUs | 5 |
Servant God | 15 |
Obedient God | 26 |
Community | 39 |
Displacement | 52 |
Togetherness | 66 |
Patience | 78 |
Prayer | 92 |
Action | 105 |
Conclusion | 119 |
Epilogue | 122 |
Notes | 126 |
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Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life Donald P. McNeill,Douglas A. Morrison,Henri J. M. Nouwen No preview available - 1983 |
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life Donald P. McNeill,Douglas A. Morrison,Henri J. M. Nouwen No preview available - 2005 |