Meet Empathy, the greatest rhetorical tool of manipulation in the 21st century.

Because love is a real virtue, empathy’s power is in posing as selfless care for victims.

A sad polar bear paces as David Attenborough informs you that the family suburban is melting the ice caps.

“Jesus was an asylum seeker!” the sign reads at an Open Borders Rally.

A forlorn Bruno wishes he too could change in the women’s locker room, a place he’s always known he belonged.

“My mom said if we don’t go she’ll be just devastated.”

When you reject the sin of empathy, you reject the manipulation of the media, the manipulation of family and friends, and most importantly, the manipulation of your own heart.

The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits

Name: The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits
Brand: Joe Rigney
SKU: G-127
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Joe Rigney serves as Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College and as Associate Pastor at Christ Church. He is a husband, a father of three, and the author of a number of books, including Things of Earth and Leadership and Emotional Sabotage.

AUTHOR: Joe Rigney

BINDING: Hardback

PAGE COUNT: 164

SIZE: 5.5x8.5"

ISBN 10: 1-59128-323-X

ISBN-13: 978-1-59128-323-2

RELEASE DATE: February 18, 2025

Table of Contents

Foreword by Rosaria Butterfield
Introduction
The Challenge of Definitions: Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion
Weaponizing Pity: When Love for the Hurting Becomes a False God
The Trouble With Empathy: Emotional Blackmail, Selectivity, and Cruelty
Under the Progressive Gaze: The Corruption of Compassion, Justice, and Credibility
Empathy, Feminism, and the Church: The Trojan Horse Behind All Things Woke
Of Empathy and Monsters: Medusa, Frankenstein, and Retelling Myths
In Praise of Compassion: Commending the Virtue in the Face of the Counterfeits
Appendix A. On Provocative Rhetoric and “The Sin of Empathy”
Appendix B. Corrupt Compassion: Recognizing a Devilish Strategy