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Author McCampbell, Mary W., author

Title Imagining our neighbors as ourselves : how art shapes empathy / Mary W. McCampbell
Published Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2022]

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Contents Introduction: The imagination as a means to love -- Art as a model for the empathetic imagination -- Empathy for the wretched and glorious human condition -- stories as self-reflection -- Who is our neighbor? -- Structured for empathy -- Growing empathy for our enemies -- Conclusion
Summary In order to truly love and welcome others, we need to exercise our imaginations and see people more as God sees them instead of according to our own inadequate and ungracious labels. Mary McCampbell examines how narrative art expands our imaginations and, in so doing, emboldens our ability to love our neighbors as ourselves
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2022)
Subject Empathy.
Arts -- Psychological aspects
Empathy
empathy.
Arts -- Psychological aspects
Empathy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1506473911
9781506473918