TY  - BOOK
AU  - Compton,John W.
TI  - The end of empathy: why white protestants stopped loving their neighbors 
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780190069216 (ebook) :
AV  - BR516 .C687 2020
U1  - 280.409730904 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Empathy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church history
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - The End of Empathy develops a theoretical framework to explain both the rise of white Protestant social concern in the latter part of the 19th century and its sudden demise at the end of the 20th. The theory proceeds from the premise that religious conviction by itself is rarely sufficient to motivate empathetic political behaviour. When believers do act empathetically - for example, by championing reforms that transfer resources or political influence to less privileged groups within society - it is typically because strong religious institutions have compelled them to do so. However, the churches that flourished in the age of personal autonomy were those that preached against attempts by government to promote a more equitable distribution of wealth and political authority
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190069186.001.0001
ER  -