Jesus’s message and parables push against current rightwing Christian attacks on empathy.
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Tag Archives: Good Samaritan
Jesus’s Radical Empathy – Nothing Toxic about It
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He Saw a Stranger Left by Thieves
Henry Lawson’s “Good Samaritan” recasts the story in working class terms.
The Simple Creed: Man’s Duty to Man
This poem about the Good Samaritan by Australian working class author Henry Lawson depicts the Samaritan as a figure from the outback.
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Depressing News? Read Gulliver
If you ever feel that humans are nothing more than Yahoos, Swift urges us to remember that there are good Samaritans amongst us.
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