{"product_id":"9780385517522","title":"Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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? \u003ci\u003eCompassion\u003c\/i\u003e answers no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years of study and discussion among themselves, with other religious, and with men and women at the very center of national politics, the authors look at compassion with a vigorous new perspective. They place compassion at the heart of a Christian life in a world governed far too long by principles of power and destructive control. Compassion, no longer merely an eraser of human mistakes, is a force of prayer and action — the expression of God's love for us and our love for God and one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompassion\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that says no to a compassion of guilt and failure and yes to a compassionate love that pervades our spirit and moves us to action. Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill, and Douglas Morrison have written a moving document on what it means to be a Christian in a difficult time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108119810288,"sku":"9780385517522","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385517522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}