Our society is sick. Mercy can help us heal.
In this bracing and hopeful book, Constantine R. Campbell makes the case that Western civilization's retreat from mercy--once its defining virtue--is fueling the cruelty of our current moment, as evidenced by harsh treatment of those who are suffering or vulnerable, ruthless retaliation against perceived enemies, and more. Have Mercy is a stirring call to rediscover mercy's power to heal broken people and fractured communities.
Campbell traces mercy's historical rise and fall, showing how it became a core value in the West with the rise of Christianity, how it was pushed to the margins from the Enlightenment onward, and what its slow disappearance is costing us now. Woven throughout the book is a single unforgettable example: Jean Valjean, the hunted ex-convict of Victor Hugo's Les Mis
Campbell, Constantine R.
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