{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Toxic Empathy: How Christian Nationalism Turned Cruelty Into Virtue","description":"This is an audio version of my recent video essay&amp;nbsp; based on my recent Substack post, \u201cToxic Empathy: The Supreme Court and the Death of Christian Compassion.\u201d I explore how right-wing Christian nationalism has inverted the moral teachings of Jesus\u2014transforming empathy into sin and cruelty into virtue. Drawing on Herbert Marcuse, Joy DeGruy, and the Gospels, I unpack how repression, self-denial, and hierarchy have been sanctified as \u201ctough love.\u201d Read the original essay here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/danielpinchbeck.substack.com\/... Watch on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uudg-3tORj0 \ud83d\udcda References &amp;amp; Mentions Eros and Civilization \u2014 Herbert Marcuse Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome \u2014 Joy DeGruy Toxic Empathy \u2014 Allie Beth Stuckey The Sermon on the Mount, Gospel of Matthew Liberation Theology \u2014 Gustavo Guti\u00e9rrez, Leonardo Boff Meister Eckhart, Christian Mysticism ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https:\/\/substack.com\/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram: &amp;nbsp; @danielpinchbeck Official Website:&amp;nbsp; www.pinchbeck.io\/ #ToxicEmpathy #ChristianNationalism #DanielPinchbeck #LiminalNews #ErosAndCivilization #JoyDeGruy #LiberationTheology #PostTraumaticSlaveSyndrome #MeisterEckhart #Theology #Philosophy #Psychoanalysis #ReligionAndPolitics #CulturalCritique #VideoEssay #evangelism #christiannationalism #christofascism #christianity ","author_name":"LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck","author_url":"http:\/\/liminalnews.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38971715\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/38971715"}