Compassion
Subtitle: thoughts on cultivating a good heart
By: compiled and introduced by Amy Lyles Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Amy Lyles, 1961-
Publisher: Fresh Air Books; Fresh Air
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780835899550
Subjects: Compassion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Other titles: Thoughts on cultivating a good heart
Notes: Sources of excerpts, [1] p. at end.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Amy Lyles Wilson; title: What is compassion? / Melissa Tidwell; title: Seeing with our souls / Marilyn Brown Oden; title: A good cry / Jan Johnson; title: Capacity for compassion / James C. Fenhagen; title: Offering silent presence / Charles A. Parker; title: Compassion for oneself / Robert Corin Morris; title: The perspective from below / Dietrich Bonhoeffer; title: Streams of mercy / Mary Rose O'Reilley; title: The compassion of God / Wendy M. Wright; title: The practice of substituted love / Elizabeth Green; title: Gathered around the table / Henri J. M. Nouwen; title: Suggestions for cultivating a good heart; title: Notes; title: Contributors.