Is it weird that I might actually read this Ross Douthat book about Catholicism? If it really explores the question of morality vs compassion, well that’s relevant to people of all faiths or no faith who are interested in righteousness.
But at the end of the day, which is more primary? Which is more central? Is a faith that centers human suffering and the alleviation thereof too humanistic? But surely a faith that baptizes many and heals none is dead, cannot be the faith of a living God?