
A Charitable Orthopathy
Christian Perspectives on Emotions in Multifaith Engagement
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 7. April 2020
264 pages
978-1-5326-5415-2 (ISBN)
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Evangelicals and other conservative Christians of the twenty-first century face enormous challenges in the pluralistic public square, not least with Muslims and atheists. Contrary to biblical injunctions to "keep in step with the Spirit" (Gal 5:25b) and to love our neighbors as ourselves (e.g., Matt 22:37-40; Luke 10:25-37)--both of which involve not only behavioral but also important affective elements--we often harbor deep-seated antipathies toward atheists and adherents of other religions. While such feelings are at times justified and help us cope with conflict-related tragedies, they are also often baseless, misconstrued, and counterproductive, priming us to avoid religious others, support discriminatory policies against them, and even confront them in verbal or physical ways.
The purpose of this volume is to offer an academically informed yet practically oriented collection of essays that challenges and encourages Christians to engage their religious neighbors in a much more loving, compassionate, hopeful, and courageous--indeed, orthopathic--manner, whether in the realm of politics, in debate and conference venues, on the mission field, or in their own homes, schools, churches, and neighborhoods. As such, a set of reflection and discussion questions is included to facilitate individual and/or group study.
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English
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-5326-5415-2 (9781532654152)
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John W. Morehead | Brandon C. Benziger
A Charitable Orthopathy
Christian Perspectives on Emotions in Multifaith Engagement
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04/2020
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John W. Morehead | Brandon C. Benziger
A Charitable Orthopathy
Christian Perspectives on Emotions in Multifaith Engagement
Book
04/2020
Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Persons
John W. Morehead (MA, Salt Lake Theological Seminary) is Director of Multifaith Matters and the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy. He is coeditor of Encountering New Religious Movements (2004).
Brandon C. Benziger (ThM, MDiv, Denver Seminary) is a freelance editor and an independent author and researcher. He is the compiler of "Emotions and the Bible" (2015).
Brandon C. Benziger (ThM, MDiv, Denver Seminary) is a freelance editor and an independent author and researcher. He is the compiler of "Emotions and the Bible" (2015).
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contributors
- Foreword by Richard J. Mouw
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Biblical, Theological, and Social-Psychological Foundations
- 1. "He Had Compassion for Them"
- 2. Orthopathy in the Christian Tradition
- 3. The Social Psychology of Emotions and Religious Intergroup Relations
- Part II: From Heteropathy to Orthopathy in Multifaith Engagement
- 4. Evangelicals and Gross Religions
- 5. Courage to Engage
- 6. Hope as an Affective/Cognitive Tool for Multireligious Understanding
- 7. Emotion, Valuation, Compassion, and Empathy
- 8. Loving Our Religious Neighbors
- Part III: Avenues of Orthopathic Multifaith Engagement
- 9. The Love of Christ Compels Us
- 10. Emotional Evangelism, Affective Apologetics
- 11. Hospitality and Religious Others
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Bibliography
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