"A Charitable Orthopathy: Christian Perspectives on Multifaith Engagement"

We have been working on a book for three years now that has recently been published. It came as a project outcome from the second of two grants on evangelicals and multifaith engagement. The book is titiled A Charitable Orthopathy: Christian Perspectives on Multifaith Engagement (Pickwick Publications, 2020). This volume is an anthology with contributions from Christians from a variety of traditions, all with expertise in the subject matter on which they write. The links for purchase, and table of contents are reproduced below.

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https://www.amazon.com/Charitable-Orthopathy-John-W-Morehead/dp/1532654138/

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

—Richard J. Mouw

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Orthopathy, Evangelicals, and Multifaith Engagement

—John W. Morehead and Brandon C. Benziger

Part I—Biblical, Theological, and Social-Psychological Foundations

1. “He Had Compassion for Them”: A Key Biblical Foundation for Interreligious Relations

—Bob Robinson

2. Orthopathy in the Christian Tradition: Promises and Challenges

—Elizabeth Agnew Cochran

3. The Social Psychology of Emotions and Religious Intergroup Relations

—Rosemond Lorona, Thomas Fergus, and Wade C. Rowatt

Part II—From Heteropathy to Orthopathy in Multifaith Engagement

4. Evangelicals and Gross Religions: Disgust and Fear in Multifaith Engagement

—John W. Morehead

5. Courage to Engage: Fear, Hope, Despair, and Daring in Courageous Multifaith Engagement

—W. Scott Cleveland

6. Hope as an Affective/Cognitive Tool for Multireligious Understanding

—Terry C. Muck

7. Emotion, Valuation, Compassion, and Empathy: Engaging Cognitive Science and Theology on Willing Rightly on Account of the Other

—Michael L. Spezio

8. Loving Our Religious Neighbors: Reflections on Scripture and Twenty-Five Years of Mormon-Evangelical Dialogue

—Craig L. Blomberg

Part III—Avenues of Orthopathic Multifaith Engagement

9. The Love of Christ Compels Us: Orthopathy, Evangelism, and Mission in Multifaith Environments

—Karen L. H. Shaw

10. Emotional Evangelism, Affective Apologetics

—Adam C. Pelser

11. Hospitality and Religious Others: An Orthopathic Perspective

—Amos Yong

Afterword: What’s Next?

—Paul Louis Metzger

Appendix: Questions for Reflection and Discussion

Scripture Index