God's Rivals
Why Has God Allowed Different Religions? Insights from the Bible and the Early Church
Published on 1. March 2007
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Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-0-8308-2564-6 (ISBN)
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In the providence of God, why are there other religions? Was the God of the Bible wise in allowing for them? Can they serve any purpose?
Gerald R. McDermott explores reflection on teaching from the Old and New Testaments and from a number of key teachers from the early church to suggest an answer to this perplexing but intriguing question. In the end McDermott provides considerable insight into the troubling clash of world religions and offers a helpful Christian response.
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God's Rivals
Why Has God Allowed Different Religions? Insights from the Bible and the Early Church
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God's Rivals
Why Has God Allowed Different Religions? Insights from the Bible and the Early Church
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Gerald R. McDermott (PhD, University of Iowa) is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also associate pastor at Christ the King Anglican Church. His books include The Other Jonathan Edwards: Readings in Love, Society, and Justice (with Ronald Story), The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (with Michael McClymond), A Trinitarian Theology of Religions (with Harold Netland), Cancer: A Medical and Spiritual Guide (with William Fintel, MD), Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods and World Religions: An Indispensable Guide.