God's Rivals
eBook - ePub

God's Rivals

Why Has God Allowed Different Religions? Insights from the Bible and the Early Church

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

God's Rivals

Why Has God Allowed Different Religions? Insights from the Bible and the Early Church

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
IVP Academic
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781514019092
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 The Scandal of Particularity: Why Has the True God Come to Only Some People at Some Times?
  8. 2 Not Even in Israel Have I Found Such Faith: Surprising Knowledge of God Among Bible People Outside Israel and the Church
  9. 3 The Lord of Hosts: The Old Testament and the Real Existence of Other Gods
  10. 4 Principalities and Powers: The New Testament on Other Real Supernatural Powers Besides God
  11. 5 Seeds of the Word: Justin Martyr on Seeds of the Word in Other Religions
  12. 6 Divine Pedagogy: Irenaeus Explains How God Uses the Religions
  13. 7 A Divine Gift to the Greeks - Clement of Alexandria and the Gentile Covenants
  14. 8 Diverse Destinies by Diverse Choices: Origen’s Warnings About Other Religions
  15. 9 What Are the Religions? And Why are They There? Collecting the Strands
  16. Appendix: God and the Masculine Pronoun
  17. Notes
  18. Author and Subject Index
  19. Scripture Index
  20. About the Author
  21. Like this book?
  22. Copyright

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