God's rivals : why has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church /
McDermott, Gerald R.
God's rivals : why has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church / Gerald R. McDermott. - Downers Grove : IVP Academic, c2007. - 181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The scandal of particularity : why has the true God come to only some people at some times? -- Not even in Israel have I found such faith : surprising knowledge of God among Bible people outside Israel and the church -- The Lord of Hosts : the Old Testament and the real existence of other gods -- Principalities and powers : the New Testament on other real supernatural powers besides God -- Seeds of the Word : Justin Martyr on seeds of the Word in other religions -- Divine pedagogy : Irenaeus explains how God uses the religions -- A divine gift to the Greeks : Clement of Alexandria and the Gentile covenants -- Diverse destinies by diverse choices : Origen's warnings about other religions -- What are the religions? and why are they there? : collecting the strands -- Appendix : God and the masculine pronoun.
9780830825646 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006101564
Christianity and other religions.
Religious pluralism--Christianity--History of doctrines.
BR127 / .M215 2007
261.2 Mcd 2007
God's rivals : why has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church / Gerald R. McDermott. - Downers Grove : IVP Academic, c2007. - 181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The scandal of particularity : why has the true God come to only some people at some times? -- Not even in Israel have I found such faith : surprising knowledge of God among Bible people outside Israel and the church -- The Lord of Hosts : the Old Testament and the real existence of other gods -- Principalities and powers : the New Testament on other real supernatural powers besides God -- Seeds of the Word : Justin Martyr on seeds of the Word in other religions -- Divine pedagogy : Irenaeus explains how God uses the religions -- A divine gift to the Greeks : Clement of Alexandria and the Gentile covenants -- Diverse destinies by diverse choices : Origen's warnings about other religions -- What are the religions? and why are they there? : collecting the strands -- Appendix : God and the masculine pronoun.
9780830825646 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006101564
Christianity and other religions.
Religious pluralism--Christianity--History of doctrines.
BR127 / .M215 2007
261.2 Mcd 2007