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008			150206s2007 ilua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2006101564
020			_a9780830825646 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm77494429
035			_a(OCoLC)77494429
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050	0	0	_aBR127 _b.M215 2007
082	0	0	_a261.2 Mcd 2007 _222
100	1		_aMcDermott, Gerald R. _q(Gerald Robert)
245	1	0	_aGod's rivals : _bwhy has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church / _cGerald R. McDermott.
260			_aDowners Grove : _bIVP Academic, _cc2007.
300			_a181 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aChristianity and other religions.
650		0	_aReligious pluralism _xChristianity _xHistory of doctrines.
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