TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDermott,Gerald R.
TI  - God's rivals: why has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church 
AV  - BR127 .M215 2007
U1  - 261.2 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Religious pluralism
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - Using the teachings from the Old and New Testaments and reflections from a number of key theologians from the early church, the author suggests an answer to why God has allowed other religions
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