God's Rivals

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

By Gerald R. McDermott

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 181 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: February 2007

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2564-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2564-6
IVP Order Code: 2564

Related Subjects

World Religions

• Addresses a current issue of special concern since the events of September 11, the war in Iraq and the rise of global terrorism
• Biblically grounded and informed by significant church teaching which addresses exactly the issue of the place of other religions in God's providence
• A unique perspective is developed that doesn't so much compare or evaluate other religions as seek to gain a Christian understanding of God's purposes and a faithful response to them
• McDermott is a noted scholar on the subject and has published books on closely related topics
• Follow up his IVP book Can Evangelicals Learn Fom Other Religions