God's rivals : why has God allowed different religions? : insights from the Bible and the early church / Gerald R. McDermott.
Publication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007.Description: 181 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780830825646
- 0830825649
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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.
