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Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?: Jesus, Revelation Religious Traditions
Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions Jesus Revelation Religious Traditions Author:Gerald McDermott What is the nature of revelation in other world religions? And what can evangelicals learn from it? In this provocative and thoughtful book Gerald McDermott explores the theological concept of revelation and how evangelicals have responded to world religions. He then makes a case for God's having revealed himself outside of Israel and the church... more ». He also explores four case studies of how Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian and Islamic understandings have enriched his own concepts of scriptural concepts. Can one's Christian faith be enriched by encounter with the Analects of Confucius? Could God's saving deed and disclosure in Jesus Christ alone include a wider grace at work in the wisdom of other world religions? Evangelical Gerald McDermott says yes. With warrants from Scripture and the tradition of Jonathan Edwards, and a good grasp of today's debates on religious pluralism, he makes his case by scrutiny of key writings of non-Christian religions. Here is a fresh voice that needs to be heard in the current conversation. - Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Emeritus, Andover Newton Theological School Evangelicals have been wary of engaging at any depth with faiths other than Christianity. Commitment to the 'scandal of particularity' has meant that many never consider what the revelatory value of non-Christian religions might be. Gerald McDermott provides a beautifully written, timely and much-needed contribution to a field where most angelic evangelicals fear to tread. - Jeremy Begbie, Vice Pricipal, Ridley Hall, University of Cambridge This book makes a solid contribution to the evangelical theology of religions. Leaving aside the issue of the fate of the unevangelized, it leads us to expect to learn from people of other faiths and not suppose that they have nothing to teach us. What a gracious and open spirit this message frees us to have. - Clark H. Pinnock, Professor of Theology, McMaster Divinity College« less