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"The telling here has a well-honed, Irish lilt; the illustrations, by a Caldecott winner, are lively, expressive, and well sprinkled with sprightly men in green."--Kirkus Reviews

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An essential introduction to eight of the world's major religions. Gerald R. McDermott explains what you need to understand about major world religions in order to engage people of other faiths while better understanding your own Christian faith and practice. McDermott offers an overview of the central beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. Each chapter includes explanations of traditions and rituals. McDermott discusses major figures within each religion.

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Over the last four decades, evangelical scholars have shown growing interest in Christian debates over other religions, seeking answers to essential questions: How are we to think about and relate to other religions, be open to the Spirit, and at the same time remain evangelical and orthodox? Gerald R. McDermott and Harold A. Netland offer critiques of a variety of theologians and religious studies scholars, including...

Una introduccion basica sobre las ocho religiones mas importantes del mundo.

Gerald R. McDermott explica lo que debes saber sobre las religiones mas importantes del mundo para involucrar a personas de otra fe, al mismo tiempo que comprendes de una mejor manera tu propia fe y practica cristiana. McDermott ofrece una vision general de las creencias principales del cristianismo, el judaismo, el islam, el hinduismo, el budismo, el confucianismo, el daoismo y el sintoismo. Cada capitulo incluye explicaciones de sus tradiciones y rituales. Ademas, McDermott analiza las figuras mas...

Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was arguably this country's greatest theologian and its finest philosopher before the nineteenth century. His school if disciples (the "New Divinity") exerted enormous influence on the religious and political cultures of late colonial and early republican America. Hence any study of religion and politics in early America must take account of this theologian and his legacy.

Yet historians still regard Edward's social theory as either nonexistent or underdeveloped. Gerald McDermott demonstrates, to the contrary, that Edwards was very interested in the social...