Trinitarian Theology of Religions

<p><strong>Named by the </strong><strong><em>International Bulletin of Missionary Studies</em></strong><strong> as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies</strong><br />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 evangelicals but also challenge evangelicals to move beyond parochial positions. This volume is both a manifesto and a research program critically evaluating the last forty years of Christian treatments of religious others and proposing a comprehensive direction for the future. It addresses issues relating to the religions in both systematic theology and missiology taking up long-debated questions such as contextualization salvation revelation the relationship between culture and religion conversion social action and ecumenism. It concludes with responses from four leading thinkers of African Asian and European backgrounds: Veli-Matti Karkkainen Vinoth Ramachandra Lamin Sanneh and Christine Schirrmacher.</p>