A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
The West is no longer monolithically Christian but increasingly characterized by a plurality of ethnicities, cultures, and, most importantly, religions. Understanding these various religions, and, specifically, understanding them in biblical perspective, is more needful than ever. Daniel Strange fills this need for us with a detailed, comprehensive, accessible, and biblically faithful analysis of the leading questions at issue.
Endorsements
- Thomas Schreiner:
Thoughtful, nuanced and biblically faithful evaluations on the role of other religions are unfortunately rare. Strange fills an important gap by offering us a bold but humble perspective on other religions, repristinating the thought of J. H. Bavinck and Hendrik Kraemer for a new day. . . . Even those who are not Reformed or entirely convinced will be challenged and provoked and helped by Strange’s contribution. . . . This crucially important book should be read by missionaries, professors, pastors, and all those who teach the word of God and who long to see God’s name praised among the nations.
- William Edgar:
Deeply learned, theologically solid, well-informed in anthropology, this riveting study will guide the reader into the best ways to evaluate the religions of the world. Standing on the shoulders of Hendrik Kraemer and J.H. Bavinck, Dr. Strange illuminates both the spiritual longings of people in different religions and their need for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Richard Pratt:
Dr. Strange takes his readers down paths rarely explored in the study of world religions…. He embraces the reality that neither he, nor anyone else, can evaluate any human religion as a disengaged bystander. After explaining his own commitments as a follower of Christ, Dr. Strange explores how Christians can engage other religions while remaining faithful to their own beliefs. His presentation is scholarly, but easily understood. It is theoretical, but thoroughly practical. You won’t be disappointed.
Table of Contents
- The task before us: Christians in a world of the religious Other
- Homo adorans: Reformed theological foundations for interpreting the religious Other
- The curious case of remnantal revelation: gleanings on the origins of the religious Other
- No other gods before me: the idolatry of the religious Other in the Old Testament
- The perilous exchange: the idolatry of the religious Other in the New Testament
- ‘For their rock is not as our rock’: the gospel as the ‘subversive fulfillment’ of the religious Other
- ‘A light for the Gentiles’: missiological implications of ‘subversive fulfillment’
- ‘But I have raised you up for this very purpose…’: pastoral perspectives on the purpose of the religious Other