No Other Gods before Me?: Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions [Paperback]

John G. Stackhouse Jr. (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0801022916 | ISBN-13: 978-0801022913 | Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Questions about the relationship between Christianity and the world’s other faith traditions continue to confront the church. Evangelicals in particular struggle to understand how the uniqueness of Christ and the Christian message fits within a context of religious diversity. No Other Gods before Me? brings together leading theologians from a variety of evangelical backgrounds to discuss contemporary Christian encounters with world religions. Contributors include Stanley Grenz, Irving Hexham, Miriam Adeney, Amos Yong, Richard Mouw, Gerald Pillay, and Gerald McDermott. Taking as their starting point the great variety of world religions, editor John G. Stackhouse Jr. and his colleagues examine the following questions: What are religions? Are non-Christian faiths legitimate means of accessing the divine? Is there divine revelation in non-Christian religions? Is the "Jesus Story" found in other faith traditions? How should evangelism and missions proceed within a multifaith context? No Other Gods before Me? provides a careful theological, sociological, historical, and anthropological treatment of Christian interaction with people of other faiths. It breaks new ground by asking tough questions and avoiding simplistic answers, making it an invaluable resource for students and professors of theology and missions, as well as organizations and individuals involved in Christian missions.

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About the Author

John G. Stackhouse Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College. He has written and edited several books, including Evangelical Futures: A Conversation on Theological Method.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Baker Academic (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801022916
• ISBN-13: 978-0801022913
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,170,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John G. Stackhouse, Jr., was born in Canada and raised in southwestern England and northern Ontario. A graduate of Queen's University in Ontario (B.A., History, with First Class Honours), Wheaton College Graduate School in Illinois (M.A., Theological Studies, with Highest Honor), and The University of Chicago (Ph.D., History and Theology of Christianity), he taught European history at Northwestern College, Iowa, and Modern Christianity at the University of Manitoba before taking up his current post. Dr. Stackhouse is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College, an international graduate school of Christian studies affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is the author of seven books; co-author, editor or co-editor of seven more; and author of more than 500 articles and reviews in scholarly and popular periodicals and books. He has been interviewed by most of the major North American television networks (ABC, NBC, PBS, CBC, CTV, and Global) and his work has been featured by print media as diverse as the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic Monthly, Time, Reader's Digest, and even Maxim. He has lectured at major universities such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Edinburgh, and Fudan, and has addressed audiences throughout North America as well as in the United Kingdom, China, Malaysia, Korea, Israel, India, and various locales in Europe. He is currently an Advisory Editor to Christianity Today magazine, a Contributing Editor to Books & Culture magazine, a columnist for Faith Today and a blogger with The National Post. He lives in North Vancouver with his family and enjoys hiking and skiing the area mountains. Dr. Stackhouse is also a jazz musician, and occasionally gives performances on piano, guitar, electric bass, or trumpet.