Gerald R. McDermott explores the question, "Why are there other religions?" He looks at teaching from the Old and New Testaments and from a number of key teachers from the early church to suggest an answer to this perplexing but intriguing question.
Gerald R. McDermott (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is professor of religion and philosophy at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. He is also a teaching pastor at St. John Lutheran Church. His InterVarsity Press books include Seeing God, Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?and God's Rivals.