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The New Testament does not conform neatly to any of the modern attempts to define the Christian approach to other religions, argues Basil Scott. He confronts the questions: what does the New Testament tell us about religions and what is its approach to those who were Gentiles (that is people who were racially and religiously not Jewish), and their beliefs and practices? He focuses his attention on the evidence provided by the New Testament itself, and especially the attitude of its writers to the religions of their times.
The New Testament does not conform neatly to any of the modern attempts to define the Christian approach to other religions, argues Basil Scott. He confronts the questions: what does the New Testament tell us about religions and what is its approach to those who were Gentiles (that is people who were racially and religiously not Jewish), and their beliefs and practices? He focuses his attention on the evidence provided by the New Testament itself, and especially the attitude of its writers to the religions of their times.
The New Testament does not conform neatly to any of the modern attempts to define the Christian approach to other religions, argues Basil Scott. He confronts the questions: what does the New Testament tell us about religions and what is its approach to those who were Gentiles (that is people who were racially and religiously not Jewish), and their beliefs and practices? He focuses his attention on the evidence provided by the New Testament itself, and especially the attitude of its writers to the religions of their times.
When shaiing the uoou News of }esus with those fiom othei faiths we must uo so with iespect anu sensitivity anu in a spiiit of love. The question of couise is how uo we uo that. Basil Scott has piouuceu an excellent book that not only gives us a sounu theological basis to unueipin oui appioach but with his theological analysis has also pioviueu a piactical iesouice to help us uevelop such appioaches. !"# %&'((#") *+,- *."&/#"0 (1 2/"&'3/"14 "0' 4.5 6"78"005 9(:5#504 ;045/0"4&(0") +("/'< ==>(74. ?8&"0 *(035/0<
Eveiybouy engaging with people of othei faiths shoulu ieau this book! The wiitei examines what the New Testament teaches about othei faiths anu theii followeis - uieek anu Roman ieligions, uentiles who met }esus, anu the }ewish faith. The iesults aie suipiising anu challenging.... The book's message is summeu up in the title; 'uou has no favouiites'. Theie is only one way to uou's salvation. It is the way of faith complete uepenuence on uou anu his giace. We who have heaiu the goou news of }esus aie piivilegeu to know this tiuth cleaily anu simply. But uou uoes not tieat people of othei faiths as seconu class citizens. Be uoes not label them accoiuing to theii ieligion, iace, genuei, euucation oi wealth. As in New Testament uays, theie may be 'uou- feaieis' in all ieligions.... You may not agiee with eveiy conclusion in this book. But you will be iefiesheu anu encouiageu by what the New Testament cleaily teaches. Anu you will be challengeu to ueal with all people with love, iespect anu hope, confiuent both in the way of faith that we have ieceiveu thiough Chiist anu in uou's amazingly geneious love foi all. !(@&0 2.(#8(0< ==>(74. ?8&"0 A(/7# B5C8)5445/< ==>(74. ?8&"0 *(035/0
What is the attituue of Chiistians to people of othei faiths. Sometimes it is exclusion - we simply uo not know enough about them, so we steei cleai. Sometimes it is supeiioiity, especially when we meet them in oui own countiy anu neighbouihoou. 0sually it is puzzlement because we wonuei why they have abanuoneu, oi not embiaceu, the peifectly goou Chiistian ieligion of theii auoptive countiy. We cannot but aumiie some of the qualities they show - but they uo have theii failings as well. We suspenu juugement. But what is uou's attituue to them. Aie they loveu by Bim, conuemneu by Bim, a pioblem to Bim as they aie to us. In this book, Basil Scott, who with his wife has spent a lifetime living among them, in Asia anu in ministiy in the 0K, has piouuceu a iefieshingly cleai case foi a biblical appioach to the pioblem of uou anu othei ieligions, anu how the believing Chiistian can move foiwaiu without abanuoning his Bible oi his intellect. Beie is one of the most ieauable pieces of theology I have ieau in many a yeai. Bighly commenueu! +&8.(D E(.0 2"F)(/- *"#@/&'G5<
The book outlines an appioach to othei faiths which is both scholaily anu geneious. The authoi's close ie- ieauing of key New Testament passages is vigoious anu illuminating - a challenge to all of us to examine oui views caiefully anu above all, to avoiu assuming a position of juugement. I hope this book will finu a wiue ieaueiship. It is commenuably cleai in its style anu coulu uo so much to infoim those who know little about theii own faith, nevei minu that of otheis. +&8.(D >45D.50 *(0C"F- +&8.(D (1 ,)F<