Discerning the Divine and the Demonic through Dialogue: Recent Evangelical Theology of Religions

The aim of this chapter is to highlight three interrelated themes in recent Evangelical theology of religions. These three themes, mentioned in the title of this contribution, are: (1) the divine and demonic, which refers to the fact that the search for the Holy Spirit’s presence in other religions goes hand in hand with a conviction that the churchmust also be aware of the potential presence of other (evil) “spirits”; (2) dialogue, referring to the focus on (interreligious) dialogue, which is relatively new in Evangelicalism; and (3) discernment, which refers to the importance of this notion in Evangelical theology of religions.status: publishe