nuance, depth and qualification, it is, I contend, out of this pervasive biblical theme of idolatry, so seminally summarized in Romans 1, that we must interpret the religious Other and out of which we hew our theology of religions: From the presupposition of an epistemologically authoritative biblical revelation, non-Christian religions are sovereignly directed, variegated and dynamic, collective human idolatrous responses to divine revelation behind which stand deceiving demonic forces. Being antithetically