{"id":1141,"date":"2025-10-19T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/?page_id=1141"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:13:33","slug":"gerald-mcdermott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/gerald-mcdermott\/","title":{"rendered":"gerald-mcdermott"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1141\" class=\"elementor elementor-1141\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab3dcf4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab3dcf4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d807d5f\" data-id=\"d807d5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81bfbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a81bfbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DR. 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McDERMOTT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48e2dff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48e2dff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d51567\" data-id=\"6d51567\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3633be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3633be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Distinguished Professor of Theology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76e7f46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76e7f46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c126318\" data-id=\"c126318\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8754f86 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8754f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gerald_mcdermott.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gerald_mcdermott.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gerald_mcdermott-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">DR. 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M<small>c<\/small>DERMOTT<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Distinguished Professor of Theology<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ed1caf\" data-id=\"3ed1caf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-babd460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"babd460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>STUDIES:<br><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Ph.D., University of Iowa;<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">M.R.E., Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary;<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">B.S., North Dakota State University;<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">B.A., University of Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">PROFILE<br><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Professor Emeritus, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Writes and speaks extensively in the areas of Christian history and doctrine, world religions, Anglican studies, Israel, and Jonathan Edwards. 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GERALD R. McDERMOTT Distinguished Professor of Theology DR. GERALD R. 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