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Gerald R. McDermott is an American professor, author, priest, and theologian serving as the Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University.

Education
McDermott received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, a B.S. from North Dakota State University, a M.R.E from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Iowa.

Career and research
In 1989, McDermott joined the faculty of Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. In 2008, he became the Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion at Roanoke College. He served in this position until 2015, when he joined the faculty of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Homewood, Alabama as Anglican Professor of Divinity. He later became the Anglican Chair of Divinity. McDermott teaches in the areas of Anglican studies, world religions, history of religion, and Jonathan Edwards.

As an academic, McDermott's research has focused on Jonathan Edwards, the meaning of Israel, and Christianity's view of other religions. McDermott is considered a scholar of Jonathan Edwards, and has written six books about him.

As an Anglican priest, McDermott is a teaching pastor at Christ the King Anglican Church.

Published books

 * Everyday Glory: The Revelation of God in All of Reality (Baker Publishing Group, 2018)
 * Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land (Baker Publishing Group, 2017)