AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY TO ISLAM: SAMUEL MARINUS ZWEMER
AMERİKALI BİR MİSYONER: SAMUEL MARINUS ZWEMER

Author : Celal EMANET
Number of pages : 225-236

Abstract

Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1867–1952) was an American missionary who became known as the “Apostle to Islam” for his strenuous, if not always successful, evangelization efforts in Islamic countries. He attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and the New Brunswick Seminary in New Jersey. In 1889 he and a classmate founded the American Arabian Mission, which later received sponsorship from the Reformed Church, and the next year he departed for the Arabian Peninsula. He influenced subsequent generation of missionaries to the Muslim world. Zwemer never ceased to contend for the finality of Christ. Though unusually prolific as a writer and effective in recruiting missionaries and inspiring interest in missions, particularly in the Muslim world, Zwemer saw only a few Muslims openly profess the Christian faith. This article will look at his view of Islam and Its teachings. He believed that moving away from Islam implied progress and moving toward Islam equated regress.

Keywords

Samuel M. Zwemer, Islam, Missionary, Christianity, Evangelism Orientalism

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