Apostle To Islam: A Biography Of Samuel M. Zwemer

by J. Christy Wilson Jr., Samuel M. Zwemer, Kenneth Scott Latourette (Introduction)

Samuel M. Zwemer (1867-1952) was a missionary, author, and scholar renowned as a global authority on Christian missions. As an early leader in the Student Volunteer Movement, pioneered the Arabian Mission in Iraq and Bahrain. Afterwards he was based out of Egypt for many years, where he published the Moslem World Quarterly and became a global leader in Christian missions to Muslims for many decades. Later in life, he was appointed a chair of History of Religion at Princeton Theological Seminary. His biography is in itself an account of the revival of interest in missions to Muslims in the 20th century.//J. Christy Wilson (1891-1973) was a missionary in Tabriz, Iran for 22 years and succeeded Zwemer as professor of missions at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he taught for 20 years. He also authored "The Christian Message to Islam."//All of Pioneer Library's books are sustainably sourced, ethically extracted, and organically grown. We do not print unvetted or unedited library scans of public domain works. This book was completely re-typeset from a primary source, and all citations and spelling were updated to reflect today's standards.

Genres: Biography, Islam, Church History, Middle East

262 pages, Paperback

First published May 9, 2011

About the author

Born of missionary parents in Iran, Christy came to Princeton as Lawrenceville's valedictorian and was a distance runner in cross country and captain of varsity track at Princeton. After Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in Islamic studies at Edinburgh, Scotland, he went to Afghanistan, where for 22 years he taught English in public schools, tutored the crown prince, was chaplain for the foreign community, and built the first Christian church after a personal assist from President Eisenhower. He then spent time at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in S. Hamilton, Mass., and returned on several occasions to help Afghan refugees. After 18 more years at Gordon-Conwell as professor of world evangelization, he retired in 1992 to Duarte, Calif., where he died.

Reviews

[Ryan Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zwemer’s was ‘a life in God’ from his writing, preaching/teaching, and his witness throughout North Africa and the Middle East. This work captures the heart behind a faithful and forerunning missionary among those who are followers of Islam. If you want to know more of this part of the world and the gospel work within, take up and read!

[Alonzo Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Passion So True

Dr. Samuel Zwemer cancels the notion that it's useless to confront another's person's religion. It should not be in a context of making one overbearing over the other,but with Truth. Jesus said He is the way,Truth,and life so let's reason with each other. That's what Zwemer did and focused on in his time in Arabia,reasoned with men of a different culture and belief system. It didn't take long before other Christians realized the importance of missions to the very end of the earth.

[Kaylah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book tells of a man whose vibrant faith in God changed modern missions. I much appreciated this book.

The writing style is very much like other books written in the 1950s that I've read. It is intricately detailed, which is good at some points and difficult to read at other points.

[Eric Michel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring. Poorly written.

[David Cowpar · Rating 4 out of 5]

An inspiring life! Sadly not told chronologically so pretty confusing!