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The Christian message in a non-Christian world By H. Kraemer

With foreword by His Grace the Archbishop of York.

Published for the International Missionary Council

This is a book that is especially useful for missionaries

Hendrik Kraemer (1888-1965) was a lay Dutch missiologist and prominent figure in the ecumenical movement from Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands. Kraemer worked for the Dutch Bible Society in Indonesia (1922-1937), was professor of the history and phenomenology of religion at Leiden University (1937-1947) and served as the first director of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey (1948-1955). Kraemer was an excellent linguist with a deep understanding of Islam, of the importance of independent churches, the role of the laity, and the encounter between God and man in the midst of social and religious crises.

The Christian Message in a Non-Christian World(1938)
This 477 page tome was commissioned for the World Missionary Conference held in Tamram, India in 1938, and it had a wide impact on overseas mission. Its task was to “state the fundamental position of the Christian Church as a witness-bearing body in the modern world, relating this to different conflicting views of the attitude to be taken by Christians towards other faiths, and dealing in detail with the evangelistic approach to the great non-Christian faiths).

A landmark in missionary literature…Christian Century

For further NOTES See also the PREFACE of the book!