Author: Zwemer, Samuel Marinus [1867 - 1952]
Title: Islam, A Challenge to Faith: Studies on the Mohammedan Religion and the Needs and Opportunities of the Mohammedan World..,.
Description: New York, Student Volunteer Movement, 1907. orig. cloth. 21x15cm, xx,295,(34)pp, Light binding corner bumps. Some pencilled & inked textual underlinings. Name inked on flyleaf.. 28pp photoplates; 6 maps.. Rubbed. LACKING REAR FREE FLYLEAF. Good. ¶ Full title reads: "Islam, A Challenge to Faith: Studies on the Mohammedan Religion and the Needs and Opportunities of the Mohammedan World from the Standpoint of Christian Missions". Includes 28pp single-side photoplates + 6 folding maps & charts. Contents: The Origin and the Sources of Islam; Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam; The Spread of Islam; The Faith of Islam; The Practice of Islam; The Ethics of Islam; Division, Disintegration, and Reform; The Present Condition of the Moslem World; Missions to Moslems; Methods and Results; The Problem and the Peril; A Challenge to Faith; Apendices: Chronological tables of important events in history of Islam and of missions to Moslems.- -B. William Gifford Palgrave’s characterization of Allah.--C. Thomas Patrick Hughes’ characterization of Mohammed.--D. List of missionary societies working among Moslems.--E. Select bibliography for further reference and study (p. 270-281).

Keywords: Islam, Christian Missions, Missionary History, Missionaries, Mission, Christianity, Islamic Theology, ,