Andreas Maurer (theologian)

Andreas Maurer (* 1952 ) is a Swiss theologian and publicist. His main focus is the dialogue between Christianity and Islam in Switzerland.

After training and working as a mechanical engineer in Switzerland, Maurer attended a Bible College in England from 1981–1984, earned his bachelor's degree there in 1984 and then worked from 1984 to 1998 as a missionary for the Swiss Missionary Community (SMG) in South Africa. During this time he continued his studies at the University of Cambridge (Certificate of Religious Studies, 1989), the University of Stellenbosch (MA, 1996) and at the University of Pretoria , where he completed a thesis on the motives of conversion in 1999 in the subject of theology Christian and Muslim doctorate. Since 1999 he has been with the Arab World Ministries in Switzerland as "Training Coordinator Europe".

Publications

• Basic knowledge of Islam: and how Christians can meet Muslims. Hänssler Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7751-3840-4 , French: ABC DE L ISLAM - L -. MAISON DE LA BIBLE, ISBN 2-940335-01-X
• Effective methods of witnessing to Muslims / compiled by Andreas Maurer. Johannesburg: MERCSA, 1994, ISBN 0-620-18483-3
• Illustrations, parables and stories: suitable for Muslim and other evangelism / Andreas Maurer. Mondeor: MERCSA, 1994, ISBN 0-620-18482-5
• In search of a new life: conversion motives of christians and muslims / by Andreas Maurer. Mondeor: MERCSA, 1994. ISBN 0-620-18482-5
• Online lectures ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) by Andreas Maurer

Web links

• Literature by and about Andreas Maurer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Announcement of the lecture by the Catholic Theological Faculty Innsbruck : with brief details of the person (PDF file; 46 kB)