Name Hendrik Kraemer | Education Leiden University | |
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Books A Theology of the Laity, Religion and the Christian, The Communication of the Chr, World Cultures and Worl, The Christian Message | ||
Hendrik Kraemer (born 17 May 1888 in Amsterdam, died 11 November 1965 in Driebergen) was a lay missiologist and prominent figure in the ecumenical movement from Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands. He also succeeded in encouraging the Dutch to allow and spread missionary activities outside of the Dutch East India Company-restricted area in eastern Indonesia to the rest of the archipelago.
Kraemer lost his parents when he was 12 years old, so he stayed in an orphanage. At the age of 16, he decided to become a missionary. Kraemer married in 1919. He learned the Bible by himself, and he never entered theological seminary.
On the question of theology of religions, Kraemer supports an exclusivist understanding of religion.
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