01429cam a2200301 a 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100013000720200022000850350020001070350023001270350017001500400024001670500023001911000034002142450057002482600044003053000028003495040041003775050014004185050273004325200013007055200347007186500018010656500015010837000029010984478969AUA.120160118110750.0920814s1991 nyu b 000 0 eng  a91023278 a0883447568 (pbk.) a(OCoLC)24010410 a(OCoLC)ocm24010410 a(NNC)4478969 aDLCcDLCdDLCdNNUT00aBR 123b.G262 19911 aGandhi,cMahatma,d1869-1948.10aGandhi on Christianity /cedited by Robert Ellsberg. aMaryknoll, N.Y. :bOrbis Books,cc1991. axviii, 117 p. ;c23 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references. aContents: aEncounters with Christianity -- Message of Jesus -- Mission and missionaries -- All religions are true -- Gandhian guidelines for a world of religious difference -- Gandhi's way of the cross -- From Gandhi to Christ: God as suffering love -- Mahatma and the missioner. aSummary: aGandhi is widely revered as one of the great moral prophets of the twentieth century. This book focuses on a less well-known area of his interest: his engagement with Jesus and Christianity. As a faithful Hindu, he was unwilling to accept Christian dogma, but in Jesus he recognized and revered one of history's great prophets of nonviolence. 0aChristianity. 0aReligions.1 aEllsberg, Robert,d1955-