Ghandi: Portrayal of a Friend

by E. Stanley Jones

Book Overview

"On the day that Mahatma Gandhi was killed, I arrived in Delhi just an hour and a quarter before the tragedy ... the greatest tragedy since the Son of God died on the cross." So begins this compelling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687139996
• ISBN13: 9780687139996
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

More than research -- personal experience

Nobody is better qualified to articulate the merits of Mohandas Gandhi than E. Stanley Jones. First, Jones was a close friend of Gandhi's for many years, and second, Jones was a humble enough westernized Christian to see that the brightest shining light of his time was an eastern Hindu. Although this book is only 160 pages, it is dynamic enough for Martin Luther King Jr. to consider it the best book on Gandhi ever written. I would only add that this book cannot be simply read and understood, it demands to be demonstrated in the life of the reader