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Gandhi's religion : a homespun shawl / G.T.F. Jordens.
Van Pelt Library DS481.G3 J7184 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordens, J. T. F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Religion.
- Gandhi.
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Religion.
- Hinduism.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 283 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- This is the first systematic study of Mohandas Gandhi's conception of religion and of his personal practices to be based on the ninety volumes of his Collected Works. With a constant awareness of chronology, this book focuses on Gandhi's own statements, revealing the considerable development of his ideas within a lasting and consistent ideological and moral framework. This biography of Gandhi as a Hindu discloses how he was influenced by, and reacted to, Hindu traditions, and why the Hindu establishment rejected him.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312212402
- OCLC:
- 37755208
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