Anglican priest and one of Gandhi's closest friends wrote a moving depiction of his faith and life. This scholarly biography, which now features a brand-new introduction by Dr. Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, offers fascinating insights into Gandhi's early life, religious practise, and attempts to advance peace and justice in the world. Mahatma Gandhi's Life and Ideas, written by longtime friend Charles Andrews, explores the theological and political contexts that impacted the emergence of the peaceful resistance movement, which Gandhi and the people of his native country utilised as their main strategy to free India from British control. snippets from Gandhi's professional and personal works, as well as his personal correspondence his Life and Ideas provides an ideal introduction to the life and life's work of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. Dr. Arun Gandhi is Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including Legacy of Love, my education in the Path of Nonviolence.