A son strives to understand his father, an iconoclastic Methodist missionary to India during the '20s and '30s. Williams' father, Fred, arrived in India in 1921 as part of the Methodist ministry. He was, from the start, called "to help meet people's mundane human needs down here on planet Earth," writes Williams in an easeful, searching voice. Fred understood the evangelical aspects of his mission-to convert as many Hindus to Christianity as he could-but this soon lost any meaning when it failed to address urgent, everyday concerns. He was drawn to the philosophical, political and...
A son strives to understand his father, an iconoclastic Methodist missionary to India during the '20s and '30s. Williams' father, Fred, arrived in Ind...
In "Gandhi's American Ally," Norm Williams tells the extraordinary story of his parents' persistent missionary work in India during the time of the great leader Mahatma Gandhi.
Fresh from the wheat fields of Kansas, Fred and Irene Williams were enthusiastic young missionaries who arrived in India during the 1920s to help instruct young Bengalis. Wasting no time in this strange land, the Williamses soon built a new educational paradigm called "Ushagram" north of Calcutta, raised a family, and became intimate friends with Mahatma Gandhi. Because his innovative thinking, Fred Williams...
In "Gandhi's American Ally," Norm Williams tells the extraordinary story of his parents' persistent missionary work in India during the time of the gr...
