{"pages":{"362":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00386-45d17400716dc4757c76.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"362","box":{"x":116,"y":161,"width":64,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":347,"y":165,"width":481,"height":21}},{"text":"175. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MAHATMA GANDHI","box":{"x":196,"y":242,"width":780,"height":27}},{"text":"AND C. F. ANDREWS ON CONVERSION (1936 A.D.)","box":{"x":174,"y":273,"width":826,"height":31}},{"text":"In this dialogue, an account of which was published in Harijan","box":{"x":216,"y":331,"width":782,"height":31}},{"text":"on 28th November 1936, Gandhi makes it quite clear to Andrews","box":{"x":176,"y":357,"width":822,"height":28}},{"text":"that he is opposed to sanctioning conversion from one religion to","box":{"x":176,"y":383,"width":824,"height":29}},{"text":"another, however sincerely an individual may desire to do so. Cited","box":{"x":178,"y":409,"width":822,"height":29}},{"text":"in A. T. Hingorani, ed., The Messages of Jesus Christ, pp. 89-92.","box":{"x":176,"y":434,"width":791,"height":29}},{"text":"C. F. Andrews: What would you say to a man who, after","box":{"x":174,"y":487,"width":873,"height":36}},{"text":"considerable thought and prayer, said that he could not have his","box":{"x":123,"y":517,"width":926,"height":36}},{"text":"peace and salvation except by becoming a Christian?","box":{"x":125,"y":546,"width":771,"height":35}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I would say that, if a non-Christian (say a Hindu)","box":{"x":171,"y":595,"width":880,"height":35}},{"text":"came to a Christian and made that statement, he should ask him","box":{"x":126,"y":624,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"to become a good Hindu rather than find goodness in change of","box":{"x":126,"y":652,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"faith.","box":{"x":125,"y":687,"width":77,"height":21}},{"text":"C. F. Andrews: I cannot in this go the whole length with you,","box":{"x":172,"y":731,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"though you know my own position. I discarded the position","box":{"x":126,"y":757,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"that there is no salvation except through Christ long ago. But","box":{"x":125,"y":787,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"supposing the Oxford Group Movement people changed the life","box":{"x":126,"y":815,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"of your son, and ne felt like being converted, what would you","box":{"x":125,"y":841,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"say?","box":{"x":126,"y":875,"width":73,"height":27}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I would say that the Oxford Group may change","box":{"x":190,"y":920,"width":861,"height":34}},{"text":"the lives of as many as they like, but not their religion. They can","box":{"x":125,"y":947,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"draw their attention to the best in their respective religions, and","box":{"x":125,"y":975,"width":929,"height":32}},{"text":"change their lives according to them. There came to me a man,","box":{"x":127,"y":1004,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"the son of Brahmin parents, who said his reading of your book","box":{"x":129,"y":1031,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"had led him to embrace Christianity. I asked him if he thought","box":{"x":123,"y":1057,"width":931,"height":35}},{"text":"that the religion of his forefathers was wrong. He said: 'No'.","box":{"x":129,"y":1087,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"Then, I said: 'Is there any difficulty about your accepting the","box":{"x":127,"y":1115,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"Bible as one of the great religious books of the world and Christ","box":{"x":125,"y":1143,"width":929,"height":34}},{"text":"as one of the great teachers?\" I said to him that you had never","box":{"x":132,"y":1171,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"through your books asked Indians to take up the he Bible and embrace","box":{"x":129,"y":1198,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"Christianity, and that he had misread your book-unless, of","box":{"x":132,"y":1227,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"course, your position is like that of the late Maulana Mohammed","box":{"x":129,"y":1254,"width":928,"height":35}},{"text":"Ali's, viz., that a believing Mussalman, however bad his life, is","box":{"x":129,"y":1283,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"better than a good Hindu.","box":{"x":130,"y":1314,"width":367,"height":32}},{"text":"C. F. Andrews: I do not accept M. Mohammed Ali's position","box":{"x":196,"y":1362,"width":861,"height":32}},{"text":"at all. But I do say that, if a person really needs a change in faith,","box":{"x":133,"y":1388,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"I should not stand in his way.","box":{"x":130,"y":1420,"width":463,"height":31}},{"text":"Gandhiji: But don't you see that you do not even give him a","box":{"x":179,"y":1469,"width":878,"height":34}},{"text":"chance? You do not even cross-examine him. Supposing, a","box":{"x":130,"y":1497,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"Christian came to me and said he was captivated by reading of","box":{"x":130,"y":1525,"width":929,"height":29}}]}}}