The Sadhu Who Silenced the Theologians

When Sundar Singh arrived at Cambridge University in 1920, the faculty expected little. Here was an Indian sadhu in a saffron robe and bare feet — no degrees, no published works, no institutional backing. He had converted from Sikhism at sixteen after a vision so vivid he never wavered from it again. His English was halting. His theology was uncredentialed.…