The Kingdom of God Is Within You

by Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich

• ISBN13: 9780803294042
• ISBN10: 0803294042
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-11-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

In affirming my belief in Christs teaching I could not help explaining why I do not believe and consider as mistaken the Churchs doctrine which is usually called Christianity.

Author Biography

The foreword is by Martin Green, an English professor at Tufts University and author of The Origins of Nonviolence: Tolstoy and Gandhi in Their Historical Setting.

Table of Contents

The Doctrine of Non-resistance to Evil by Force has been Professed by a Minority of Men from the Very Foundation of Christianity	1	(28)
Criticisms of the Doctrine of Non-resistance to Evil by Force on the Part of Believers and of Unbelievers	29	(19)
Christianity Misunderstood by Believers	48	(37)
Christianity Misunderstood by Men of Science	85	(24)
Contradiction Between our Life and our Christian Conscience	109	(24)
Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War	133	(31)
Significance of Compulsory Service	164	(20)
Doctrine of Non-resistance to Evil by Force Must Inevitably be Accepted by Men of the Present Day	184	(24)
The Acceptance of the Christian Conception of Life will Emancipate Men from the Miseries of our Pagan Life	208	(27)
Evil Cannot be Suppressed by the Physical Force of the Government---The Moral Progress of Humanity is Brought About not only by Individual Recognition of the Truth, but Also Through the Establishment of a Public Opinion	235	(29)
The Christian Conception of Life has Already Arisen in our Society, and will Infallibly Put an End to the Present Organization of our Life Based on Force---When That Will Bf	264	(15)
Conclusion---Repent Ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand	279