"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life

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"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life

by graf Leo Tolstoy

EN·~12 hours·20 chapters

Chapters

20 total
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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

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Produced by Jack Eden <jackeden@yahoo.com>

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PREFACE.

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I. THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY - II. CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS - III. CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS - IV. CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE - V. CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE - VI. ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR - VII. SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE - VIII. DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY - IX. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE - X. EVIL CANNOT BE SUPRESSED 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 - XI. 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 BE - XII. CONCLUSION—REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND

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"THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU." - CHAPTER I. - THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY.

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CATECHISM OF NON-RESISTANCE.

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ADIN BALLOU.

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CHAPTER II. - CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS.

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CHAPTER III. - CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS.

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CHAPTER IV. - CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE.

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About the author

graf Leo Tolstoy

graf Leo Tolstoy

1828–1910

Best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, this towering Russian novelist wrote with unusual clarity about family life, history, faith, and the moral struggles of ordinary people. His books are grand in scale but deeply human, which is why they still feel alive more than a century later.

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