The Kingdom of God is Within You: Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of LifeIn the context of a sincere and scathing account of what is living and dead in modern Christianity, the author presents a view of history and society that overcomes widely recognised theoretical contradictions implicit in his early novel, War and Peace. |
Contents
CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE | 26 |
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS | 43 |
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE | 75 |
AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE | 97 |
ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR | 119 |
SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE | 148 |
DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE TO EVIL | 166 |
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION | 188 |
EVIL CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED BY THE PHYSICAL FORCE | 213 |
THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE HAS ALREADY | 240 |
CONCLUSION | 254 |
ENDNOTES | 337 |
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828-1910 Gra,Leo Tolstoy Limited preview - 2006 |
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