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The Kingdom of God Is Within You

By Leo Tolstoy

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"The Kingdom of God is Within You" is the non-fiction magnum opus of Leo Tolstoy. The book was first published in gery in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia. It is the culmination of thirty years of Tolstoy's Christian anarchist thinking, and lays out a new organisation for society based on a literal Christian interpretation.

Dystopian Rebellion Psychological Political Intrigue Gods & Mortals Hopepunk Identity

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GenreGeneral Fiction

Length10 hrs 48 mins

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Publish dateMar 20, 2020

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1Introduction

12CHAPTER VI.

2TRANSLATOR&#x27;S PREFACE.

13ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR.

3PREFACE.

14&quot;AND WHAT IS MOST BEWILDERING IS THAT THE PEOPLE DO NOT RISE AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENTS. FOR WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE BETWEEN MONARCHIES AND REPUBLICS? THE MOST BEWILDERING THING IS THAT THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY IS NOT IN REVOLT AT THE WORD WAR.&quot;

4CHAPTER I.

15CHAPTER VII.: SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE.

5THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY.

16CHAPTER VIII.: DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY.

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6CATECHISM OF NON-RESISTANCE.

17CHAPTER IX.: THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE.

7ADIN BALLOU.

18CHAPTER X.: 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 TRUTH, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC OPINION.

8CHAPTER II.: CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS.

19CHAPTER 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.

9CHAPTER III.: CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS.

20CHAPTER XII.: CONCLUSION—REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. (pt. 1)

10CHAPTER IV.: CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE.

21CHAPTER XII.: CONCLUSION—REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. (pt. 2)

11CHAPTER V.: CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE.