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Banned in Russia, Tolstoy's "The Kingdom of God is Within You" was deemed a threat to church and state.
Tolstoy´s detailed analysis of Christianity argues that Christianity as it currently exists in the form of doctrines, church institutions and hierarchies, and ritual practices, is anti-Christian. Not just that it happens to be anti-Christian because these things have become corrupt (though they have) but because Christ explicitly told his followers to reject doctrines, church institutions and hierarchies, and ritual practices, and instead to love truth, to honour God, and to treat all people as your family and as you would want to be treated.
This intuitive and simple message, which Jesus made explicit in the gospels, ought to be the lodestone of all of our lives, and indeed the progress of society throughout human history is leading us in this direction as truth slowly erodes away falsehood.
An inevitable conclusion of the command to treat all people as your family and as you would want to be treated is that the current political order is unsupportable. You cannot participate in the political system, which is based on the use of violence to enforce the separation of people and the privileging of some people over others, and at the same time follow the guideline to love your neighbour.
Everybody ought to work to orient their lives along true Christian lines immediately (without waiting for the world to be “ready” for it). This means ending all support of and participation in government, for instance as a soldier, an office-holder, a juror, or a taxpayer. And it also means renouncing any privileges that the government implicitly defends by violent means (such as private property).
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion, History, Politics and Government
Length13 hrs 32 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 16, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Translator's Preface
2Preface
3Chapter 1. The Doctrine Of Non-Resistance To Evil By Force Has Been Professed By A Minority Of Men From The Very Foundation Of Christianity
4Chapter 2. Criticisms Of The Doctrine Of Non-Resistance To Evil By Force On The Part Of Believers And Of Unbelievers
5Chapter 3. Christianity Misunderstood By Believers
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6Chapter 4. Christianity Misunderstood By Men Of Science
7Chapter 5. Contradiction Between Our Life And Our Christian Conscience
8Chapter 6. Attitude Of Men Of The Present Day To War
9Chapter 7. Significance Of Compulsory Service
10Chapter 8. Doctrine Of Non-Resistance To Evil By Force Must Inevitably Be Accepted By Men Of The Present Day
11Chapter 9. The Acceptance Of The Christian Conception Of Life Will Emancipate Men From The Miseries Of Our Pagan Life
12Chapter 10. 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
13Chapter 11. 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
14Chapter 12. Conclusion—Repent Ye, For The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand (pt. 1)
15Chapter 12. Conclusion—Repent Ye, For The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand (pt. 2)
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