The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
Leo Tolstoy's work on Christian non-resistance to evil, arguing that this teaching is central to Christ's doctrine and challenging institutional Christianity's departure from this principle.
15 Chapters
Table of Contents
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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
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PREFACE.
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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. Of the Book |What I Believe|--The Correspondence Evoked by it-- Letters from Quakers--Garrison's Declaration--Adin
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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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CHAPTER V. CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE.
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CHAPTER VI. ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR.
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CHAPTER VII. SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE.
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CHAPTER VIII. DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY.
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CHAPTER IX. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE.
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CHAPTER 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.
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CHAPTER 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.
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CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION--REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.
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