"The Kingdom of God Is Within You"
Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life
The Kingdom of God Is Within You, published in 1894 and translated by Constance Garnett the same year, is Leo Tolstoy's fullest statement of Christian nonresistance. Banned in Russia, it argues that the Sermon on the Mount means exactly what it says, that a Christian may not take part in violence, courts, oaths or war, and that churches and governments have conspired for centuries to explain the commandment away. Tolstoy reviews the American and European advocates of nonresistance, Garrison, Ballou and the Quakers, examines conscription and the hypocrisy of Christian states, and describes a flogging expedition he witnessed in Tula. The book reached a young Gandhi in South Africa and shaped his thought. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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