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| The Kingdom of God is Within You; by Leo Tolstoy | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 6 2007, 02:27 AM (152 Views) | |
| Post #1 Aug 6 2007, 02:27 AM | tanack |
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Because of what continues to happen in Afghanistan and Iraq i've taken this book up once again to read and study. It is my favorite of Tolstoy's books that i have read, because in this writing he not only presents his understanding and conclusions of Christianity, he goes into detail why using physical force to overcome evil was not only forbidden by "Christ", but self defeating. Although the book was banned in Tolstoy's Russia, i think perhaps Czar Nicholas's may well have agreed with many of Tolstoy's teachings, as Nicolas apparently was a quiet and gentle individual. A strange comment in this edition, is within the foreword by an english professor Martin Green. Mr. Green states: "The beginning is slow because Tolstoy is developing an elaborate argument that was relevant for serious Christians of a hundred years ago, but is not so relevant now." ........... 'not so relevent now'? somehow i think 'Professor' Green missed the whole point of Tolstoy's teachings. The Kingdom of God is Within You .... by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1894 in Germany ...... relevent today ? Although i can no longer be called a 'Christian', i'd say yes, Christian or not, these well thought out arguements, explainations, show perhaps the only way to make this world a safer place for all. This is the book that Gandhi reread and was overwhelmed by during one of his prison stays in South Africa. It is not a book about about doing nothing in the face of evil, but resisting evil in a non violent way .... |
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