The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Name: The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Author: Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy · Christianity · 1894 CE

Translated by Constance Garnett

13 chapters

Tolstoy's incendiary Christian-anarchist treatise on non-resistance, the hypocrisy of state-church Christianity, and the call to live Christ's teaching outside all systems of coercion. The foundational text behind Gandhi's satyagraha.

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1Preface
2I. The Doctrine of Non-Resistance from the Foundation of Christianity
3II. Criticisms of the Doctrine of Non-Resistance
4III. Christianity Misunderstood by Believers
5IV. Christianity Misunderstood by Men of Science
6V. Contradiction Between Our Life and Our Christian Conscience
7VI. Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War
8VII. Significance of Compulsory Service
9VIII. Non-Resistance Must Be Accepted by Men of the Present Day
10IX. The Christian Conception of Life Will Emancipate Men from the Miseries of Pagan Life
11X. Evil Cannot Be Suppressed by the Physical Force of Government
12XI. The Christian Conception of Life Has Already Arisen in Our Society
13XII. Conclusion — Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand