The Kingdom of God is within you

The title of the book comes from Luke 17:21. It is a non-fiction work of the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. He wrote it after many years of reflexion on Christianity and Jesus. Many subjects are present such as wars, non-violence, misunderstanding by believers of the faith, etc. (Summary by enko) (13 hr 18 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface	6:42	Read by TriciaG
01 - The doctrine of nonresistance to evil by force has been professed by a min…	1:02:57	Read by Nikki Sullivan
02 - Criticism of the doctrine of non-resistance to evil by force on the part o…	41:02	Read by Leni
03 - Christianity misunderstood by believers	1:13:48	Read by SunshinePaul
04 - Christianity misunderstood by men of science	57:25	Read by Nikki Sullivan
05 - Contradiction between our life and our christian conscience	51:18	Read by TriciaG
06 - Attitude of men of the present day to war	57:52	Read by Sadko
07 - Significance of compulsory service	30:53	Read by willem
08 - Doctrine of non-resistance to evil by force must inevitably be accepted by…	58:06	Read by hearhis
09 - The acceptance of the christian conception of life will emancipate men fro…	57:11	Read by TriciaG
10 - Evil cannot be supressed by the physical force of the government--The mora…	1:05:53	Read by BillMac
11 - The christian conception of life has already arisen in our society, and wi…	28:42	Read by David Schoepf
12 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 1	58:48	Read by David Schoepf
13 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 2	57:21	Read by David Schoepf
14 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 3	55:26	Read by David Schoepf
15 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 4	34:51	Read by David Schoepf

Reviews

absolute master piece.and amazing interpretation. thank you.

(5 stars)

dzikos

amazing interpretation of one of the greatest writings

Transcendent, but still flawed.

(5 stars)

bloodyknuckles

His conceptions of the linearity of progress are contradictory to the way he disregards nearly two centuries of religious tradition in order to rediscover the kernel of truth at it's foundation. That is not to say that this journey is not still worthwhile to go on, however living in a time and place that is no less barbarous now than it was back then makes this precept of linear progress hard to swallow with the rest.