The Kingdom of God Is Within YouCosimo, Inc., 2007 M08 1 - 384 pages He is considered one of the greatest novelists in any language in all of human history, but Leo Tolstoy was also an influential social reformer and peace advocate. Subtitled "Christianity Not as a Mystical Teaching but as a New Concept of Life," this powerful exploration of the preachings of Jesus from a pacifistic perspective. First published in 1893, it introduced such important 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King to the concept of nonviolent resistance. This edition is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the history of protest around the world or gain a deeper appreciation of pacifistic Christianity. Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Translation by Harvard professor of Slavic languages, Leo Weiner (1862-1939). |
Contents
Section 14 | 170 |
Section 15 | 182 |
Section 16 | 186 |
Section 17 | 191 |
Section 18 | 215 |
Section 19 | 216 |
Section 20 | 242 |
Section 21 | 255 |
Section 9 | 138 |
Section 10 | 156 |
Section 11 | 157 |
Section 12 | 163 |
Section 13 | 166 |
Section 22 | 271 |
Section 23 | 286 |
Section 24 | 333 |
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Page 17 - Then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.