The Kingdom of God Is Within You
by Leo Tolstoy
Original Title: The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Genres: Non-fiction, Spirituality, Religion
Publisher: Madness Serial Publishing
File version: 1.0
The Kingdom of God Is Within You is the most influential work of Christian anarchism. It might be considered the founding work of that tradition if it didn’t itself claim to merely be pointing out Christian anarchism as the plain meaning of the gospels.
Tolstoy argues that institutional Christianity, with its doctrines, church hierarchies, and ritual practices, is anti-Christian. Christ, he says, explicitly told his followers to reject doctrines, church institutions and hierarchies, and ritual practices. He instead taught to love truth, to honour God, and to treat all people like your family and as you would want to be treated.
Christ conceived of a society based on love, compassion and tolerance, and Tolstoy believed this was incompatible with violence. According to him, Christians cannot participate in the political system, for it is based on the use of violence to enforce the separation of people and the privileging of some people over others.
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