The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Tolstoy Pt. 1 - FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

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The Kingdom of God Is Within You Leo Tolstoy - FULL Audio Book | Greatest Audio Books - The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Russian: Царство Божие внутри вас [Tsarstvo Bozhiye vnutri vas]) is the non-fiction magnum opus of Leo Tolstoy. The book was first published in Germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia. It is the culmination of thirty years of Tolstoy's Christian anarchist thinking, and lays out a new organization for society based on a literal Christian interpretation. The title of the book is taken from Luke 17:21. In the book Tolstoy speaks of the principle of non-violent resistance when confronted by violence, as taught by Jesus Christ. In reading Jesus' words in the Gospels, Tolstoy notes that the modern church is a heretical creation: "Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by the Church." Tolstoy presented excerpts from magazines and newspapers relating various personal experiences, and gave keen insight into the history of non-resistance from the very foundation of Christianity, as being professed by a minority of believers. In particular, he confronts those who seek to maintain status quo: "That this social order with its pauperism, famines, prisons, gallows, armies, and wars is necessary to society; that still greater disaster would ensue if this organization were destroyed; all this is said only by those who profit by this organization, while those who suffer from it -- and they are ten times as numerous -- think and say quite the contrary." (Summary from Wikipedia.org) - SUBSCRIBE to Greatest Audio Books: http://www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks - Become a FRIEND: Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/GreatestAudioBooks Google+: - READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! PART 1 Chapters 0 - 8 Chapter listing and length: 00 - Preface -- 00:06:42 Read by Tricia G 01 - The doctrine of nonresistance to evil by force has been professed by a minority of men from the very foundation of christianity -- 01:02:57 Read by Nikki Sullivan 02 - Criticism of the doctrine of non-resistance to evil by force on the part of believers and of unbelievers -- 00:41:02 Read by Leni 03 - Christianity misunderstood by believers -- 01:13:48 Read by SunshinePaul 04 - Christianity misunderstood by men of science -- 00:57:25 Read by Nikki Sullivan 05 - Contradiction between our life and our christian conscience -- 00:51:18 Read by Tricia G 06 - Attitude of men of the present day to war -- 00:57:52 Read by Sadko 07 - Significance of compulsory service -- 00:30:53 Read by willem 08 - Doctrine of non-resistance to evil by force must inevitably be accepted by men of Read by hearhis 09 - The acceptance of the christian conception of life will emancipate men from the miseries of our pagan life -- 00:57:11 Read by Tricia G 10 - Evil cannot be supressed by the physical force of the government--The moral progress of humanity is brought about not only by individual recognition of the truth but also through the establishment of a public opinion -- 01:05:53 Read by BillMac 11 - The christian conception of life has already arisen in our society, and will infallibly put an end to the present organization of our life based on force--When that will be -- 00:28:42 Read by David Schoepf 12 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 1 -- 00:58:48 Read by David Schoepf 13 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 2 -- 00:57:21 Read by David Schoepf 14 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 3 -- 00:55:26 Read by David Schoepf 15 - Conclusion--Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Part 4 -- 00:34:51 Read by David Schoepf Total running time: 13:18:15 In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by: Book Coordinator: Vineshen Pillay Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Rainer This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org. This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved.