The Kingdom of God and Peace Essays

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 544
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171675158

Description

The Kingdom of God and Peace Essays was first published when Tolstoy’s precepts were wholly unacceptable to the Church, the State, the military, and even his own family. This collection of essays retranslated and republished has greater significance today than when Tolstoy wrote them.

His message of peace, denunciation of war, protests against curtailing of freedom of Speech, press and religion were ignored by Stalin, Hitler and for that matter the whole world. But to voice such opinions in the face of stiff opposition required someone of Tolstoy’s moral stature, courage and faith.

He strongly believed that humanity stood the risk of complete destruction.

Contents

The Kingdom of God is Within You

Christianity and Patriotism

La Marseillaise

Patriotism and Government

Introduction to a Short Biography of William Lloyd Garrison

Address to the Swedish Peace Congress in 1909