The kingdom of God is within you : Christianity not as a mystic religion but as a new theory of life

First published in Germany in 1894, after being banned in Russia, The Kingdom of God Is within You reveals Tolstoy's world outlook after his conversion to Christianity. He argues that the kingdom of God is within reach of all.

The core of the book deals with his nonresistance to evil, a principle Tolstoy passionately advocated. Gandhi was won over by the book. Tolstoy clearly describes the hazards that bullying governments and false beliefs produced. "The situation of the Christian part of humanity--with its prisons, forced labor, gallows, saloons, brothels, constantly increasing armaments, and millions of confused people ready like trained hounds to attack anyone against whom their masters set them--this situation would be terrible if it were the product of coercion, but it is above all the product of public opinion."

Abhorring the violence of revolution, Tolstoy calls on Christians to remember that the only guide for their actions is to be found in the divine principle dwelling within them, which in no sense can be checked or governed by anyone or anything else.

Foreword by Martin Green	p. v
Translator's Preface	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Chapter I The Doctrine of Non-Resistance to Evil by Force Has Been Professed by a Minority of Men from the Very Foundation of Christianity	p. 1
Chapter III Christianity Misunderstood by Believers	p. 48
Chapter IV Christianity Misunderstood by Men of Science	p. 85
Chapter VI Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War	p. 110
Chapter VII Significance of Compulsory Service	p. 134
Chapter VIII Doctrine of Non-Resistance to Evil by Force Must Inevitably Be Accepted by Men of the Present Day	p. 184
Chapter X Evil, Cannot Be Suppressed by the Physical Force Of The Government--The Moral Progress of Humanity Is Brought About Not Only by Individual Recogni- Tion of Truth, but Also Through the Establish- Ment of a Public Opinion	p. 209
Chapter XL 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	p. 236
Chapter XII Conclusion--Repent Ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand	p. 265

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