The kingdom of God is within you / / by Leo Tolstoy
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| Autore: |
Tolstoy Leo
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| Titolo: |
The kingdom of God is within you / / by Leo Tolstoy
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| Pubblicazione: | [New York, New York] : , : Sheba Blake, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (982 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 230 |
| Soggetto topico: | Christianity - Essence, genius, nature |
| Christianity | |
| Nonviolence - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Government, Resistance to - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a fascinating work, from both a religious and a historical perspective. In the book he outlines a radical reorganization of society based on a literal translation of Christianity. Not in a Holy Roller sort of way but in an actual ""What would Jesus do?"" sort of way, banning war and murder and following the teachings of Christ to a 'T'. This book would have a profound effect on Gandhi, who after reading it was turned on to the idea of liberating his people from British rule. Tolstoy wrote to Gandhi in a letter titled ""A letter to a Hindu,"" in |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The kingdom of God is within you |
| ISBN: | 1-304-74953-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910155519403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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