Spiritual Works of Leo Tolstoy: A Confession, The Kingdom of God is Within You, What I Believe, Christianity and Patriotism, Reason and Religion, The

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Spiritual Works of Leo Tolstoy: A Confession, The Kingdom of God is Within You, What I Believe, Christianity and Patriotism, Reason and Religion, The Gospel in Brief and more"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Bevel. Table of ContentsIntroductionLeo Tolstoy: A Short Biography"e;Tolstoy the Artist"e; and "e;Tolstoy the Preacher"e; by Ivan PaninBooksThe Kingdom of God is Within YouWhat I BelieveThe Gospel in BriefA ConfessionChristianity and Patriotism Reason and ReligionPatriotism or PeaceLetter to Ernest Howard CrosbyBethink Yourselves!Why do People Stupefy Themselves?A Letter to a HinduCorrespondences with GandhiPersecution of Christians in RussiaHelp!Thoughts on God'Thou Shalt Not Kill'Two WarsReason and MoralityChurch and StateReligious Relation to LifeLetter to a Kind YouthReply to Critics ReminiscencesReminiscences of Tolstoy, by His Son by Graf Ilia LvovichTolstoiMy Visit to Tolstoy by Joseph KrauskopfCount Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy or Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction.