My Religion What I Believe Free Age Press Centenary Edition edition by Leo Tolstoy Religion Spirituality eBooks
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‘A Confession’ is Tolstoy’s chronicle of his journey to faith; his account of how he moved from despair to the possibility of living; from unhappy existence to ‘the glow and strength of life’. It describes his spiritual and philosophical struggles up until he leaves the Orthodox Church, convinced that humans discover truth not by faith, but by reason.
The story begins when at the age of 50, Tolstoy is in crisis. Having found no peace in art, science or philosophy, he is attacked by the black dog of despair, and considers suicide. His past life is reappraised and found wanting; as slowly light dawns within. ‘As gradually, imperceptibly as life had decayed in me, until I reached the impossibility of living, so gradually I felt the glow and strength of life return to me… I returned to a belief in God.’
Here is a quest for meaning at the close of the 19th century - a time of social, scientific and intellectual turbulence, in which old forms were under threat. Tolstoy looks around at both old and new alike, and like the author of Ecclesiastes, discovers that ‘All is vanity’. His spiritual discoveries first take him into the arms of the Orthodox Church; and then force his angry departure from it.
‘My Religion’ carries on from where ‘A Confession’ left off. Describing himself as a former nihilist, Tolstoy develops his attack on the church he has left. He accuses them of hiding the true meaning of Jesus, which is to be found in the Sermon on the Mount; and most clearly, in the call not to resist evil. For Tolstoy, it is this command which has been most damaged by ecclesiastical interpretation. ‘Not everyone,’ he writes, ‘is able to understand the mysteries of dogmatics, homilectics, liturgics, hermeneutics, apologetics; but everyone is able and ought to understand what Christ said to the millions of simple and ignorant people who have lived and are living today.’ Here is Tolstoy’s religion; and non-violence is at its heart.
Simon Parke, author of The Beautiful Life
My Religion What I Believe Free Age Press Centenary Edition edition by Leo Tolstoy Religion Spirituality eBooks
Outside of the Bible the best book on the Christion religion Ive ever found.Not the same old misguided belief system one is use to finding. Tolstoy shakes up your most basic beliefs on this religion and gives you a new way to see and believe in God. A must read for anyone who wants to finally go beyond all the contradictions,and for once understand the bible.I thank God everyday Tolstoy wrote this brilliant little book.If your tired of all the dogma and just want the truth, read this book.Product details
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My Religion What I Believe Free Age Press Centenary Edition edition by Leo Tolstoy Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
Some proof-reading would be in order, before publishing...The book is great, but punctuation is a virtue.
great
A most important book, if you ARE a Christian. Can I really live Jesus' teachings? For almost 300 years Christians could and did.
When you want the truth about religion this is where to find it!
First, the book has quite a few errors where the words typed are not what was intended, which leaves (unfortunately) to some guess work at times. These are scarce and far between, but still annoying.
The material is absolutely a must read to everyone. Tolstoy set himself in a mission to find truth, the answer to the one question which haunted him "who am I and why am I here?". This book will scare all those which are close minded, either religious or non religious alike, but will enlighten those with an open mind and a thirst for truth.
I will not say whether his beliefs are the truth, but in this book, his well researched work shines a bright light on our (mostly) lost condition, not as Christians or followers of other religions, but as human beings. Tolstoy found in the TEACHINGS of Jesus, the instruction to a perfect life, full of meaning and purpose, and found in the process that such teaching was (and continues to be) hidden by the ones who claim to be the holders of it.
The beginning is quite long and personally, I would prefer he would make his point after the explanations which we find in subsequent chapters. The first chapters will come across as overly repetitive and almost annoying, especially since Tolstoy's ultimate attempt was to convey the "love your neighbor" message but just spends too much time typing what seems to be the same thing said over and over again.
His explanations and especially his research and exposition of scripture, are like a veil which is removed to uncover hidden truths, but which will, I doubt not, hated by both Christians and Atheists alike. And hence you know you are not a follower of Christ... because you hate, even the truth.
So put on your Pharisee attire and stop pretending... unless you wish to become a real Christian and keep His commandments.
Every true Christian needs to read Tolstoy's three nonfiction books on the subject.
A terrific follow up to My Confession and a perfect bridge to The Kingdom of God Is Within You. My Religion helps pull into focus Tolstoy's spiritual crisis and provides a wonderful interpretation of Christ's teachings.
Outside of the Bible the best book on the Christion religion Ive ever found.Not the same old misguided belief system one is use to finding. Tolstoy shakes up your most basic beliefs on this religion and gives you a new way to see and believe in God. A must read for anyone who wants to finally go beyond all the contradictions,and for once understand the bible.I thank God everyday Tolstoy wrote this brilliant little book.If your tired of all the dogma and just want the truth, read this book.
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