Languages:English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media:Paperback Pages:248 Number Of Items:1 Shipping Weight (lbs):0.6 Dimensions (in):8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
Publication Date:September 1, 2007 Shipping:Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition:Prompt attention. Free delivery confirmation. Benefits campus ministry. New book.
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Eye openingJanuary 9, 2007 L. Humphreys(Minneapolis, MN USA) 21 out of 23 found this review helpful
If you love learning about world religion and looking for insight into why religion today is what it is, this is a wonderful comparative literature that is truly well researched, though out, and controversial. It was a really hard book to find, banned for many years. It is the book that inspired Gandhi to become the man that changed India. It explores the personal stuggles of Tolstoy and is not his characteristic writing style. Easy to read and very understandable. It is a thought provoking and wonderful book.
Riddled with Typo'sDecember 31, 2009 Paul784 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first page of this edition kindly asks the reader to "forgive any spelling mistakes [and]missing or extraneous characters." This edition is riddled with errors. A sentence on page 7 reads "I understand that Jesus in-noj$a$ commands me to turn the other cheek and to give upmyC(Jat, for sheer sufFering-'s sake; but commands me not to resiStrevil, and warns me that my obedience may entail suffering." I strongly encourage you to buy a different edition of this book that is readable.
Apology for PacifismJanuary 26, 2008 Joe Rae(Canada) 1 out of 24 found this review helpful
Tolstoy complains theologians transformed the commands of Christ into meaning commands that could be practically followed by men in the world.
Out of respect for the same theologians he then goes on to downgrade Christ's command to "love one's enemies" into his practical doctrine of pacifism that man is able to follow.
Tolstoy confidently asserts that his liberating work, "What I Believe", has corrected eighteen centuries of misinterpretation of Christ's teachings by Christendom. His hubris knows no bounds by going on to deny the divinity of Christ. One gets the impression that Tolstoy thinks his book is a better Gospel of Christ than what is offered in the Cannon.
Practically speaking, Tolstoy would have been more productive to mankind completing War and Peace, leaving theology to those who study it.
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