Christianity and Patriotism (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Leo Tolstoy | ISBN: | 9781411464902 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | March 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | Leo Tolstoy |
| ISBN: | 9781411464902 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | March 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
In this carefully constructed critical essay, written in 1894, Tolstoy admonishes a government that wages war by arousing patriotic fervor and a Church that supports such a government’s policies. His argument—that war and patriotism have nothing in common with the Christian principles of nonviolence and nonresistance—continues to resound today.
In this carefully constructed critical essay, written in 1894, Tolstoy admonishes a government that wages war by arousing patriotic fervor and a Church that supports such a government’s policies. His argument—that war and patriotism have nothing in common with the Christian principles of nonviolence and nonresistance—continues to resound today.
