My Religion, Leo Tolstoy
My Religion, Leo Tolstoy
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My Religion

Author: Leo Tolstoy, Huntington Smith

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 6 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2016

Synopsis

In My Religion, Leo Tolstoy accuses the church of hiding the true meaning of Jesus, which is to be found in the Sermon on the Mount and the call to resist evil. For Tolstoy, it is this command which has been most damaged by ecclesiastical interpretation.Tolstoy had not always been possessed of the religious ideas set forth in My Religion. For thirty-five years of his life he was, in the proper acceptation of the word, a nihilist—a man who believed in nothing. But faith came to him; he believed in the doctrine of Jesus, and his life underwent a sudden transformation.

About Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Tula province. He studied at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. He established his reputation as a writer with The Sebastopol Sketches (1855-6). After a period in St Petersburg and abroad, he married, had thirteen children, managed his vast estates in the Volga Steppes and wrote War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life, and in 1901 he was excommuincated by the Russian Holy Synod. He died in 1910, in the course of a dramatic flight from home, at the railway station of Astapovo.

About Bob Souer

Bob Souer has lent his talents to network television, the internet, and everywhere else a human voice is used. He enjoys narrating nonfiction audiobooks and often takes on eLearning projects for clients around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kennedy

This book by Count Leo Tolstoy is the sequel to his bestseller, ‘The Kingdom of God is within you’. Co-incidentally, I read this book at the same time that I read Dostoyevsky’s ‘Brothers Karamazov’. Tolstoy’s What I Believe, as small as it is, answers all the questions as raised by Dostoyevsky’s Bro......more

Goodreads review by Marcus

It may seem odd for an atheist to actually like this book, but here's what I believe: It offers some great insight on what it is that makes former unbelievers convert to a religion. Besides, he's more interesting than your average church-going Christian for one simple reason - he's willing to go aga......more

Goodreads review by Silvester

In What I Believe, Tolstoy very concisely explains his view on the meaning of life that cannot be destroyed by our inevitable death. He presents his own interpretation of the Gospel, which is one of the most profound things I have ever read. If you are looking for inspiration on how and why to live,......more

Goodreads review by John

My, my, my how I enjoyed literature by Leo Tolstoy that you can not but help notice each word was truly well researched, though out, and controversial from a religious perspective. Tolstoy's insights are truly mind blowing. What a masterpiece of literature that has the ability to change how you view......more

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