{"product_id":"second-tolstoy-paperback","title":"Second Tolstoy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Hickey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery few if any have devoted more years to practicing and teaching others to practice the precepts of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount than Leo Tolstoy. He stands apart in the history of interpretation and has had enormous influence on others and other countries. Yet, Gandhi or others often get the glory. Tolstoy is remembered as a great writer, but his religious and philosophical works are by and large unknown or disparaged, even in scholarly Tolstoyan circles. His contribution is substantially under-appreciated and misunderstood. In Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics, Steve Hickey captures the particulars and dynamics of Tolstoy's interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount from a deliberately sympathetic vantage point. Underlying this project is shared belief with Tolstoy that the Sermon on the Mount is liveable and to be lived. While from the vantage point of traditional orthodoxy Tolstoy got much wrong, there remains a lack of appreciation for what he got right--radical obedience to the teachings of Jesus. A new vocabulary is proposed to more precisely capture Tolstoyan lived theology, namely the political and social expressions of Tolstoyan Christianity, with the hope that these theories and practices will gain a wider consideration, understanding, and following.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Hickey (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is a former pastor and state legislator presently teaching at Alaska Christian College. His earlier books include \u003ci\u003eTolstoy's Novel Idea: Obey the Sermon on the Mount\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObtainable Expectations: Timely Exposition of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWays and Means: A Primer on Theo-tactics and the Emulation of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41814869442695,"sku":"9781725285354","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5502b42dd68fa8f6f42e4f1acec7d679.webp?v=1734085444","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/second-tolstoy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}