Violence: reflections from a Christian perspective, c.1-2

On an issue that has created considerable uncertainty and uneasiness among many Christians, Jacques Ellul brings to bear the bold analysis and the brilliant clarity of argument that are associated …

Anarchy and Christianity

This book put into rational words what I can not due to me being a hot head at times. Also, his incredible grasp of European history really put my, at times, Ameri-centric view of Christianity to s…

Reason for being: a mediation on Ecclesiastes

On the heels of many provocative works comes yet another from the prolific pen of French scholar Jacques Ellul. In this book the author offers an exposition of the three intertwining themes of eccl…

A critique of the new commonplaces

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

978-1-6060-975-0

Collation

iv,303p.; 23 cm.

Series Title

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Call Number

306.2 ELL c

False presence of the kingdom

In an earlier book, Presence of the Kingdom, Author discussed the imperative need of Christ's presence through his church in the modern world. In False Presence of the KIngdom he examines how Chris…

In season out of season

acques Ellul, one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, possessed one of the most prolific, polymathic minds. Commandeering political, sociological, theological, philosophical, economical, …

The humiliation of the word

Ellul writes a compelling tale of how technology has effected the written word, and thusy the entirety of the communicative act. He is not a fan of Catholicism so readers beware. Ellul's writing is…

The ethics of freedom

In order to expedite matters the presents translation was made from the typescript of the French with some manuscript additions and corrections. Before it could be published, however, the author br…

The meaning of the city

In this book, the author presents what he finds in the Bible--a sophisticated, coherent theology of the city fully applicable to today's urbanized society. Ellul believes that the city symbolizes t…

The technological bluff

The author argues that "an easily distracted consumer society is caught up in a rapidly developing, uncontrollable technological system . . . . Every problem generates a technological solution; com…