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Anarchy and Christianity

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by Jacques Ellul

    • Author

      Jacques Ellul

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Wipf & Stock Publishers

    • Published

      May 2011

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    Anarchy and Christianity

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    Jacque Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. While he clarifies the views of each and how they can be related, his aim is not to proselytize either anarchists into Christianity or Christians into anarchy. On the one hand, suggests Ellul, anarchists need to understand that much of their criticism of Christianity applies only to the form of religion that developed, not to biblical faith. Christians, on the other hand, need to look at the biblical texts and not reject anarchy as a political option, for it seems closest to biblical thinking. After charting the background of his own interest in the subject, Ellul defines what he means by anarchy: the nonviolent repudiation of authority. He goes on to look at the Bible as the source of anarchy (in the sense of nondomination, not disorder), working through Old Testament history, Jesus' ministry, and finally the early church's view of power as reflected in the New Testament writings. ""With the verve and the gift of trenchant simplification to which we have been accustomed, Ellul lays bare the fallacy that Christianity should normally be the ally of civil authority."" -- John Howard Yoder Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), a French sociologist and lay theologian, was Professor Emeritus of Law and of the History and Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux. He wrote more than forty books, including 'The Technological Society', 'The Humiliation of the Word', and 'Technological Bluff'.

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    • Author

      Jacques Ellul

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Wipf & Stock Publishers

    • Published

      May 2011

    • Weight

      155g

    • Dimensions

      140 x 214 x 8 mm

    • ISBN

      9781606089712

    • ISBN-10

      1606089714

    • Eden Code

      4925814

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    • Author/Creator: Jacques Ellul

    • ISBN: 9781606089712

    • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

    • Release Date: May 2011

    • Weight: 155g

    • Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 8 mm

    • Eden Code: 4925814

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