Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Philosophy General

On Freedom, Love, and Power

Christianity in a Time of Economic Globalization

by (author) Jacques Ellul, Dominique North-Ellul, Jean Ellul & Yves Ellul

edited and translated by Willem H. Vanderburg

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Oct 2010
Category
General, General, Theology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442629066
    Publish Date
    Jun 2015
    List Price
    $42.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442631922
    Publish Date
    Jun 2015
    List Price
    $76.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442642201
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $57.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442611177
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $25.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442690400
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $24.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Out of print

This edition is not currently available in bookstores. Check your local library or search for used copies at Abebooks.

Description

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was a French law professor, historian, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist. During the Second World War, he was active in the French resistance; his efforts to save Jews during this time eventually earned him the title .Righteous Among the Nations.. A towering intellectual figure, Ellul taught in Paris and at the University of Bordeaux, wrote and published extensively, and engaged throughout his career in a dialogue between the realities of technology and contemporary life, the tenets of the Christian faith, and the principles of human freedom. Transcribed here for the first time, this series of talks refines and clarifies some of Ellul's most controversial insights into what it means to understand and live out God's wishes.

Ellul's evaluation of a number of interrelated books of Scripture, including Genesis, Job, Matthew, and John, challenges Jewish and Christian orthodoxies and more progressive interpretations alike by claiming that the Judeo-Christian tradition is both anti-moral and anti-religious. Promoting a life based on freedom and love, Ellul's thinking opens the door to, in his words, .thinking globally and acting locally..

About the authors

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was a professor at the University of Bordeaux, a social activist, and a prolific writer. His dedication to social and political action made him a known and respected figure in France, while his numerous books, which include Propaganda, The Subversion of Christianity, and The Political Illusion, attracted worldwide attention and helped to establish him as a key twentieth-century thinker.

Jacques Ellul's profile page

Dominique North-Ellul's profile page

Jean Ellul's profile page

Yves Ellul's profile page

Willem H. Vanderburg is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, where he was the founding director of the Centre for Technology and Social Development. He was a NATO post-doctoral fellow under Jacques Ellul from 1973 to 1978 at the University of Bordeaux.

Willem H. Vanderburg's profile page