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Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was Professor of the History and Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux. A sociologist, historian, and Protestant lay theologian, Ellul is primarily known for his writings on technology, propaganda, and Christian anarchism. He influenced a wide array of thinkers including Ivan Illich, William Stringfellow, Thomas Merton, Paul Virilio, and Neil Postman. In this book, Jacob Van Vleet and Jacob Marques Rollison guide readers through Ellul's most influential theological and sociological writings. By understanding Ellul's primary works, readers will be able to clearly grasp his social theory and theological ethics, profiting from his deep insight and prophetic wisdom.

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"""This book is a triumph of beautifully sensitive synthetic analysis on one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Highly recommended."" --Paul Tyson, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland ""For the first time, Ellul's sociological and theological writings are covered in a single volume. A significant achievement, and highly recommended."" --Jeffrey Shaw, Salve Regina University ""This little book is an excellent digest, which accurately summarizes the thought of Jacques Ellul and offers it to every reader. It presents the theological and the sociological sides of his work with equilibrium, and above all points exactly to the dialectical relationship between them. Thanks to it, we can appropriate the main ideas of Jacques Ellul, and understand the global coherence of a thought which is so pertinent for our time."" --Frederic Rognon, University of Strasbourg"

""This book is a triumph of beautifully sensitive synthetic analysis on one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Highly recommended."" --Paul Tyson, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland ""For the first time, Ellul's sociological and theological writings are covered in a single volume. A significant achievement, and highly recommended."" --Jeffrey Shaw, Salve Regina University ""This little book is an excellent digest, which accurately summarizes the thought of Jacques Ellul and offers it to every reader. It presents the theological and the sociological sides of his work with equilibrium, and above all points exactly to the dialectical relationship between them. Thanks to it, we can appropriate the main ideas of Jacques Ellul, and understand the global coherence of a thought which is so pertinent for our time."" --Frédéric Rognon, University of Strasbourg

This book is a triumph of beautifully sensitive synthetic analysis on one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Highly recommended. --Paul Tyson, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland For the first time, Ellul's sociological and theological writings are covered in a single volume. A significant achievement, and highly recommended. --Jeffrey Shaw, Salve Regina University This little book is an excellent digest, which accurately summarizes the thought of Jacques Ellul and offers it to every reader. It presents the theological and the sociological sides of his work with equilibrium, and above all points exactly to the dialectical relationship between them. Thanks to it, we can appropriate the main ideas of Jacques Ellul, and understand the global coherence of a thought which is so pertinent for our time. --Frederic Rognon, University of Strasbourg

This book is a triumph of beautifully sensitive synthetic analysis on one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Highly recommended. --Paul Tyson, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland For the first time, Ellul's sociological and theological writings are covered in a single volume. A significant achievement, and highly recommended. --Jeffrey Shaw, Salve Regina University This little book is an excellent digest, which accurately summarizes the thought of Jacques Ellul and offers it to every reader. It presents the theological and the sociological sides of his work with equilibrium, and above all points exactly to the dialectical relationship between them. Thanks to it, we can appropriate the main ideas of Jacques Ellul, and understand the global coherence of a thought which is so pertinent for our time. --Frederic Rognon, University of Strasbourg

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Jacob E. Van Vleet is Professor of Philosophy at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul (2014) and editor of Jacques Ellul: Essential Spiritual Writings (2016). Jacob Marques Rollison is an independent scholar living in Strasbourg, France. He is the author of A New Reading of Jacques Ellul: Presence and Communication in the Postmodern World (2020). He has recently translated Ellul's two-volume ethical treatise, To Will & To Do.""

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