Anarchy and Christianity
Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. 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. Ellul here d…
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- Full title :Anarchy and Christianity / Jacques Ellul; translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley
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Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. 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. Ellul here defines anarchy as the nonviolent repudiation of authority. He looks at the Bible as the source of anarchy (in the sense of nondomination, not disorder), working through the 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.
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- Publication Date:©1991
- Edition:1st English ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.B. Eerdmans
- Place of Publication:Grand Rapids, Mich
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1991
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Translation of: Anarchie et christianisme
The Physical Object
- Description:vi, 109 Seiten : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0802804950, 9780802804952
- oclc:ocn933073644
- LC Classification:BS672
- Dewey Decimal:261.7
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