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Opositor en la década de 1930 al marxismo, perseguido por los nazis durante la ocupación de Francia, declarado "justo entre las naciones" por haber salvado de la deportación nazi a familias judías, agudo crítico del progreso técnico y uno de los inspiradores de la preocupación ecológica, Jacques Ellul -jurista, historiador, teólogo- se distinguió siempre por su anticonformismo radical.Los textos recogidos en este volumen -"que deben leerse como un testamento", según precisa Alain Besançon en su prólogo- son una muestra más de la capacidad de Ellul para construir un pensamiento a contracorriente del lugar común. En ellos, Jacques Ellul realiza un análisis tan rico como polémico sobre las relaciones que, en el plano religioso, mantienen el islamismo y el judeocristianismo. Partiendo de tres principios que se supone certifican el parentesco entre ambos, muestra que esta relación es teológicamente errónea, pues esos "tres pilares del conformismo" -hijos de Abraham, monoteísmo, religion

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Presence in the Modern World is Jacques Ellul's most foundational book, combining his social analysis with his theological orientation. Appearing first in French in 1948, and later in English as The Presence of the Kingdom, it has reached the status of a classic that retains all of its relevance dealing with today's challenges. How should we respond to such complex forces as technology or the state? How can we communicate with one another, despite the problems inner to modern forms of media? Do we have hope for the future of our civilisation? Ellul responds by describing how a Christian's unique presence in the world can make a difference. Instead of acting as 'sociological beings', we must commit ourselves to the kind of revolution that will occur only when we become radically aware of our present situation and undertake 'a ferocious and passionate destruction of myths'. In this way, states Ellul, we become the medium for God's action in the modern world.

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One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was a French law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and self-described "Christian anarchist." Collecting Ellul's lectures on the Bible, On Being Rich and Poor contains his prescient meditations on some of the most important theological questions of the modern age. In this volume, a follow-up to the Ellul lectures collected in On Freedom, Love, and Power, Ellul asks how it is that Christianity can justify abandoning the poorest, weakest, and most vulnerable members of society, depriving the next generation of a liveable future, and participating in an unprecedented wave of environmental destruction. In these talks, Ellul observes that some of the harshest language in the Jewish and Christian Bibles is reserved for those who are rich and powerful, and thus able to bend others to their will. Through his analysis of the prophetic vision of Amos and the epistle of James, Ellul exposes the gap between the principles of Christian life and the practices of the modern world. Critiquing a world that values domination over collaboration, he offers an alternative path. Transcribed from the original recordings and translated by Willem H. Vanderburg, a student and long-time colleague of Ellul's, On Being Rich and Poor is an unprecedented look at how one of the twentieth century's foremost thinkers grappled with some of today's most challenging issues.

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