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The way Jacques Ellul practiced his faith was informed by belief in the Bible’s historicity of an actual Jesus Christ, --the man from Nazareth who lived, died, and made an ongoing and transformative impact on the world nearly 2000 years ago. One of the most significant things one can say about the faith of Jacques Ellul is that it was living ...
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JACQUES ELLUL. T e problem of ethics and technique may be stated as follows: "in its concrete applications, technology raises a certain number of moral problems to which a solution must be sought."
Ellul argues that Jesus’ later temptations and struggles are but variations on these three. The ‘temptation of Christ’ episode is a paradigm for Christian ethics of freedom. Ellul’s discussion of violence further illuminates his understanding of Jesus Christ and his implications.
JACQUES ELLUL * This very difficult theme calls for some preliminary remarks. Firstly, the question I want to raise here is an existential rather than a theoretical one. My concern is with the ethical and spiritual implications of the revelation in Jesus Christ rather than the erection of a dogmatic structure based on a certain theology.
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Oct 10, 2018 · Along with his good friend, Gabriel Vahanian, Ellul is one of radical theology’s most sociologically oriented thinkers. This chapter begins by covering the ways in which Ellul was influenced by Barth, Kierkegaard, and Marx. It then describes Ellul’s sociological and theological works in depth.
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Jacques Ellul. 1983. In order to avoid misunderstanding it may be useful to mention again that what I mean by “Technique” – often wrongly called “Technology” (cf. La Technique ou l’enjau du siècle [1954], Le Système technicien [1977]).
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