Presence in the Modern World
by Ellul Jacques, translated by Lisa Richmond
Paperback (No longer our product)
(September 2017)
ISBN: 9780227176634
5.98 x 9.02 inches
Price: $29.00
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A new translation of Jacques Ellul’s classic work, setting out a radical Christian response to the forces of technology and modernity.
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 statusof 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? Dowe 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.
- By (author) Ellul Jacques
- Translated by Lisa Richmond
Today the moral question above all others is how to be truly awake and fully equal to the technological world. Jacques Ellul as a young man saw the question and began to outline the answer in Presence in the Modern World.Albert Borgmann,Author of Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of TechnologyRead Presence in the Modern World. Not only is it the introduction to Ellul's entire body of work, but its emphasis on Christians' revolutionary situation in the world has never been more relevant. Patrick Chastenet,University of Bordeaux; President of the Association Internationale Jacques EllulLisa Richmond's new translation echoes Ellul's radicality and revolutionary fervour, making the reading a brilliant experience. Enjoy this powerful book!Marva Dawn, Author; translator of Sources and Trajectories: Eight Early Articles by Jacques Ellul that Set the Stage
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