The Subversion of Christianity - Brossura

Ellul, Jacques

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1606089749 ISBN 13: 9781606089743

Casa editrice: Wipf and Stock, 2011

Riassunto

Pointing to the many contradictions between the Bible and the practice of the church, Jacques Ellul asserts in this provocative and stimulating book that what we today call Christianity is actually far removed from the revelation of God. Successive generations have reinterpreted Scripture and modeled it after their own cultures, thus moving society further from the truth of the original gospel. The church also perverted the gospel message, for instead of simply doing away with pagan practice and belief, it reconstituted the sacred, set up its own religious forms, and thus resacralized the world. Ellul develops several areas in which this perversion is most obvious, including the church's emphasis on moralism and its teaching in the political sphere. The heart of the problem, he says, is that we have not accepted the fact that Christianity is a scandal; we attempt to make it acceptable and easy--and thus pervert its true message. Ultimately, however, Ellul remains hopeful. For, in spite of all that has been done to subvert the message of God, the Holy Spirit continues to move in the world. "Christianity," writes Ellul, "never carries the day decisively against Christ."

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), a French sociologist and lay theologian, was Professor Emeritus of Law and of the History and Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux. He wrote more than forty books, including 'The Technological Society', 'The Humiliation of the Word', and 'Technological Bluff'.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wipf and Stock
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1606089749
• ISBN 13: 9781606089743
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 222
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile