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Can I read Anarchy and Christianity on EtoBox?
Anarchy and Christianity by Jacques Ellul is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Anarchy and Christianity about?
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
Who reads Anarchy and Christianity?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Jacques Ellul
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802804952
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Social Science, Bible
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (338 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
