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Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul : an Introductory Exposition / Jacob E. Van Vleet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ℗♭2014.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781451479799
  • 1451479794
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul : An Introductory Exposition.DDC classification:
  • 230 23
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Contents:
Introduction: The skeleton key -- dialectical hermeneutics -- Primary influences on Ellul's dialectical worldview -- Ellul's dialectical worldview -- God, salvation, and freedom -- Technique, necessity, and consequences -- Propaganda and politics -- Hope, nonviolence, and Christian anarchism -- Conclusion: Jacques Ellul -- dialectician and prophet.
Summary: Argues that the work of Jacques Ellul is frequently-and deleteriously-misread on account of inattention to the theological underpinning that governs Ellul's thought ... Van Vleet provides a substantive account of the theological structure of Ellul's work and demonstrates the determinative role that theology, especially dialectical theology, plays in a proper understanding of Ellul.--Provided by publisher.
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Introduction: The skeleton key -- dialectical hermeneutics -- Primary influences on Ellul's dialectical worldview -- Ellul's dialectical worldview -- God, salvation, and freedom -- Technique, necessity, and consequences -- Propaganda and politics -- Hope, nonviolence, and Christian anarchism -- Conclusion: Jacques Ellul -- dialectician and prophet.

Argues that the work of Jacques Ellul is frequently-and deleteriously-misread on account of inattention to the theological underpinning that governs Ellul's thought ... Van Vleet provides a substantive account of the theological structure of Ellul's work and demonstrates the determinative role that theology, especially dialectical theology, plays in a proper understanding of Ellul.--Provided by publisher.

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