In periods of widespread public unrest or disorder, much attention naturally focuses on the law, its foundation, authority, content, and constraining force.
Because the historical and positivist theories of law proved inadequate in light of the events of World War II, many theorists, teachers and students turned to a concept of natural law for a foundation.
In this short, incisive study, Jacques Ellul, the distinguished French social critic, examines the natural law theories and finds that to the Christian the theological suppositions involved are not acceptable. In his concluding section he suggests, on the basis of Scripture, how an acceptable theory might be worked out.
Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist. He wrote several books about the "technological society" and the intersection between Christianity and politics, such as Anarchy and Christianity (1991)--arguing that anarchism and Christianity are socially following the same goal.
A philosopher who approached technology from a deterministic viewpoint, Ellul, professor at the University of Bordeaux, authored 58 books and more than a thousand articles over his lifetime, the dominant theme of which has been the threat to human freedom and Christian faith created by modern technology. His constant concern has been the emergence of a "technological tyranny" over humanity. As a philosopher and lay theologian, he further explored the religiosity of the technological society.
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