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The Penny

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the...

tags: historical, faith, historical fiction, christianity, sociology, religion, inspirational, fiction, abuse, christian fiction, christian

Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes

Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes

by Jacques Ellul

"A far more frightening work than any of the nightmare novels of George Orwell. With the logic which is the great instrument of French thought, [Ellul]...

tags: theory, politics, philosophy, society, sociology, culture, nonfiction, cultural, political science, history, psychology

The Technological Society

The Technological Society

by Jacques Ellul

As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society has become a classic in its field, laying...

tags: politics, philosophy, society, sociology, science, culture, psychology, nonfiction, history, technology, cultural

No Place for Truth: or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?

No Place for Truth: or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?

by David F. Wells

Has something indeed happened to evangelical theology and to evangelical churches? According to David Wells, the evidence indicates that evangelical pastors...

tags: theology, christian, philosophy, christianity, sociology, church, religion, church history, nonfiction, cultural

The Presence of the Kingdom

The Presence of the Kingdom

by Jacques Ellul

This new edition of Ellul's seminal work, first published in 1948, brings back into print the volume considered "the necessary primer for all Ellul study." In...

tags: theology, christian, politics, philosophy, christianity, sociology, religion, science, nonfiction, technology, cultural

The Subversion of Christianity

The Subversion of Christianity

by Jacques Ellul

Pointing to the many contradictions between the Bible and the practice of the church, Jacques Ellul asserts that what we today call Christianity is actually...

tags: theology, spirituality, christian, politics, philosophy, christianity, sociology, religion, nonfiction, cultural

Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family

Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family

by G.K. Chesterton

A collection of G. K. Chesterton's provocative writings on a subject close to his heartthe family, and the corresponding themes of men and women, children,...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, christianity, essays, classics, sociology, religion, nonfiction, family, history, cultural

The Evils of Revolution

The Evils of Revolution

by Edmund Burke

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke’s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule...

tags: writing, politics, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, sociology, irish literature, economics, nonfiction, political science, history

Utopia of Usurers

Utopia of Usurers

by G.K. Chesterton

An engaging work sure to appeal to both scholars and students for the depth of its thought and the freshness of its claims, this is a two-part book by one of...

tags: catholic, writing, anthologies, politics, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, collections, sociology, economics, nonfiction

Losing Our Virtue

Losing Our Virtue

by David F. Wells

Available now for the first time in paperback, Losing Our Virtue offers a bold critique of the moral disintegration taking place in contemporary society and...

tags: theology, christian living, christianity, sociology, church, religion, ecclesiology, church history, nonfiction, cultural, christian

The Humiliation of the Word

The Humiliation of the Word

by Jacques Ellul

Argues that visual reality has overcome verbal truth, examines the biblical distinction between truth and reality, and considers the impact of the visual on...

tags: theology, philosophy, sociology, religion, nonfiction, france, cultural

The Meaning of the City

The Meaning of the City

by Jacques Ellul

Jacques Ellul, a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Bordeaux, is increasingly being recognized as a brilliant and penetrating commentator on the...

tags: theology, christian, politics, philosophy, christianity, sociology, religion, cities, geography, nonfiction, cultural

Violence: Reflections from a Christian Perspective

Violence: Reflections from a Christian Perspective

by Jacques Ellul

tags: theology, politics, philosophy, christianity, sociology, religion, nonfiction, christian

Perspectives on Our Age

Perspectives on Our Age

by Jacques Ellul

The self-portrait of a fundamental 20th-century thinker emerges in these transcripts of interviews with French historian and social critic Jacques Ellul....

tags: writing, philosophy, essays, sociology, nonfiction

Hope in Time of Abandonment

Hope in Time of Abandonment

by Jacques Ellul

tags: theology, philosophy, sociology, religion, christian

The Technological Bluff

The Technological Bluff

by Jacques Ellul

The author argues that "an easily distracted consumer society is caught up in a rapidly developing, uncontrollable technological system . . . . Every problem...

tags: theology, philosophy, christianity, sociology, science, religion, nonfiction, technology, cultural

The Technological System

The Technological System

by Jacques Ellul

tags: theology, philosophy, sociology, science, religion, technology

Jesus and Marx: From Gospel to Ideology

Jesus and Marx: From Gospel to Ideology

by Jacques Ellul

tags: theology, religion, sociology

The Political Illusion

The Political Illusion

by Jacques Ellul

tags: politics, philosophy, sociology

A critique of the new commonplaces

A critique of the new commonplaces

by Jacques Ellul

Volume 31 of Collection "Liberté de l'esprit"La petite vermillon

tags: sociology

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