In an earlier book, Presence of the KingdomPresence of the Kingdom, Jacques Ellul discussed the imperative need of Christ's presence through his church in the modern world. In False Presence of the KingdomFalse Presence of the Kingdom he examines how Christians can misunderstand the distinctive basis of that presence and end up by conforming the church and themselves to the world.
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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