Anarchy and Christianity
Series: The Jacques Ellul Legacy Series
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers; Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Translation of: Anarchie et Christianisme
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781606089712
Copyright date: 1988, 1991, 1998
Other titles: Anarchie et Christianisme
Description: Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. While he clarifies the views of each and how they can be related, his aim is not to proselytize either anarchists into Christianity or Christians into anarchy.

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.

After charting the background of his own interest in the subject, Ellul defines what he means by anarchy: the nonviolent repudiation of authority. He goes on to look at the Bible as the source of anarchy (in the sense of nondomination, not disorder), working through Old Testament history, Jesus' ministry, and finally the early church's view of power as reflected in the New Testament writings.
Table of contents: title: Jacques Ellul Legacy Seres Foreword
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: I
title: Anarchy from a Christian Standpoint
pagenum: 11; label: 1.
title: What Anarchy?
pagenum: 11; label: 2.
title: Anarchy’s Complaints against Christianity
pagenum: 23; label: II
title: The Bible as the Source of Anarchy
pagenum: 45; label: 1.
title: The Hebrew Bible
pagenum: 46; label: 2.
title: Jesus
pagenum: 56; label: 3.
title: Revelation
pagenum: 71; label: 4.
title: 1 Peter
pagenum: 74; label: 5.
title: Paul
pagenum: 77; title: Appendixes
pagenum: 86; title: The Interpretation of Romans 13:1-2 / Karl Barth and Alphonse Maillot
pagenum: 86; title: Karl Barth
pagenum: 86; title: Alphonse Maillot
pagenum: 89; title: Conscientious Objectors
pagenum: 91; title: Testimony: Priest and Anarchist by Adrien Duchosal
pagenum: 96; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 103; title: Index of Names
pagenum: 106; title: Index of Scripture References
pagenum: 108