Perspectives on Our Age : Jacques Ellul Speaks on His Life and Work

Originally broadcast on CBC Radio's Ideas as a series of interviews, Ellul's first-person approach here makes his ideas accessible to readers looking for new ways of understanding our society. Perspectives on Our Age also gives unique new insight into Ellul's life, his work, and the origins and development of his beliefs and theories. Originally broadcast on CBC Radio's Ideas as a series of interviews, Jacques Ellul's first-person approach here makes his ideas accessible to readers looking for new ways of understanding our society, and also gives unique new insight into Ellul's life, his work, and the origins and development of his beliefs and theories. Jacques Ellul, historian, theologian, and sociologist, was one of the foremost and widely known contemporary critics of modern technological society. Content: Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition 1 The Questions of My Life 2 Understanding Our Age 3 The Present and the Future 4 Faith or Religion? Appendix 1 Avoiding Some Common Misunderstandings About Technique Appendix 2 Putting It All Together.