Jacob Marques Rollison

A New Reading of Jacques Ellul

Presence and Communication in the Postmodern World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A New Reading of Jacques Ellul argues for presence as a hermeneutical key to understanding the origins and evolution of Ellul's theological ethics. Highlighting Ellul's engagement with Michel Foucault, this book offers a constructive proposal for a robustly Protestant theological communication ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781793604347
• ISBN-10: 1793604347
• Artikelnr.: 59078752

Autorenporträt

Jacob Rollison is on the board of directors of the International Jacques Ellul Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Questions in Dialogue
Part I: Architecture
Chapter 1: Reason for Being: Ellul's Existential Epistemology of the
Present
Chapter 2: Community in the Present: Marx, Institutions, and Language
Part II: Movement
Chapter 3: The Dialogue of Sign and Presence: Presence and Signification in
Ellul's Theological Ethics
Chapter 4: Crises in Communication
Chapter 5: A Hopeful, Spoken Incognito: Presence in the Postmodern World
Conclusion: The Mystery of the Word
Appendix 1: Interpretive Summary of Ellul's Article "The Dialogue of Sign
and Presence" (1936?)
Appendix 2: Ellul's Honorary Doctorate from the University of Aberdeen
Bibliography
About the Author