On Being Rich and Poor : : Christianity in a Time of Economic Globalization / / Jacques Ellul; ed. by Willem H. Vanderburg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Ellul, Jacques,
• HerausgeberIn: Vanderburg, Willem H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) was a French law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and self-described “Christian anarchist.” Collecting Ellul’s lectures on the Bible, On Being Rich and Poor contains his prescient meditations on some of the most important theological questions of the modern age. In this volume, a follow-up to the Ellul lectures collected in On Freedom, Love, and Power, Ellul asks how it is that Christianity can justify abandoning the poorest, weakest, and most vulnerable members of society, depriving the next generation of a liveable future, and participating in an unprecedented wave of environmental destruction.In these talks, Ellul observes that some of the harshest language in the Jewish and Christian Bibles is reserved for those who are rich and powerful, and thus able to bend others to their will. Through his analysis of the prophetic vision of Amos and the epistle of James, Ellul exposes the gap between the principles of Christian life and the practices of the modern world. Critiquing a world that values domination over collaboration, he offers an alternative path.Transcribed from the original recordings and translated by Willem H. Vanderburg, a student and long-time colleague of Ellul’s, On Being Rich and Poor is an unprecedented look at how one of the twentieth century’s foremost thinkers grappled with some of today’s most challenging issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator’s Introduction -- PART 1: AMOS -- 1. Introduction to Amos -- 2. The Prophecies against the Six Surrounding Nations -- 3. The Prophecies against Judah and Israel -- 4. Intertwining Themes … -- 5. God’s Pedagogy and the Evolving Revelation -- 6. Justice and Related Themes -- 7. The Five Visions -- 8. Confronting the Religious Establishment, and the Silence of God -- 9. Reconciliation -- PART 2: THE LETTER OF JAMES -- 10. Introduction to James -- 11. Overview of the Christian Life -- 12. The Other -- 13. The Word -- 14. Life in the World -- 15. To Whom or What Do We Belong? -- 16. Our Christian Lives Together -- Postscript: The Poverty and Riches of Jews and Christians -- Notes -- Index