Islam and Judeo-Christianity by Jacques Ellul

Islam and Judeo-Christianity by Jacques Ellul

The theme of Islam and Judeo-Christianity is the relationship between these three faiths under three headings that are often promoted as a basis for commonality between them (sons of Abraham, monotheism, and religions of the book). Ellul incisively critiques these expressions, finding less common ground than is generally accepted and a pattern of conformism. The English edition of Islam and Judeo-Christianity includes a foreword by David Gill and Dominique North Ellul, and Alain Besancon's extensive foreword to the French edition of Islam and Judeo-Christianity (relocated to the appendices in this edition). The book also includes other writings on this theme by Ellul: Firstly, chapter 5 from Ellul's Subversion of Christianity where Islam is portrayed as a non-progressive, totalitarian religion, founded on the concept of divine right, and credited with having introduced into Christianity the idea of holy war. Secondly, Ellul's foreword to The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam written by Bat Ye'or (1985), which documents the conditions of Jews and Christians in Muslim society. Thirdly, Ellul's foreword to The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude, also by Bat Ye'or (1996), which further explores the history of Jews and Christians under Islam.

Jacques Ellul was a Christian anarchist and philosopher from France. For many years, he was a professor of institutional history and sociology at the Université of Bordeaux's Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences. Ellul is a philosopher with a special interest in technology and the danger of technological tyranny, despite his training as a sociologist. The slogan Think globally, act locally is reported to have been coined by him. Propaganda, The Political Illusion, The Theology Basis of Law, The Meaning of the City, and many others are among his works. At the age of 82, Jacques Ellul died in 1994.

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ISBN 13	9781498204101
ISBN 10	1498204104
Title	Islam and Judeo-Christianity
Author	Jacques Ellul
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Year published	2015-08-13
Number of pages	124
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