On Freedom, Love, and Power

by Ellul, Jacques

• ISBN13: 9781442611177
• ISBN10: 1442611170
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Promoting a life based on freedom and love, Ellul's thinking opens the door to, in his words, "thinking globally and acting locally."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Freedom from Morality and Religion (Genesis 1-3)	p. 1
Introductory Remarks to Genesis 1-3	p. 3
The First Creation Account	p. 17
The Second Creation Account	p. 40
The Break between God and Humanity	p. 61
The Consequences of the Break between God and Humanity	p. 77
The Love that Seeks us out (Job 32-42)	p. 99
Introduction	p. 101
Elihu (Chapters 32-37)	p. 105
God's Appearance (Chapters 38-39)	p. 118
The Two Beasts (Chapters 40-41)	p. 126
Job's Conversion (Chapter 42)	p. 135
Reconciliation (Chapter 42)	p. 140
The Culmination of Judaism: The Kingdom of Love	p. 147
Introduction	p. 149
The First Three Parables (Matthew 13:1-43)	p. 160
The Second Set of Parables (Matthew 13:44-50)	p. 169
The Parable of the Debtors (Matthew 18:23-35)	p. 174
The Parable of the Labourers' Wages (Matthew 20:1-16)	p. 180
The Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:1-14)	p. 188
The Parables of the Virgins and the Talents (Matthew 25:1-30)	p. 196
The Remaining References to the Kingdom of Heaven	p. 204
It was all there in the Beginning (John 1:1-2)	p. 211
Love within the Beginning	p. 213
Epilogue: History and Reconciliation	p. 219
Index	p. 235
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