For For readers who want a theological reading of 2 Kings and of politics before God; not for a reader wanting a historical-critical commentary.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
A reading of 2 Kings on God's action in political history and the limits of human politics; the biblical counterpart to The Political Illusion.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Ellul's study of the Second Book of Kings, published by Éditions universitaires in 1966 and translated and edited by Geoffrey W. Bromiley as The Politics of God and the Politics of Man (Eerdmans, 1972). Working through episodes from the book, Ellul reads the stories of the kings of Israel and the prophets as an account of how God acts within political history and of the limits and pretensions of human politics. It is one of his biblical studies and the scriptural counterpart to his sociological critique of politics in L'Illusion politique.
The Politics of God and the Politics of Man
by Jacques Ellul
For For readers who want a theological reading of 2 Kings and of politics before God; not for a reader wanting a historical-critical commentary.
Should I read this?
A reading of 2 Kings on God's action in political history and the limits of human politics; the biblical counterpart to The Political Illusion.
How it proceeds
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Ellul's study of the Second Book of Kings, published by Éditions universitaires in 1966 and translated and edited by Geoffrey W. Bromiley as The Politics of God and the Politics of Man (Eerdmans, 1972). Working through episodes from the book, Ellul reads the stories of the kings of Israel and the prophets as an account of how God acts within political history and of the limits and pretensions of human politics. It is one of his biblical studies and the scriptural counterpart to his sociological critique of politics in L'Illusion politique.
Catalog ID
W.70TT38.H