Anarchy and Christianity Author:Jacques Ellul, Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Translator) Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. On the one hand, suggests Ellul, anarchists need to understand that much of their criticism of Christianity applies only to the form of religion that developed, not to biblical faith. Christians, on ... more »the other hand, need to look at the biblical texts and not reject anarchy as a political option, for it seems closest to biblical thinking.
Ellul here defines anarchy as the nonviolent repudiation of authority. He looks at the Bible as the source of anarchy (in the sense of nondomination, not disorder), working through the Old Testament history, Jesus' ministry, and finally the early church's view of power as reflected in the New Testament writings. « less