01-23-2008, 02:34 PM
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Of Islam, Ellul writes, âIt is the only power today that challenges world structuresâ¦Islam has again set upon its conquest of the world, and it is a true revolution because it denies the modern State (based on the idea that the State and religion must be one single reality) and <b>because it globally rejects Technique, the technical system of the West, in order to return to traditional social structures - which is the most absolute revolution.</b>â
While he decries the Islamist revolution, Ellul also rejects the technical system of the West, and the biggest leap a Westerner like me must make in reading his writing is to accept that Technique has become god for the West. If youâre willing to accept that discussion, and many American Christians are not, Ellulâs words are a fascinating study and prediction of what the American Church has become over 50 years later.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Of Islam, Ellul writes, âIt is the only power today that challenges world structuresâ¦Islam has again set upon its conquest of the world, and it is a true revolution because it denies the modern State (based on the idea that the State and religion must be one single reality) and <b>because it globally rejects Technique, the technical system of the West, in order to return to traditional social structures - which is the most absolute revolution.</b>â
While he decries the Islamist revolution, Ellul also rejects the technical system of the West, and the biggest leap a Westerner like me must make in reading his writing is to accept that Technique has become god for the West. If youâre willing to accept that discussion, and many American Christians are not, Ellulâs words are a fascinating study and prediction of what the American Church has become over 50 years later.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->