In the 40 books and hundreds of articles Ellul wrote in his lifetime, his dominant theme was always the threat to human freedom posed by modern technology. In 1946 he returned to Bordeaux where he lived, wrote, served as Mayor, and taught until his death in 1994. During World War II, he fought with the French Underground against the Nazi occupation of France.Įducated at the Universities of Bordeaux and Paris, he taught Sociology and the History of Law at the Universities of Strausbourg and Montpellier. During his Marxist days, he was a member of the French Communist Party. His tenor and methodology is objective and scholarly, and the p Baptised Catholic, Ellul became an atheist and Marxist at 19, and a Christian of the Reformed Church at 22. Educated at the Universities of Bordeaux and Paris, he taught Sociology and the History of Law at the Universities of Strausbourg and Montpellier. During World War II, he fought with the French Underground against the Nazi occupation of France. Baptised Catholic, Ellul became an atheist and Marxist at 19, and a Christian of the Reformed Church at 22.
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