PERSPECTIVES ON OUR AGE JACQUES ELLUL SPEAKS ON HIS LIFE AND WOR

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Ellul, Jacques
Perspectives on our age : Jacques Ellul speaks on his life and work
edited by Willem H. Vanderburg. — Rev. and expanded ed.

Translated from the French.
ISBN 0-88784-697-1

1. Ellul, Jacques. 2. Intellectuals — France — Biography.
3. Technology and civilization. 4. Church and the world.
I. Vanderburg, Willem H. II. Title.

CT1018.E45A313 2003 944.081’092 C2003-903129-2

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