Description: Tracing attitudes toward wealth from the Old Testament to the New Testament, Jacques Ellul discusses both societal and individual responsibilities related to the use of money and power. 173 pages, paper
Brief description: Jacques Ellul (1912 - 1994), long time Professor of the History & Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux, France, was one of the twentieth century's most important analysts and critics of our emerging technological society --- and any lukewarm, conformist Christianity that fails to salt and light that society and culture. Money and Power is one of his fifty books that remains as fresh and relevant as when it first came out in 1954.
Review Quotes: ""Ellul's Money and Powerremains the finest single work available anywhere on the theological and practical implications of our use and abuse of money, and the current financial crisis proves the validity of Ellul's assertions. Business leaders and citizens alike would be well served to read it carefully."" Randy M. Ataide Associate Professor of Business Point Loma Nazarene University ""After the current meltdown of the entire secular religion of 'greed is good, ' or, more academically, 'the invisible hand, ' the world should surely turn with a truly receptive attitude to this Ellul classic, Money and Power."" Rustum Roy, Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Pennsylvania State University