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"No longer are we surrounded by fields, woods, and rivers, but by signs, signals, billboards, screens, labels, and trademarks: this is our universe."
― Jacques Ellul

OUR UNIVERSE
No longer are we surrounded by fields, woods, and rivers...

“Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.”
― Jacques Ellul

PROPAGANDA’S END
Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology...

“By thinking globally I can analyze all phenomena, but when it comes to acting, it can only be local...if it is to be honest, realistic, and authentic.”
― Jacques Ellul

ACTING LOCALLY
By thinking globally I can analyze all phenomena, but when it comes to...

“The elimination of traditional religions by modern culture is a process that creates new religions.”
― Jacques Ellul

NEW RELIGIONS
The elimination of traditional religions by modern culture is...

“When we become conscious of that which determines our life we attain the highest degree of freedom.”
― Jacques Ellul

THE HIGHEST FREEDOM
When we become conscious of that which determines our life...

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IJES News & Events

In Memory of Darrell Fasching

We are deeply saddened by the recent loss of our good friend and colleague, Darrell Fasching (1945-2017), Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida. In addition to serving on the IJES Board for many years, Darrell was the primary instigator and producer of the Ellul Forum which he launched in 1988. Among his books are The Thought of Jacques Ellul: A Systematic Exposition (1981), and The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima: Apocalypse or Utopia? (1993). A summary of his favored topic of Apocalypse and Utopia is posted in the Theme section of this website. Darrell, you will be missed. We send our condolences to his family.

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The next IJES Conference is set for Regent College.

“Jacques Ellul and the Bible”

ubc_campus_aerial_view-lrgr1 On June 28-30, 2018, we will reconvene for our bi-annual IJES Ellul conference on the beautiful campus of Regent College, situated just one mile from the coastline in the northwest tip of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Bringing Ellul to the City Council: An Interview with Robb Davis (by Mark Baker)

George Grant

Liberalism and the State in French and Canadian Technocritical Discourses: Intersections and Contrasts between George Grant and the Bordeaux School (by Christian Roy)

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New Publications

New Translation of Presence in the Modern World

A newly translated edition of Ellul’s The Presence of the Kingdom by Lisa Richmond

“I established the very broad plan for a work that would consist in studying the modern world and the Christian requirement in parallel. When I was writing this book, I had the impression that this was the direction that I needed to work in, and that this book could be the introduction to the whole.” — Jacques Ellul (from his 1989 preface regarding his first major book in 1946)

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Bernard Charbonneau

Philosopher, Social Critic, Environmentalist

“He was one of the rare geniuses of our times….He taught me how to see the reality of society, instead of looking only into my books.”
-- Jacques Ellul