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Presence In The Modern World Is Jacques Elluls Most Foundational Book, Combining His Social Analysis With His Theological OrientationAppearing First In French In , It Has Reached The Status Of AClassic That Retains All Of Its Relevance Today In The Face Of The Challenges That Beset UsHow Should We Respond Toward Such Complex Forces As Technology Or The State? How Can We Communicate With One Another, Despite The Problems Inherent In Modern Forms Of Media? Do We Have Hope For The Future Of Our Civilization? Ellul Responds By Describing How AChristians Unique Presence In The World Can Make ADifferenceInstead Of Acting As Sociological Beings, We Must Commit Ourselves To The Kind Of Revolution That Will Occur Only When We Become Radically Aware Of Our Present Situation And Undertake AFerocious And Passionate Destruction Of Myths, Intellectual Idols, Unconscious Rejections Of Reality, And Outmoded And Empty DoctrinesIn This Way, Says Ellul, We Become The Medium For Gods Action In The Modern WorldThis Edition Presents AFresh Translation Along With New Footnotes, An Introduction To Elluls Life, And AComplete Bibliography Of His Books In English And FrenchToday The Moral Question Above All Others Is How To Be Truly Awake And Fully Equal To The Technological worldJacques Ellul As AYoung Man Saw The Question And Began To Outline The Answer In Presence In the Modern Worldalbert Borgmann, Author Of Power Failure '