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Postmodernity, the phenomenal mistake
sacred, myth and environment
pp. 229-241
Abstract
Jacques Ellul in The New Demons proposes that one of the three "phenomenal mistakes' of all Christian history is misunderstanding the modern world as secularized (Ellul 1975: 213). Whilst this may be characteristic overstatement, Ellul is correct in seeing the danger of an entirely opposite appraisal of the social situation. Postmodernity, I will argue, is one such phenomenal mistake.
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Mateus Jerónimo Helena, Garcia José Luis, Mitcham Carl (2013) Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st century. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 229-241
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6658-7_17
Full citation:
Wagenfuhr Gregory (2013) „Postmodernity, the phenomenal mistake: sacred, myth and environment“, In: H. Mateus Jerónimo, J.L. Garcia & C. Mitcham (eds.), Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st century, Dordrecht, Springer, 229–241.