Ellul
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- In the Jewish calendar, Ellul is observed as a month of reflection and repentance.
- Jacques Ellul
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The month of Ellul often includes the practice of blowing the shofar in preparation for the High Holidays.
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Many families prepare for the new year during Ellul, focusing on personal growth and spirituality.
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One must remember that Ellul was a sociologist.
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You see, I have read Jacques Ellul.
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Today, argued Ellul, it is the technological society that modern-day humans generally hold sacred.
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Here, again, is what Ellul wrote (as excerpted by "Dumbledore's Army"):
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Ellul studied Marx and became a prolific exegete of his theories.
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One of the most thoughtful philosophers to approach technology from a deterministic viewpoint, Ellul, professor at the University of Bordeaux, authored some 40 books and hundreds of articles over his lifetime, the dominant theme of which has been the threat to human freedom and Christian faith created by modern technology.
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A month in the Jewish calendar that falls in August and September
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ellul comes from the Hebrew word Elul, which was borrowed from an older Eastern word Elūlu that meant 'harvest'. Because Ellul falls in late summer, the name kept the 'harvest' idea and today it is the month when people prepare and reflect before the High Holidays.