Jacques Ellul

Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) was a French legal scholar, philosopher, and author. He grew up in Bordeaux, studied law there, and earned a doctorate in 1936. During the Second World War, he was active in the Resistance and helped save Jews from deportation. From 1944 to 1980, he served as a professor in Bordeaux. Ellul wrote numerous works and is regarded as an important representative of Christian anarchism.