"What is interesting and unusual is the way Ellul's influence has cut across various traditional denominational lines, age groups, and theological orientations. When this theo-logical diffusion of influence is added to the sociological impact on such varied fields as political science, sociology. law, communications, and history, the result is impressive indeed. Few intellectuals have had such a broad-ranging Importance in twentieth-century America.... Ellul's work is an explosive challenge that is ignored only at great loss. Americans need to give a continued and expanded hearing to the Bordeaux prophet in our technological wilderness."

-David W. Gill, from the Introduction