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​Gerhard Ebeling

Gerhard Ebeling (1912-2001) studied theology under Rudolf Bultmann at Marburg and Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the "illegal" seminary at Finkenwalde. After pastoring a Confessing Church congregation in Berlin during the war years, he joined the faculty at Tubingen, followed by decades as Professor of Fundamental Theology and Hermeneutics at the University of Zurich.

​Jun 6, 1912: Ebeling was born in Steglitz, Berlin.

​In this intensive exegesis of the Epistle to the Galatians, renowned German theologian Gerhard Ebeling strives to open "our eyes to the explosive force that produced this text, a force which, through this text, can explode over and over again. Using rigorous technical tools, Ebeling interprets Galatians in such a way that "the truth of the Gospel" confronts the general reader as well as the specialist. He clarifies and emphasizes the relevance of this explication to the real-life struggles of contemporary Christians. "Ebeling is an able interpreter of Paul's epistle to the Galatians. He brings to the text his expertise as a Martin Luther scholar and 'the focused interest of a systematic theologian....' ​

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Jacques Ellul

April 10, 2021: LA Progressive: Jacques Ellul: Controversies in the Rise of Propaganda
When I was preparing for a course I had created, Brainwashing, Propaganda and Rhetoric: Dark Psychology in the 20th Century” I came across the name Jacques Ellul over and over again. Many of the quotes from his book Propaganda amazed me, considering the book was written almost 60 years ago. Still, when I decided to read the book, I had some reservations, thinking it would be dated in many places. In this article I hope to show that not only is it not dated, but it is still among the top theories in propaganda today.

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Issue 145 Erasmus: Christ's humanist