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Also Known As Jacques César Ellul
Born January 6, 1912 • Bordeaux • France
Died May 19, 1994 (aged 82) • Bordeaux • France
Subjects Of Study urban culture
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Labadie, engraving by Johannes Tangena
Jean de Labadie
French theologian
Auguste Sabatier
French biblical scholar
Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim
French social scientist
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Yves Congar
French priest
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
Humbert of Silva Candida
French cardinal
Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
French priest
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
Nicholas Of Autrecourt
French philosopher and theologian
Berengar Of Tours
French theologian
Godfrey of Saint-Victor
French philosopher