Jacques Ellul, Professor, (1912–1994) sociologist and theologian earned his doctorate in 1936 with a thesis titled “The History and Legal Nature of the Mancipium”. Ellul taught at the Faculty of Law in Montpellier. He held national office in the Reformed Church of France until 1970. He is the author of almost a thousand articles and close to fifty books which were translated into more than twelve languages. These include The Technological Society, the first volume of his trilogy on the subject, Living Faith and Hope in Time of Abandonment. His five-volume History of Institutions has been used by generations of French university students.