Christian Anarchy (Subversion?)

I just can't find the quote, and I'm tired of scouring the pages of the book looking for it. So I'll do what all grade-schoolers do when they are writing a paper, except I'll give the credit. I will paraphrase.
"Christian anarchist", sociologist, and theologian Jacques Ellul says in his book, "Presence of the Kingdom", that the Christians job in the world is not to bring peace, or bring the world to completion, but that all her practical efforts should be directed towards showing the world the deficiency of their own godless attempts to bring peace on earth, in hopes that in seeing the debunk nature of their ultimately futile attempts, they will turn to God"
I compare this to a quote from popular culture, sprung from the lips of 2008's hero, the Joker, as portrayed by the late Heath Ledger, "The mob has plans. The cops have plans. Gordon's got plans. They're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are."
Is that essentially what Ellul says the Christians job is; to "show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are"? Before going on, Ellul makes it clear that the Christian's attempts to show the "schemers" how pathetic their attempts are directed towards a real goal; the goal of showing that all things are really under the Lordship of Christ. The Joker's goal is simply to show the so called "order" is in fact "chaotic" by consistent in his own chaotic way of living. That's the only moral base. And it seems to be based simply on his own belief or lack thereof in an authentic morality.
Still I think comparing Ellul's "anarchy" with Joker's nihilism/anarchy is an interesting prospect. For the concepts nihilism and anarchy seem not to be so easily equated with a Christian worldview. Well, I think nihilism is obviously out of the question for a Christian, but what about "anarchy". Strictly related to politics, anarchy is not a Christian option any more than nihilism is in reference to philosophy, but the idea that our role in the world, nay, our efforts are not directly related to making converts, but to representing a worldview, that idea is neatly related to anarchy in that the mode of communication is not as direct as it is subversive.
Still, in relation to Christianity, culturally speaking (not necessarily theologically speaking) if anarchy is the appeal or the turn-off there is reason to suspect that one is looking for a merely convenient Christianity, or for those who are turned off that they have already accepted a different worldly form for their own convenient version of the faith, and are therefore revolted by an opposite suggestion.
So the questions hanging in the air are: What is the nature of the Christian's political and cultural relationship to the world? If it's not anarchic, (and I truly believe that is a terrible term) is it subversive? I'm not sure if I think Christianity itself is subversive. That is as an ideal. But when one honestly compares or rather contrasts the ideals set forth in Scripture to what he sees in the world, he should see a marked difference; not in confession, for most think it’s good to be good, but in action, especially when the rubber meets the road. The truth is that Scripture is not the dominate factor in our culture in the individual's decision at any given moment. The Scripture may hold sway over the general ethos of the culture, but when the ethos of being content runs into the ethos of caring for your family, a mediate ethos is created, making a mockery of Scripture while having the audacity to use it for the decision's defense. That mediate ethos in the situation above may be called, "stewardship", so that one unthinkingly continues fueling his culture's economy, to the detriment of his brothers and sisters for the sake of an apparently superior sister, namely his wife, never minding the Gospel's multiple statements concerning the new family order.
I am not making any absolute statements about what Christian's should or should not be doing. Nor am I by the example offered suggesting that men and women leave their spouses in the dust. But merely pointing out the difference between a mind led by the Spirit as revealed in Scripture and a mind led by the world giving lip service to the letters of the Scripture, ignoring the spirit. And I am suggesting that to the extent in which we are willing to obey the Spirit of the Scripture we will by default be in some way subversive. I think this is also the heart of Dr. Ellul's theological machinations. As for the Joker, he simply hates everyone.