Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life

by Makoto Fujimura

Other authorsMark Labberton (Foreword)
Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

759 FUJ

Collection

Call number

759 FUJ

Publication

IVP Books (2017), 160 pages

Description

"Culture is not a territory to be won or lost but a resource we are called to steward with care. Culture is a garden to be cultivated." Many bemoan the decay of culture. But we all have a responsibility to care for culture, to nurture it in ways that help people thrive. In Culture Care artist Makoto Fujimura issues a call to cultural stewardship, in which we become generative and feed our culture's soul with beauty, creativity, and generosity. We serve others as cultural custodians of the future. This is a book for artists, but artists come in many forms. Anyone with a calling to create? from visual artists, musicians, writers, and actors to entrepreneurs, pastors, and business professionals? will resonate with its message. This book is for anyone with a desire or an artistic gift to reach across boundaries with understanding, reconciliation, and healing. It is a book for anyone with a passion for the arts, for supporters of the arts, and for "creative catalysts" who understand how much the culture we all share affects human thriving today and shapes the generations to come. Culture Care includes a study guide for individual reflection or group discussion.… (more)

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LibraryThing member Neftzger
Most artists feel as if they're living on the fringe of culture. Christian artists especially feel this disconnect between the church and their work. Fujimura explores the reasons for this disconnect and begins to outline a plan to overcome it. As an artist, himself, the author offers insight into
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the value that artists provide to communities. One of the things I particularly like about the book is the discussion concerning how we define value. The author stresses that an economic perspective is only one value criteria, and often a poor one for determining the full value of something. The things that matter most in life are often unrelated to money.

Recommended for artists of any faith who struggle with how to fit into contemporary culture.
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Physical description

160 p.; 8.25 inches

Pages

160

ISBN

0830845038 / 9780830845033

Barcode

59823
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