Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

by Andy Crouch

Paperback, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

261 CRO

Collection

Non-Fiction

Call number

261 CRO

Genres

Religion & Spirituality

Nonfiction

General Nonfiction

All Topics

Publication

IVP Books (2013), 284 pages

Description

Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto calling Christians to be culture makers. He unpacks the complexities of how culture works and gives readers tools for cultivating and creating culture in partnership with God.

Subjects

Christianity and culture

User reviews

LibraryThing member lt999

It's not easy to change culture. Change usually happens gradually and unexpectedly. Behind the changes though are people. People change culture. Andy describes how Christians can create and cultivate culture in the way God intend. But in a way we are merely participating in making culture with God.

One thing I liked about the book is Andy backed his theme of the book with the scripture. He saw the limitation of culture making on our own but at the same time challenged the reader to culture making in practical ways.

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LibraryThing member cope4phd

An excellent and sometimes provocative new way of looking at Christians and culture. Crouch offers a more comprehensive understanding of culture -- well beyond "high culture" of the arts -- than typically found among Christian authors. His retelling of the Biblical narrative in its cultural context

is very engaging. Well worth the read.

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LibraryThing member bsanner

From birth to death, culture shapes our experience of the world, molding our perceptions of the possible and impossible. At the same time, culture (“what we make of the world”) is both a profound gift and responsibility from God, a point Crouch draws from throughout the arch of the biblical

narrative. Crouch offers three excellent contributions to the ongoing discussion of Christians in culture. First, Crouch shares five questions for understanding and evaluating cultural acts and artifacts. This resource alone is a significant gift to the Christian community, helping the discussion move beyond a simplistic sacred/secular dichotomy. Second, Crouch rightly calls redemptive culture to reflect God’s work in the Exodus and Resurrection, placing the impetus of the Christian hope in God rather than political maneuvering, cultural manipulation, or individual ability. Third, Crouch reminds the church that responsible culture making demands a right understanding of power, community, and grace. A

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LibraryThing member Steve777

Very insightful book about God's view of culture and analysis of different ways in which Christians may participate in and influence culture.

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