Culture making : recovering our creative calling
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Published
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, ©2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-281) and index.
Description
It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto calling Christians to be culture makers. For too long, Christians have had an insufficient view of culture and have waged misguided "culture wars." But we must reclaim the cultural mandate to be the creative cultivators that God designed us to be. Culture is what we make of the world, both in creating cultural artifacts as well as in making sense of the world around us. By making chairs and omelets, languages and laws, we participate in the good work of culture making. Crouch unpacks the complexities of how culture works and gives us tools for cultivating and creating culture. He navigates the dynamics of cultural change and probes the role and efficacy of our various cultural gestures and postures. Keen biblical exposition demonstrates that creating culture is central to the whole scriptural narrative, the ministry of Jesus and the call to the church. He guards against naive assumptions about "changing the world," but points us to hopeful examples from church history and contemporary society of how culture is made and shaped. Ultimately, our culture making is done in partnership with God's own making and transforming of culture. A model of his premise, this landmark book is sure to be a rallying cry for a new generation of culturally creative Christians. Discover your calling and join the culture makers. - Publisher.
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Encourages Christians to contribute to the making of culture, providing examples from church history and contemporary society to demonstrate how culture is created and shaped.
Awards
2009 Christianity Today Book Award winner. Named one of Publishers Weekly's best books of 2008 (religion category).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Crouch, A. (2008). Culture making: recovering our creative calling . IVP Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Crouch, Andy. 2008. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. IVP Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Crouch, Andy. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling IVP Books, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Crouch, Andy. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling IVP Books, 2008.
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