Culture Making, Andy Crouch
Culture Making, Andy Crouch
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Culture Making
Recovering Our Creative Calling

Author: Andy Crouch

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2023


Synopsis

The only way to change culture is to create culture.

Most of the time, we just consume or copy culture. But that is not enough. We must also do more than condemn or critique it. The only way to change it is to create it.

For too long, Christians have had an insufficient view of culture and have waged misguided "culture wars." But Andy Crouch says we must reclaim the cultural mandate to be the creative cultivators God designed us to be. Culture is what we make of the world, both in making cultural artifacts as well as in making sense of the world around us.

In this expanded edition of his award-winning book Crouch unpacks the complexities of how culture works, the dynamics of cultural change, and tools for cultivating culture. Keen biblical exposition demonstrates that creating culture is central to the whole scriptural narrative, the ministry of Jesus, and the call to the church. With a conversation between Crouch and Tish Harrison Warren as the new afterword, this expanded edition addresses the current landscape and forges a way for the future of culture making. Enter into it with guided questions for reflection and discussion for a deeper experience.

About Andy Crouch

Andy Crouch is editorial director for The Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today International and executive producer of Where Faith and Culture Meet, a series of short documentary films on Christians creating "a counterculture for the common good." He is a member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, and a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission's IJM Institute. His writing has appeared in several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing. He lives with his family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on November 30, 2021

I went to a liberal arts school. Why did I bother? Why did I bother learning the history of art or music? Why not just learn what it takes to make money now? Andy Crouch answers with a book-length "because God said so." That's what you'll find in Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. This is......more

Goodreads review by John on February 13, 2017

You ever get on a roll where every book you pick up or movie you watch is great? That's where I've been in 2010. Keep it coming! "Culture Making" was a book I wanted to read but was afraid to read. I suppose I've been a little worn down in recent years by evangelicals' obsession with all things cultu......more

Goodreads review by Darren on November 24, 2024

Highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 04, 2017

Andy Crouch is a truly original thinker, and that's why when he speaks, I consider it an honor to get to listen. That said, there are many reasons to read this important book, and I would guess many people will find their own reasons to value Crouch's gentle and persuasive plan for how Christians ca......more

Goodreads review by Kate Padilla on May 02, 2010

Upon the cover alone, this book had two things going against it: 1) the class I had to read it for was not proving itself reliable to quality literature, and 2) It was a Christian look at our role within the broader, "mainstream" world. Disclaimer: I am a Christian. I just don't like the way Christia......more