Culture Making : Recovering Our Creative Calling

Crouch, Andy; Warren, Tish Harrison (AFT)

ISBN 10: 151400576X / ISBN 13: 9781514005767

Published by IVP, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Culture Making : Recovering Our Creative Calling
• Publisher: IVP
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 151400576X
• ISBN 13: 9781514005767
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Christianity Today Book Award winner
Publishers Weekly's best books

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 the Authors

<p>Andy Crouch (MDiv, Boston University School of Theology) is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His books include <em>The Tech-Wise Family</em>, <em>Playing God</em>, and <em>Strong and Weak</em>.</p>

<p>Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She writes a weekly newsletter for the <em>New York Times</em> and is a columnist for <em>Christianity Today</em>. She is also the author of <em>Prayer in the Night</em> and<em>Liturgy of the Ordinary</em>. She lives with her husband, Jonathan, and their three children in the Austin, Texas, area.</p>