Culture Making

Recovering Our Creative Calling

De: Andy Crouch

Narrado por: Sean Runnette

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.

©2008 Andy Crouch (P)2010 christianaudio.com

Great Reading Experience!

Wonderfully written and beautifully read. Succinct and poetic use of words from an author who is clearly informed, exposed, artistic, reflective, well-versed and well-read. The reading takes the writing to a whole other level, causing inspiration to be an inevitable outcome in any encounter with this book. Well done!

Thought Provoking Look At Culture

We spend so much time talking about culture, discussing the "culture wars", and lamenting the changes that have or haven't happened. But how often do we take a step back to actually consider what it is we are talking about, how very broad the subject is, and what exactly we can and cannot influence and change?

This book takes a look at exactly what is and isn't culture. It defines culture, describes its impacts (big and small), and discusses what we can and cannot control.

I recommend this book as a nice way to get some perspective and learn new ways to consider culture and our part in it.

A must read!

This is one of the most pivotal and essential books of our day. In a world that is full of people seeking for identity and purpose, this nook takes each of us by the hand and helps us explore the very essence of our calling and life purpose. A must read!

Life-changing and inspiring!

This book restored my perspective of the larger story I am a part of and renewed my hope and wonder.

Inspirational Masterpiece!

Andy Crouch took me to a higher level of hope and wonder. There are very few books that I read more than once. There are so many thought provoking ideas in this book, I will most certainly be rereading this one many, many times. Thank you Andy Crouch!

JB