Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

“In this graceful, articulate volume Crouch challenges Christian common wisdom about creation and challenges as well our traditional understandings about the Revelation to John and how it articulates with the rest of Holy Writ. As refreshing as it is smart, Culture Making is a significant addition to contemporary Christian thought.” —Phyllis Tickle, compiler of The Divine Hours and former religion editor, Publishers Weekly

“Are Christians to be countercultural? Or protect ourselves from ‘the culture?’ Or be ‘in’ culture but not ‘of it?’ In this bracing, super-smart book, Andy Crouch changes the terms of the conversation, calling Christians to make culture. I am hard-pressed to think of something that twenty-first-century American Christians need to read more." —Lauren F. Winner, assistant professor of Christian spirituality, Duke Divinity School, and author of Girl Meets God

“Culture Making is a book that’s been needed for decades, but it arrives at just the right moment. People of faith—now poised to use their influence—have much to contribute to the common good as creators and advocates, not just as critics and judges. But that requires careful thought and clear insight, both of which are abundantly found in this profound and practical book. Andy Crouch has long had a knack for observing the culture around us and then showing us how we can make it better. With Culture Making, Crouch offers all that and more. Anyone who cares for the renewal of our culture must read this book!” —D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power and assistant professor of sociology, Rice University              

“A deep and thoughtful reminder that the resurrection of Jesus empowers us to cultivate the garden, to build in the ruins of our world, and to create within and around us cultures of life.” —Kelly Monroe Kullberg, author of Finding God Beyond Harvard: The Quest for Veritas