Goal for Crouch's book - ANS Move the Christian community from engagement with culture to responsibility for it
How does Genesis 1 creation narrative exemplify the need for both structure and creativity in culture making? - ANS Separation, filling, blessing
What are the three ...
Goal for Crouch's book - ANS Move the Christian community from engagement with culture
to responsibility for it
How does Genesis 1 creation narrative exemplify the need for both structure and creativity in
culture making? - ANS Separation, filling, blessing
What are the three mandates given in the creation of humankind? In particular, what is the
cultural mandate? - ANS Multiply, fill, and subdue
Crouch's definition of culture? - ANS What we make of the world, in both meaning and
creating
What does Crouch mean when he says the culture is cumulative? - ANS As culture
develops, it is adding to what was already there
What does Crouch mean when he says the culture is ecological? - ANS culture changes
the environment around us. (it is not culture + interest; you have a whole new culture) (It is not
world + highways; you have a whole new world)
Why are new cultural good always a kind of "faustian bargain"? - ANS culture always
creates new possibilities alongside new impossibilities. Writing creates a loss of oral memory
and highways don't allow for horse and carriage travel anymore.
What are Crouch's questions for diagnosing culture? - ANS what does this cultural artifact
assume about the way the world is?
what does this cultural artifact assume about the way the world should be?
what does this cultural artifact make possible?
what does this cultural artifact make impossible or at least very difficult?
what new forms of culture are created in response to this artifact?
What does Crouch mean when he says that we are always both immigrants and missionaries in
a culture? - ANS Those who create cultural ripples. economic/political, called 'immigrants'
and evangelistic/religious, called "missionaries"
Why might it be more appropriate, according to Crouch, to talk about culture(s) rather than just
culture? - ANS Every person is influenced by many several cultures. We are always
simultaneously immigrants and missionaries in culture who are in a new form of culture all the
time
, Is it right to say culture improves? - ANS crouch suggests integrity rather than "improving"
because as we become a culture that is doing God-honoring things, we are just changing, not
improving
What does Crouch believe to be the best way to judge cultural development? - ANS
Creative and cultivation
how does Brand's "Four Layers of Culture" address the speed and impact of cultural goods? -
ANS the parts of culture that root quickly have the least impact, while those who take root
slowly have a greater impact such as fashion, commerce, infrastructure, and governance
"silver bullet" theory - ANS that one can find a technological solution to cultural problems
Why does Crouch think focusing on a "Christian worldview" hasn't been as helpful as it could be
for cultural transformation? - ANS Restrict us from analyzing without changing anything or
recognizing how deeply affected we are by culture
What are the 4 "c's" - ANS condemning, critiquing, copying, and consuming
What does Crouch think is the one effective method for changing culture? - ANS to make
more of it
What are the C's that are responsible for culture making? - ANS creating and cultivating
What are gestures - ANS momentary/spontaneous ways of interacting with culture
What are postures? - ANS ways in which you always see and interact with culture
how do gestures and postures relate to culture? - ANS the 4 C's are fine as long they are
gestures, but are dangerous when christians take them as postures to live their lives in
surrounding cultures.
For Crouch, what is the primary sin in both the Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel? - ANS
consumption and declaration of independence
What does it mean to say when the Bible moves from Garden to City? - ANS from creation
to revelation, how culture makes a garden into a city
Why is Crouch concerned that Christians have cut off the first two and last two chapters in the
Bible? - ANS We would start with the fall and end with the lake of fire. We miss how God
not only created us, but how he created us to be very good.
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