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    Join My Book Club, Culture Making — Sept. ’08

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    One of the beauties of the Internet (and especially Web 2.0) is that it allows for collaboration and learning apart from physical location. For years, I have been intrigued to initiate (or join an existing) virtual book club. I tried it a few years ago with a friend, but it didn’t catch as much steam as I had hoped for.

    In the month of September, I am going to be reading Andy Crouch’s new book, Culture Making. It has garnered great reviews, and Al Hsu (editor at IVP and someone I trust when it comes to book recommendations) has been mentioning it frequently in his posts. In addition to the book, Andy Crouch has also launched a website around this book.

    For the month of September, I would like to invite anyone who is interested to read the book together and talk about what we are learning. If you are interested, let me know via a comment and hop on to Amazon and purchase the book.

    Here’s how I’m thinking it will work:

    • Part I, Read and comment around September 10
    • Part II, Read and comment around September 20
    • Part III, Read and comment around September 30

    You can follow along in your own blog or we can use my blog as the space to talk about the book. I will be commenting throughout September on what I am learning/gathering from the book.

    Related Posts:
    Culture Making Book Club Forum
    Culture Making, Part I, Diagnosing and Making Culture
    Culture and Consumption
    God cares about crude oil
    Culture Making, Part III, How to change or make culture

    Commentary:


    Comment from Raffi August 26, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    This is a great idea Eddy!

    I would love to read this book with you. I’ve never done this, but only if I can get the book to Lebanon on time! I’ll check the bookstores if they have it… otherwise Amazon will be my best option. I’ll see…

    Comment from Elaine August 26, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    I’d like to join your book club this month. Just ordered the book. I appreciate your reading plan. =D

    Comment from Deron August 29, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Hey Eddy, I’m about half way through it right now. I’d love to join you, if i can remember to check back in from time to time. i plan to finish it in the next day or two…can i still participate, or is my timeline too far off yours?

    Comment from Eddy E August 31, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Join the convo Deron and Raffi!

    Comment from Tyler Watson September 2, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    I’m in. Just picked up my copy.

    Trackback from THE SPACE BETWEEN MY EARS September 5, 2008 at 8:09 am

    Culture Making Discussion: Introduction and Chapter 1…

    Eddy has created an online book club of sorts to discuss Andy Crouch’s new work, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. I first encountered Crouch’s writing when he wrote for and edited the excellent, but now defunct magazine re…

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