industrial. The thesis that undergirds the entire culture care project, and the Theology of Making, is an antidote to such utilitarian pragmatism: the essence of humanity under God is not just utility and practical applications; the essence of humanity may be in what we deem to be “use-less” (to use the hyphen in a Dickinsonian way) but essential.5 The deepest realm of knowledge is in Making, and, conversely, Making is the deepest integrated realm of knowing.
Our knowlwdge comea from our creating and our making (19).
