Over the past months several Orthodox writers have taken up the topic of Orthodox culture and whether we can create one in this country. Much of the writing flows out the pens of artists, so I am sure that this is a desire longing for an ethos where there is a richness of art seen in places like old Russia with majestic architecture, beautiful music and haunting works of literature. I long for this too. What is the critical mass of people for such a culture to emerge? Evangelicals have had this mass in America for some time, but only recently is there a serious arts movement bubbling up. Rather than a culture of high art, I propose we are looking for community, and this is the base where we must start. The magnet that draws Americans into the Evangelical world, robust Catholic life, and even stranger American movements such as Mormonism is not theology, but community. This is a place where you can enter and every part of your life is infected by it. For these be
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