ABSTRACT
The Europasians have a very keen appreciation of the spiritual values of Russian art. Then again the Europasians look for a further enrichment of the spiritual life of Russia by a wider and deeper appreciation of Nature on her own account. The Europasians are fond of saying that "religion is the ferment of culture". And this is so, not only with the religion of those who call Christ Lord, but with every religion that has any element of Truth in it. This chapter briefly considers how religion, thus conceived, forms the ferment of daily life and culture—of industry and politics, art and science, family life and education. It examines how religion unites the Orthodox Church, not by the bonds of dogma and authority, but by a free knowledge and love of Truth. The chapter also considers how religion turns the eyes of Russia forward towards an oecumenical civilization that shall be a true Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
