/lit/ - Literature

>>17421854
Russia just built a gigantic 'military cathedral' and many of the people there are still fairly invested in the religion. If anything the fact that it survived the USSR so well is a sign of resilience as well. Russia has some pretty severe problems of its own but I don't think it's headed for imminent demise in the same way as the West.

With China I couldn't say. I don't know much about China, it's possible some new form of Christianity could spread there I suppose. If it's the fastest growing religion like you say then that is something. What percentage of China is atheist now do you know?

>>16915431
From poking around the current Russian cultural landscape I have to say there is not much sign of high culture being born there right now, though maybe it isn't visible to a foreigner. They do build very nice churches though, this is their new military cathedral.

If you go back to turn of the century Russia there was some interesting stuff happening religiously there. Berdyaev, Shestov, Florensky, Lossky, etc. are all very much worth reading. Even in someone as Westernized as Tolstoy you see something of that same approach to Christianity in his essays on it.