{"id":2415,"date":"2012-06-25T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.org\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2012-06-25T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T12:30:20","slug":"orthodoxy-at-the-emmys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2012\/06\/25\/orthodoxy-at-the-emmys\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthodoxy at the Emmys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TRHVHlDw9s4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Not that I watch awards shows more than perhaps once every five years or so (and I didn&#8217;t see this one, either), but I&#8217;m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the first time that Orthodox Christian monastic enclave Mount Athos was mentioned in an Emmy speech.  This is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanjackson.net\/\">Jonathan Jackson<\/a> winning his fifth Emmy.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may recall <a href=\"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.org\/2012\/02\/27\/from-general-hospital-to-the-hospital-of-souls-interview-with-jonathan-jackson\/\">my interview<\/a> with Mr. Jackson shortly before he and his family were baptized into the Orthodox Church earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>I know that some may greet this sort of thing with skepticism, especially since fame is not exactly conducive to salvation.  The value of these kinds of moments, though, is that Orthodoxy is making its way into the public square.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this can be done badly, and fame can be a temptation in at least two ways:  The first is the more obvious, and that is that fame can destroy humility.  I&#8217;m not sure that many Orthodox people would therefore argue that acting, politics, sports, writing, broadcasting and almost anything which puts one&#8217;s work into the general stream of the culture should all be professions avoided by Orthodox Christians.  (Some would, I&#8217;m sure.)  I talked about the intersection of Hollywood acting with genuine faith and its problems for humility with Mr. Jackson in my interview with him.  That, for me, was one of the more fascinating parts of the talk.<\/p>\n<p>The second temptation that fame gives for the Orthodox Christian is like unto the first, but moves in a different vector, and that is to cheapen the faith by turning it into a selling point or an exotic accessory for the media personality.  That can be done, and I think it&#8217;s probably happening in countries where most people are at least nominally Orthodox Christians.  (Think, for instance, about the accusations Russian politicians get when they are visibly photographed in church.)  But there is also a way publicly to witness to the Orthodox faith without cheapening it, even if that witness is sometimes only a hint.  You may not agree, but I think the above video is a good example of this more genuine approach.<\/p>\n<p>I honestly wonder (and I don&#8217;t say this in some sort of romantic way) how many folks watched Mr. Jackson&#8217;s speech and asked themselves who the monks of Mount Athos are and what it means that they pray for the salvation of the world.  And perhaps a handful of them googled them, and perhaps a smaller handful started to read about their faith.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Update:<\/b>  As I imagined could happen, <a href=\"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.org\/2012\/02\/27\/from-general-hospital-to-the-hospital-of-souls-interview-with-jonathan-jackson\/\">this post<\/a> got a spike in hits over the past few days, mainly from people searching for some combination of &#8220;Jonathan Jackson&#8221; and &#8220;Orthodox&#8221; or &#8220;religion.&#8221;  It seems he got a few people wondering.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that I watch awards shows more than perhaps once every five years or so (and I didn&#8217;t see this one, either), but I&#8217;m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the first time that Orthodox Christian monastic enclave Mount Athos was mentioned in an Emmy speech. This is Jonathan Jackson winning his fifth Emmy. 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