In Culture? Of Culture? By Culture? Against Culture?

At lunch today I was having a conversation about the role of Christians in culture. In my Theology and Pop Culture class we have been discussing how "The Church" (meaning the body of believers as a whole) should respond to culture. The two views we discussed in class were described in the book of Genesis. Gen 1:26 calls for man to "rule" over creation (Culture) and Gen 2:15 has man in the garden "to work it and take care of it". The first implies that we are to be in charge of culture and the later implies that we should work it, form it, love it. Not that the first implies some insensitive ruler, but I'm more inclined to lean towards 2:15. So, my conversation at lunch sprung up from this and led into a "debate" about the role that believers have in culture. Why is there so much expectation for christian artists (musicians/actors) to live out their faith publicly and in the work place, but we do not have these same expectations for other professions (doctors, lawyers, wall street). Do we put too much on people in the public light? or not enough on everyone else? If you're a christian Lawyer, do we expect that you're not going to lie? How come a musician who is a christian is ostracized for sinful behavior when a christian plastic surgeon is accepted in a community for objectifying women (not that all plastic surgeons do this, it's just one example).

The conversation didn't really have a conclusion but was good food for thought (included in the tasty sandwich I was eating).