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Interviews

Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore: Theology, religious communities and practice

New trends in theological education break down conventional boundaries between the academy and congregational life, says an expert in pastoral theology.

Xi Lian: Let go, and let the church develop in its own way

Missionaries have often tried to recreate their version of church abroad. But for Christianity to flourish in another land, it must adapt in its own way, says a scholar on Christianity in China.

Robert P. Jones: Don't write off mainline Protestants

The narrative of decline in the mainline church underestimates the continuing influence of its members, says a religion researcher.

Francis Cardinal George: What we need from the pope

Fewer than 70 million of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics live in the U.S. What they and all Catholics need is simply a pope who will be pope, says the archbishop of Chicago.

Katsuki Hirano: Don't be afraid to become a minority

A pastor from Japan, where Christians are less than 1 percent of the population, says numbers are not important. What is important is to obey and to follow Jesus, honestly and faithfully.

Laurent Dubois: We had the idea, and we did it

The Haiti Lab is a three-year experiment in undergraduate education that uses the model of a research laboratory to explore questions in the humanities.

Katherine Leary Alsdorf: We're made to work

People are called to work, not just to provide for themselves, but to help the world flourish, says the collaborator on Timothy Keller's book "Every Good Endeavor."

Will Willimon: The incarnational quality of fiction

The theologian and bishop has written a novel he calls an “affectionate but truthful” rendering of the mundane and the majestic in church life.

Clayton Christensen: Focusing on a job to be done

The Harvard business professor and author of “How Will You Measure Your Life?” says that leaders should focus on their institution’s mission in order to foresee and compete against disruptive innovations.

Lung-kwong Lo: The biggest obstacle is power

Christians in Hong Kong wield influence beyond their small numbers, which is a blessing and a burden, says the dean of a seminary and president of the Methodist Church of Hong Kong.