Browse articles by type

Faith & Leadership offers original content about Christian institutions and leaders, as well as other disciplines. You can sort content by these categories and filter by these categories when browsing the site.

Interviews

Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings

Peter Storey: Is the church here for the world or itself?

A retired white Methodist bishop from South Africa who worked with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu to end apartheid urges American Christian leaders to take Christian nationalism seriously.

Anne Blue Wills: Ruth Bell Graham and her ‘odd cross to bear’

In the first scholarly biography of Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth, the author argues that she was a powerful force in evangelicalism even as she conformed to the conservative model of women as wives and mothers.

Kelly Latimore: ‘What is our church art for?’

Iconographer Kelly Latimore creates art that uses a traditional style to depict contemporary people and, he hopes, to bring people together.

Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton: Rosa Parks was even more impressive than you realized

The first full-length documentary about "the mother of the civil rights movement" reveals a deeper history of a woman who stood up in more ways than she ever sat down, the film’s directors say.

Luke A. Powery: The Holy Spirit can inspire us to understand one another’s humanity

The Holy Spirit is key for Christians looking to communicate across divisions, says the dean of Duke University Chapel.

Daniel J. Bernardo: Interim leaders aren’t just placeholders

Too often, interim leaders are expected to tread water while an institution searches for a replacement. That’s an important opportunity lost, both for the person and for the organization, says the author of a book on interim leadership in higher education.