Kathryn Gin Lum, on whether she sees her book Heathen as being consistent with or in tension with her Christian faith:

It’s both… Some think that the book is very anti-Christian because of the sharpness of the critique. So they think that I must have abandoned the faith. Others see it as very Christian – maybe too Christian – and they see it as coming from a place of Christian lament. And I’m glad people can’t tell, because I would say that’s an accurate description of where I’m at. It’s messy.