Shane Claiborne is someone I’ve been following for quite some time—someone who I greatly admire and who I believe is an important, prophetic voice for the church today. If you’ve read his books or heard him speak, you know how provocative and compelling and fascinating he is. In my book on Christian hipster culture, Shane gets more than a few paragraphs mention.

I recently had the chance to interview Shane as an online feature to go along with the cover story for the latest Biola Magazine. You can read the interview by clicking here, but here is a little excerpt:

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I know we are all ticked off by AIG giving out bonuses to employees. True, AIG behaved in a reckless and ridiculous manner, clearly highlighting the vast gulf between the mindset of some American financial executives still living in the Land of Make-Believe and the rest of us living in the disorienting Land of Recession. But really. A retroactive tax?  As Senator Judd Gregg stated on Friday, it is wrong “to propose to use the taxing authority of the government in a manner that is arbitrary, punitive, and targeted on a single group of people.” I also like John Stewart’s description on Thursday’s Daily Show, “Congress got together and opened up a can of dumbass.” The people who rode along with the Bush Administration, helping to dismantle meaningful financial regulation, now want to create “smart bomb” tax policy. Good luck with that!