Moral Leadership for a Divided Age
Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World

What is moral leadership? Why is it so needed today? Some books tackle the above with a list of best leadership practices or some leadership attributes. Others deal with the leaders in terms of what they do and how they do it. For David Gushee and Colin Holtz, it is about examining the lives of nota......more

Written by a professor from my undergrad. It's written for group discussion and I ultimately think does a good job of presenting each person as a human warts and all (addressing hero worship), but also that in our humanity we can fight for good and overcome the evil in the world. It comes at a price......more

I enjoyed this book because it showed the strengths and weaknesses of these exceptional leaders. To read about those who rise above their obstacles gives hope. I especially like the piece on Ida B. Wells and Harriet Tubman. I felt the author viewed Gandhi under and a microscope leaving the reader wi......more

We live at a time when many of our leaders, including the President of the United States are not known for their moral leadership. People are becoming increasingly skeptical about our human institutions from churches to the government. How might we turn the corner and engage the world in ways that a......more

A book in which different moral leaders of the past 200 years are discussed, their lives, their vocations, the criticism brought against them, and the lessons we can learn from their leadership. While the authors are Christians, not all of the leaders chosen were. They do not stint on the moral fail......more