Moral Leadership for a Divided Age, David P. Gushee
Moral Leadership for a Divided Age, David P. Gushee
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Moral Leadership for a Divided Age
Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World

Author: David P. Gushee, Colin Holtz

Narrator: Tim Lundeen

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 10/16/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

We can't help but be inspired by great leaders--those who led lives of moral purpose and in some way left the world a different and better place. In the midst of our increasingly divided age, examining great moral leaders can help us understand the central qualities of moral leadership and discover lessons for our own lives and times.

This book explores the lives of fourteen great moral leaders of recent centuries, including Ida B. Wells-Barnett, William Wilberforce, Harriet Tubman, Mohandas Gandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, and Mother Teresa. Incorporating skillful storytelling, short biographies, and analyses, the book presents these exemplary moral leaders as human beings who are flawed in some ways, gifted in others, but unforgettable all the same.

About The Author

David P. Gushee (PhD, Union Theological Seminary), a leading public Christian voice on ethical issues of our day, is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of twenty-two books, has served as a columnist for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, and HuffPost and has been featured on Krista Tippett's NPR program, On Being. Gushee serves as president of the American Academy of Religion and is immediate past president of the Society of Christian Ethics. Colin Holtz, a writer and strategist at the intersection of church and world, is a ten-year veteran of issue advocacy and political campaigns. His writing has been published in the Guardian and HuffPost. He has worked with CNN Crossfire, led national campaigns on education debt and financial regulation, and served as a senior adviser to Faithful America. He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity from McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Conrade on August 14, 2018

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

Goodreads review by KieraK on April 30, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Sue on April 30, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Robert on November 23, 2018

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

Goodreads review by Helen on December 11, 2018

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