“A fascinating collection of essays premised on the idea that the arts and humanities show and support ethical leadership in its many forms, cultures, and contexts. In a time of rising polarization and tech-fueled disruption, when the public is yearning for trustworthy leaders, The Arts of Leading is essential reading.”

Daniel R. Porterfield, President and CEO, Aspen Institute

“Michael Lamb’s magisterial book gives us an Augustine we so badly need: a great prisoner of hope who resists presumption and despair. Drawing on meticulous scholarship and a creative philosophical analysis of the inimitable African church father, Lamb makes a powerful and compelling case that in our bleak times (much like his) Augustine provides wise encouragement for an active citizenship tempered by humility and mature piety.”

Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary

“This book brings together a series of insightful chapters about the emerging topic of character education in the university … by reuniting multiple perspectives from the fields of education, philosophy, and psychology, the authors contribute to a growing movement aimed to recover and reimagine character education in universities.”

Jorge L. Villacís, British Journal of Educational Studies

“This is a fresh, insightful and highly stimulating contribution to debates about the nature of Christian ethics and the relation between theology and the social sciences … Much more than a dialogue with a single thinker, the book turns out to be an authoritative guide into many of the contemporary concerns and possibilities of theological ethics as a whole.”

Jonathan Chaplin, Independent researcher and writer, Member, Cambridge University Divinity Faculty