Book Endorsements

William Wilberforce led the great moral struggle against the slave trade with passion born of conviction.  He was a man of profound faith, but a man of reason, too.  His convictions were the fruit or prayer and reflection.  In this, he was true to the insight that faith must seek understanding if it is to be efficacious in the lives of men and women and of societies. Today, as in Wilberforce’s time, we are faced with the need for social reform and moral renewal.  So we must urgently be about the business of training faithful young people to engage the culture in winsome and thoughtful ways.  This volume draws inspiring lessons from Wilberforce and his modern day successors, and challenges readers to “go and do likewise.”

—Robert P. George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and
Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions,
Princeton University

Wilberforce’s commitment to the “reformation of manners”, what we would call “the transformation of culture” was accomplished by his steadfast determination and ability to be a networker and encourager of others. He was able in an extraordinary way to connect his position as a politician with the ethical principles that derived from his deep faith. This book outlines a way that we can all use our time and talents to the same end.

—Jean Bethke Elshtain
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics,
University of Chicago Divinity School

Leadership and character are essential for engaging the culture and making a better world. It is at the core of our college curriculum for the next generation. William Wilberforce and his Clapham colleagues show the way to the essentials of leadership and character, engaging and working with others, but never never compromising principle.

—J. Stanley Oakes
President
The King’s College, New York

It is my sincere hope that our next generation will be able to build on the example of William Wilberforce in this book and the many modern day Wilberforces to right wrong and build a better community. Really working together as communities to build a better world has largely eluded humans through history. Yet, we have a moment in time today where can do just that.

—Floyd Flake
President of Wilberforce University
Former Congressman and
Senior Pastor,
Greater Allen Cathedral, New York

This book will be of great benefit to your church community. It is an effective vehicle for “transforming conversation”—the kind that leads people to actively engage the culture. The book builds on the legacy of William Wilberforce whose character, faith, courage and leadership are a wonderfully relevant example for today’s world. It provides no ordinary Bible study. Instead, it strives to make an almost irresistible call to action for building a better world.
—Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe
International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance