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VDS Lifelong Learning Course

The Social Role of Religion: Leadership and Moral Imagination in Our Time

Instructor: Forrest Harris, Professor of the Practice of Ministry and Leadership, Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute for Black Church Studies

$55.00

Online (asynchronous)

This asynchronous four-session course invites faith leaders, laypersons, and community builders to explore the soul of religious leadership as a liberating practice rooted in moral courage, hope, and justice. Drawing from the tradition of social justice and global liberation movements, the course reclaims religious leadership as a spiritual vocation rather than a managerial function. It asks: 

What does it mean to lead with a liberated spirit in a fearful and divided world?

Participants will journey through scripture, history, and lived experience to cultivate the inner stillness, critical consciousness, and prophetic imagination necessary for practicing transformative leadership in their communities.