John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University. His latest book, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect, was published by Zondervan in 2024. Other books include Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (2016). Inazu is the editor of a volume on law and theology published in Law and Contemporary Problems and co-editor (with Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference (2020). Prior to law teaching, Inazu clerked for Judge Roger L. Wollman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and served as an associate general counsel with the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon. He publishes a weekly Substack, *Some Assembly Required.
John Inazu
Posts by John Inazu:
An Election Season Resolution: Lose the Adverbs
Politics at its best—or at least at its most functional—requires similar moderation. Politics depends on compromise.
How To Find Common Ground When You Disagree About the Common Good
How do Christians live faithfully and as good neighbors in a world we don’t control?
