John Inazu

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Author | Speaker | S. D. D. Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion — Washington University in St. Louis

John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches criminal law, religion and law, and various First Amendment courses. He writes and speaks frequently to general audiences on topics of pluralism, assembly, free speech, religious freedom, and other issues. Inazu is the author of Liberty's Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (Yale, 2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (Chicago, 2016). He is co-editor (with Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference (Thomas Nelson, 2020). Inazu is also the executive director of The Carver Project.

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Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect

As a constitutional scholar, legal expert, and former litigator, John has spent his career learning how to disagree well with other people. In Learnin...

Featured on: Monday, April 1, 2024

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Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference

How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also rema...

Featured on: Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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July 15, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Biblical Worldview

George Barna has been doing surveys of American attitudes for decades. After all these surveys, he has found that tens of thousands of adults have some elements of inconsistent thinking blended into t...

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July 14, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Defining Words

Yesterday I talked about “defining woke.” Today, I want to talk about defining words. Noah Rothman recently explained “How We Know That Woke Is Losing.” He begins by explaining that the media has been...

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July 13, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Defining Woke

For decades, the left has been willing to redefine terms to win a debate and convince the public of their views. Tomorrow I will provide some examples of that linguistic sleight-of-hand. But today, I...

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