Professor John Inazu’s latest book “Learning to Disagree” was published in April. The WashU community gathered for remarks from Professor Inazu, an interdisciplinary faculty panel led by Professor Peter Boumgarden, and comments from Professor John Hendrix, the book’s illustrator.
Following the launch, Professor Inazu was interviewed by a number of institutions and publications, including the Bipartisan Policy Center, Discourse Magazine, Notre Dame, the University of Illinois, the University of Minnesota, the University of Texas, and the University of Florida, among others.
In April, the University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) hosted Professor Inazu and New York Times journalist David Brooks for “I Find You Dangerous: Sharing Space in a Diverse Society,” as part of the speaker series with IOP executive director Zeenat Rahman.
Professor Inazu also moderated a conversation between Shadi Hamid of The Washington Post and Matthew Kaemingk of Fuller Seminary on the possibility and tragedy of democracy in a “post-religious” America. A committed Muslim and a committed evangelical, Hamid and Kaemingk are collaborating on a new book in which they are exploring how their respective faiths might contribute to the renewal of democratic life. The Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at WashU hosted the event.
Most recently, Professor Inazu gave the commencement address at Greenville University. His remarks drew on themes from his recent work: Your challenge will be to pursue community by living faithfully and neighborly with others amidst your differences. You will need common ground with others even when you do not agree on a common good. That does not mean endorsing every goal or every value of the people to whom you draw near. But it does mean drawing near—and working toward centering the humanity of those around you.
Read more from Professor Inazu on Substack.
