Learning to Disagree with John Inazu
Inazu reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones--and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society.
Date
28 Apr
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28 Apr
2024
Location
Christ Church Lake Forest
Start time
7:00 pm
Cost
Standard:
$
Early Bird:
$
Student:
$
Speakers
Nancy Ortberg
Overview
John Inazu will speak on his recently released book, followed by a conversation with Mike Woodruff. In his new book, Inazu reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones- and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society.
As a constitutional scholar, legal expert, and former litigator, John has spent his career learning how to disagree well with other people. In Learning to Disagree, John shares memorable stories and draws on the practices that legal training imparts- seeing the complexity in every issue and inhabiting the mindset of an opposing point of view- to help us handle daily encounters and lifelong relationships with those who see life very differently than we do.
John Inazu is the Sally D Danford Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the author of Libery's Refuge (Yale University Press, 2012) and Confident Pluralism (University of Chicago Press, 2016). He is co-editor (wtih Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground (Thomas Nelson, 2020).
The event will be held in the sanctuary of Christ Church, Lake Forest at 7pm on Sunday, April 28th.
Speakers
We are excited to learn from the following thought leaders:
John Inazu
Professor of Law and Religion
John Inazu’s scholarship focuses on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion, and related questions of legal and political theory. His books include Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (Yale University Press, 2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2016; paperback 2018). Inazu is the special 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 (Thomas Nelson, 2020). His articles have appeared in a number of law reviews and specialty journals, and he has written broadly for mainstream audiences in publications including the Atlantic, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Prior to law teaching, Inazu clerked for Judge Roger L. Wollman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and served for four years as an associate general counsel with the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon.
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