‘Learning to Disagree’ Book Event

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and the Washington University Law School are pleased to announce an event in celebration of John Inazu’s latest book, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect, to be published by Zondervan in April 2024. Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis.

In a tense cultural climate, is it possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions? Spanning a range of challenging issues — including critical race theory, sexual assault, campus protests, and clashes over religious freedom — highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu helps us engage honestly and empathetically with people whose viewpoints we find strange, wrong, or even dangerous.

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