Episode Guest:
Dr. John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at the Washington University Law School and the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
About Our Guest:
Dr. John Inazu is a Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis and a Senior Fellow with Interfaith America. He is also the Founder of The Carver Project, a non-profit that connects students and faculty to community engagement through their Christian faith. Professor Inazu’s scholarship focuses on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion, and related questions of legal and political theory.
In this episode, Dr. Inazu joins Eric Reiter and Bethany Copeland, of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, to discuss authentic relationship building, how law affects activism, and the value of bringing faith identities into public discourse.
About This Civic Moment
In a time of hyper-partisanship and the reconsideration of the narrative of the United States, what is the state of American democracy and the relationship between social solidarity and civic engagement? How can we reflect on the values that undergird our democracy and civic existence to envision a healthy and vibrant civic future?
This podcast, hosted by the Engage Democracy Fellows at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at Washington University, seeks answers to these questions while providing listeners with multiple angles to inquire, reflect, and discern our civic identity and calling as a community.