“The Deepest Parts of Our Humanity” ft. Washington University in St. Louis’ John Inazu I Saturdays at Seven Ep. 44 (The Legal Vocation: Part One of a Six Part Series)

In the forty-fourth episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis. Inazu begins by discussing the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, why its components prove valuable to so many people, and why the debates surrounding those components may bespeak something positive about citizenship in the United States. Ream and Inazu then discuss Inazu’s commitment to the study and practice of law, how it emerged, and the mentors and readings that impacted it. Such an understanding of the practice and study of the law then led Inazu to write his recently released Learning to Disagree as well Uncommon Ground which Inazu co-authored with Tim Keller. Ream and Inazu then close their conversation talking about the academic vocation, Inazu’s understanding of such a calling, and the virtues that prove critical to its exercise.