Project Leaders
John Inazu
Joe Angeles/Washington University
John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis and founder of The Carver Project. His scholarly focus is the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion. Inazu is the author of 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), and co-editor (with Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference (Thomas Nelson, 2020). He holds a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, a JD from Duke Law School, and a PhD in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Eboo Patel
Joe Angeles/Washington University
Named “one of America’s best leaders” by US News and World Report, Eboo is Founder and President of Interfaith America, the leading interfaith organization in the United States. Under his leadership, Interfaith America has worked with governments, universities, private companies, and civic organizations to make faith a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. He served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council, has given hundreds of keynote addresses, and has written five books, including Out of Many Faiths (Princeton University Press, 2019) and We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy (Beacon Press, 2022). He is an Ashoka Fellow and holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.
Partners
The Carver Project
The Carver Project (TCP) is a group of university faculty, students, and ministry leaders who believe in living whole, integrated lives rich in both faith and knowledge. TCP empowers Christian faculty and students to serve and connect university, church, and society. We believe that Christian faculty are uniquely positioned to help bridge the gaps between churches and universities, which once worked cooperatively to understand and address social problems. Faculty who are fully immersed in both church and university communities can work to cultivate relationships across difference inside and outside of the university.
Interfaith America
Interfaith America, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, supports American institutions as they seek to engage religious diversity and promote interfaith cooperation. Interfaith America defines interfaith cooperation as respect for religious and nonreligious identity, relationships across diverse religious communities, and common action for the common good. Interfaith America supports college and university campuses across the country through training, grants, resources, and research as they build bridges and advance interfaith learning in their unique environments.