The role of the Church in encouraging  a greater sense of community

On 14 December 2016, Trinity Church Wall Street in New York, USA, convened a Trinity Institute Dialogue on the 2016 U.S. presidential election featuring theologian James Alison and Duncan Morrow, Director of Community Engagement at the University of Ulster (Belfast, UK).

Given the highly-partisan and divided state of the nation, a question came up about the role of the Сhurch in encouraging  a greater sense of community (streamed video, 03:03):

The full conversation (streamed video, 1:31:27) can be watched here