Is There a Theological Component to American Institutions?

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Ebu, i want to propose a thesis for you that i love to get your feedback. It is that this building of america needs actually a theological component,. Ebu: We need more than just instrumentally based cases or vision for institutions. The problem is we have them, and they've let us down. And so we actually need what i would call an intrinsic case for institutions.

This week Eboo Patel, a Muslim pioneer in interfaith work, joins David and Curtis to discuss his book, We Need to Build. They discuss the need to allow people of different faiths to be able to bring their whole selves, including real and significant religious disagreements, to these conversations. Eboo also helps us understand why it is so important to do more than criticize what we don’t like in the culture, but instead to adopt the more mature approach of actually building what we want to see in society.

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-We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel

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