"America! America! May God Thy Gold Refine": David L Schindler's Praise for the United States

<p>By Reuben Slife</p><p><strong>Reuben Slife </strong><em>is an editor of </em>New Polity: A Journal of Postliberal Thought.</p><p><em>Communio </em>50 (Winter 2023) © 2023 by <em>Communio: International Catholic Review</em></p><p>Pgs. 735- 756</p><p>“For a Christian, it is <em>only in trans-forming</em> that one <em>inherits properly</em>, because each thing—even our suffering under mechanistic meaninglessness—becomes itself only in receiving the form of Christ.”</p><p>00:06:36 1. Was the American Founding a Sin?</p><p>00:26:37 2. What is Good About America?</p><p>00:27:33 2.1 Exterior Achievements </p><p>00:41:25 2.2 Generosity, Religiosity, and Other Cultural Characteristics</p><p>00:44:59 2.3 Intentions</p><p>00:48:49 Final Paragraph</p>