America’s 250th & What Chesterton Saw in America w/ Susan Hanssen | Ep. 197
Catholic Theology Show
Did you know that G.K. Chesterton visited America 100 years ago and wrote about his observations and encountered in the book What I Saw in America? In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, Dr. Dauphinais sits down with Dr. Susan Hanssen, associate professor of history at the University of Dallas, to discuss the history of the country through G.K. Chesterton’s eyes. Together they unpack what Chesterton meant when he said America was “the only nation in the world that is founded upon a creed" of equality, freedom, and governance as well as his prescient and prophetic cautions about the progressivism of the post-WWI era and its creeping totalitarianism and servitude. Finally, they consider how Chesterton distinguished between what he called America's "shadows" and the great "light of America" that he thought the rest of the world needed to see. Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States with The Catholic Theology Show! Public Discourse and writings from Susan Hanssen: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/author/susan-hanssen/ Related Episodes: Catholics in Early America w/ Dr. Michael Breidenbach | Ep. 24 An Introduction to Chestertonian Theology w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 21