Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. L. Daniel Hawk, Undoing Manifest Destiny: Settler America, Christian Colonists, and the Pursuit of Justice (IVP Academic, 2026). What should Christians think about manifest destiny, the 19th-century belief in divinely inspired expansionism? Thanks to the work of American historians over the last half century, we know Read more... The post Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition appeared first on Christianity Today.