Undoing Manifest Destiny Settler America, Christian Colonists, and the Pursuit of Justice Reckoning with the Colonial Past to Bring Justice to the Present In Undoing Manifest Destiny , L. Daniel Hawk exposes the belief systems and practices that settlers developed to justify the displacement, destruction, and cultural erasure of Indigenous peoples, beginning in the early American colonial period and extending to the present day. Writing as the descendant of White settlers and as a biblical scholar, he challenges settler Christians to uncover what the settler narrative denies and to work toward addressing historic injustices.
L. DANIEL HAWK
UNDOING MANI FEST DESTINY
Settler America, Christian Colonists, and the Pursuit of Justice
In this book, Hawk:
“ A necessary and prophetic text for those interested in the unsettling yet essential work of reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous people. L. Daniel Hawk is a compelling storyteller, myth buster, Bible expositor, and bridge builder.” —T. CHRISTOPHER HOKLOTUBBE, director of graduate studies at NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community and coauthor, with H. Daniel Zacharias, of Reading the Bible on Turtle Island February 3, 2026 248 pages, paperback, 978-1-5140-0864-5 6 x 9 inches, $28.99 REL067080 RELIGION / Christian Theology / History
• combines settler colonial theory, historical analysis, and Christian theology to examine how settler America sought to erase Indigenous presence from lands taken by the United States and its colonial predecessors; • offers a decolonizing perspective that challenges the church to acknowledge its complicity with the colonial project and to enter into dialogue directed toward setting things right; and • highlights contemporary manifestations of colonialism in US interactions with its Indigenous citizens, demonstrating that past issues are still present and need to be addressed today.
L. DANIEL HAWK (PhD, Emory University) is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. Aspects of his work on biblical narrative
EvangElical Postcolonial convErsations
take a postcolonial turn in books such as Joshua in 3-D: A Commentary on Biblical Conquest and Manifest Destiny and as coeditor of Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations .
global awakenings in theology and Praxis
Edited by Kay Higuera smith, Jayachitra lalitha and l. Daniel Hawk With Contributions from richard twiss, Peter goodwin Heltzel, amos Yong, John Franke, gregory cuéllar, teri Merrick, safwat Marzouk, victor ifeanyi Ezigbo and others
ALSO BY DANIEL HAWK Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations
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