The belief that America has been providentially chosen for a special Destiny has deep roots in the country\'s past.
First published in 1971 and now thoroug. history.
God\'s New Israel is a collection of thirty-one readings that trace the theme of American Destiny under God through major developments in U.
S.
As both a stimulus of creative American energy and a source of American self-righteousness, this notion has long served as a motivating national mythology.
The belief that America has been providentially chosen for a special Destiny has deep roots in the country\'s past