Exploration and transportation were framed as religious acts of extending God’s kingdom

Evidence

Transportation, particularly when it brought the Christian community of Europe into contact with the heathen community of the Americas, was seen as a form of communication with profoundly religious implications. This move- ment in space was an attempt to establish and extend the kingdom of God, to create the conditions under which godly understanding might be realized, to produce a heavenly though still terrestrial city. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 154

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the religious roots of American expansionism and technological triumphalism. — connects to: Philip himself first framed the defeat as the winds of God — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 878; Philip rebuked presumption of knowing God’s will as blasphemy — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 884; Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 113
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 154

Broader Connections

• Philip himself first framed the defeat as the winds of God #exemplifies (0.40) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 878
• Philip rebuked presumption of knowing God’s will as blasphemy #complicates (0.35) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 884