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God's preferential option for the poor and oppressed, with salvation as liberation from all forms of oppression.
Key question: “How does the Gospel liberate the oppressed and challenge unjust structures in society?”
25,092 sermon illustrations through the Liberation Theology lens
11/1 (1937): Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
12/7 (1724): Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
4/1 (1999): Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
6/19 (1785): The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.
9/2 (1960): The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
12/7 (1904): Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
1/20 (1973): Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
6/19 (1586): English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
5/8 (1877): At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
2/12 (1947): Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
5/1 (1844): Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
The majority of the garrison is massacred the next day.