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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?”
23,269 sermon illustrations through the Liberation Theology lens
11/11 (1813): War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
9/2 (1963): CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
(Julian calendar)
6/19 (1990): The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
11/11 (1965): Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia.
4/1 (1789): In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
6/6 (1859): Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
4/1 (1725): J. Bach's later Easter Oratorio in its first version is performed at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on Easter Sunday.
1/1 (1847): The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
8/6 (1777): American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.