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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
1/15 (1970): Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
7/20 (1917): World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
12/25 (1946): The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
10/12 (1799): Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
12/25 (1831): The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
7/14 (1789): Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France.