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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
2/14 (1949): The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
1/20 (2021): Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At the time of his inauguration, he became the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States.
5/8 (1945): World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect.
4/22 (1876): The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.
9/2 (44): Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
12/25 (1968): Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
Calvin Jones, and James Crowe form the Ku Klux Klan.
7/4 (1998): Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
4/9 (1990): The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
1/1 (1962): Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.