The Liberator

Everyone plays games. From the youngest of people to the oldest, we all enjoy a good game. It is a way for us to wind down, relax, and have a good time with our friends and family. However, in recent years, games have become a lot more than just ways to pass the time. They have evolved into something in which the new generations immerse themselves into. They have come to dominate the entertainment industry. By analyzing the recent surge in gaming sites such as the Playstation Network, we can see…

The indigenous Indian tribes, who relied on a central figure, the chief or emperor, to provide leadership, vision, and governance, have largely influenced the culture of many Latin American countries. Spanish or Portuguese armies defeated Indian tribes, and military commanders replaced the Indian chiefs, a single person remained in control. The medicine man, shaman, or priest carried out religious observance for the tribe; at times providing visions of good and bad to the chief or emperor.…

Kindred People-Kindred Minds The contemporary American Christian may profess to have a thorough understanding of the nature of Christianity. Yet he may have, at best, only a vague awareness of the ancient Jewish roots to which Christianity is bound. To add to his confusion, much of the text contained in the sermons delivered from many pulpits is only loosely based on academic study and may contain a great deal of emotionally charged rhetoric. This combination of lack of understanding on the…

I’m part of one of the biggest groups that conform this country, I am an immigrant, I came to this country 4 years ago, at 2011 from Peru, but I was born in Argentina, sorry if I have a lot of misspellings. The way those countries taught me their national history is very different from the way Dr. Klein is teaching us about US history, I’ve never been in college in one of those countries so I will talk about the way teachers from middle school and high school taught me about national history and…

Paulo Reglus Neves Freire is a Brazilian educator whose revolutionary pedagogical theory influenced academic disciplines that include theology, sociology, anthropology, applied linguistics, pedagogy, and cultural studies. Freire’s revolutionary pedagogy starts from a deep love for, and humility before, poor and oppressed people and a respect for their “common sense”, which constitutes knowledge no less important than the scientific knowledge of the professional. The book is…

states that did not secede from the Union. Only the states that seceded were effected by the Emancipation Proclamation. "Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators." Quotes ("Emancipation_Proclamation"). Therefore, Abraham Lincoln put an end to slavery for the most part, but racism had not changed one bit. White people hated black people, and it remained that way for a long…

country was William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison is still well known nowadays for his contributions to the abolitionist movement, and also to the field of journalism. Starting in 1831, Garrison helped publish a weekly abolitionist newspaper entitled The Liberator (William L. Garrison). Besides through his abolitionist writings, Garrison fought against slavery by helping to form the American Anti-Slavery Society, a group dedicated to abolishing slavery in the United States. In comparison to other…

Introduction In her presentation of theological economy, namely, the economy of grace, Kathryn Tanner investigates the practical implications of her incarnational dogmatic enterprise. I concur with Tanner’s claim of the urgent need of an economy of grace as I take into account the ever-growing gap of wealth between the rich and the poor as well as the Global North and the Global South. Furthermore, as George Harvey rightly diagnoses, it seems to be the unbridled desire for private…

The events leading up to the second World War describes why America joined in the first place. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations due to the criticism of their aggressions against China. In the beginning the Allies: UK/Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union did not want to get involved with the new fascist aggressions spreading throughout Europe. America especially, Neutrality Acts were set in place to separate the U.S incase war broke out. Japan did not take kindly to the silence,…

There is a famous passage in Second Isaiah, composed during or after the Exile, which is sometimes cited as a Jewish rebuke to the Zoroastrian idea of a dualistic God: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." (Isaiah 45:7) This passage, which is a major source for Jewish speculation on the source of good and evil in the world, denies the Zoroastrian idea of a God who is the source only of "good" and favorable things. The…