Liberation Theologian

1. What is the Old Testament, and how did the term originate? The Old Testament is a set of texts that originated among the people who, at differing times in their history, have been called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, and which became their sacred scriptures(Tullock & McEntire, 2012, pg. 3). Christian, writings began to be viewed as sacred and having the status of scripture. Christians began to refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Covenant or the Old Testament.

The author explains in the chapter, So You Think You’re White? Explains how black people who have interest in white culture have questions about their own culture. The author states that “That parochial blackness is dangerous as hell. It steals your joy.” It is well explained in the book about what results into parochial blackness. The black people are intact with their traditions and culture to be able to survive and empower themselves. The authors writes, black people grouped as weak people in the era of civil war. They lobby for political and social

The Exodus plays an important role for the Jewish community. One of the biggest reasons is that it is something that is used as the justification for the land of Israel (Johnson 112). The Jews believe that the Exodus from Egypt was done based on a promise from God, who said that the Jewish people would have ownership over a Promised Land, which is the area that is Israel today. The Jewish people believe that the reason why God put them through the Exodus is because He wanted the Jews to see His power and that He is the one who is in control of everyone’s lives. For instance, in the book of Exodus, it is written, “So says God: ‘Thus you will know that I am God’” (Exodus 7:17). The idea of Exodus is something that is meant to reveal a different side of God. It has to be noted that God sent various plagues, such as the plagues of lice and the plagues of frogs. All of this was done so that the people would know that God has a lot of power over the smallest things as well as over all the different animals in nature. This is why he Exodus is mentioned repeatedly and it is also something that the Jewish people tend to remember continually, as they believe that it shows how God loved all humans and how He wants to save all humans from all kinds of problems.

1) Gallagher views color-blind racism as a cheap justification for individuals to continually project racism towards others with no remorse. He brings up the claim that this “color blind” mentality ignores or suppresses the conversation of white privilege while promoting the view of race as a cultural marker. Gallagher believes when a society instills a color-blind society—they are reinforcing their social structure on the hierarchy while failing to acknowledge the racial inequality that exists in the world. As stated, “the new color-blind ideology does not ignore race, it acknowledges race while disregarding social hierarchy.” If we analyze this ideology of color-blind racism, we can understand how it makes it rather difficult for Caucasians to understand racism when they fail to acknowledge the racial inequality that exists. Having white privilege in the United State of America can make it rather difficult for

James H. Cone’s God of the Oppressed is his examination of the origin, development, and significance of black theology as it relates to how he and the black Christian community view God. For Cone, in an America seemingly dominated by white theology and the white Christian community’s views of God, it is imperative to acknowledge and attentively listen to the voices of the theologies of other races and what God means to them, especially that of the black community. Cone asserts without hesitation that the God that is referred to in the Bible and black religion is a Deliver of those held captive by the bondage of oppression. Cone not only asserts this viewpoint of God as the Freer of oppressed people, but he validates this assertion through the use of Scripture, the black experience, history, and tradition. Overall, the central theme of this book is that a plethora of factors continually shape and construct a people’s theology and how that theology is significant in regards to how they see God, the world, and themselves.

Cone feels that one of the most serious charges that have been leveled against advocates of Black Power are that they are black racists. It is true that blacks hate whites but the hatred is not racists. Webster defines racism as “the assumption that psycho cultural traits and capacities are determined by

The historical evidence and archaeologist agree that the Exodus did not happen. It is a tough question to answer for either side of argument. There is no possible way of telling if it did happen or not. It is in my opinion that nobody can truly prove that it actually did or didn’t happen. Of course the evidence points towards that it never happened and it was all made up.

The archeological or historical plausibility of the Hebrew Exodus being real is unfortunately slim. This question is very hard to answer because there is no known evidence or pottery found saying this happened. However Egypt did have slaves and there is proof of this. There is also proof that a group of people did leave egypt but we do not know for sure if it was the hebrews. It would be easier to prove that a group of people left a country then trying to prove that a whole river turned into blood or any of the other plagues. There is not really enough evidence showing that the plagues of Moses leading his people out of Egypt actually happened.

Padre Carney demonstrates another type of interpretation of sacred scripture: liberation theology. He taught the word of God for years in rural Honduras. Carney stresses that the interpretation of the Bible from the perspective of the poor reveals the oppression and exploitation that some Hondurans have undergone for decades. Liberation Theology represents the first, and probably the most important, step in freeing the country from the claws of the oppressor. Carney underlines that God wanted all humans to be equal, thus true Christians ought to liberate the ones who are treated unequally. According to him, we are all brothers and sisters and must help each other given that people do not have the same privileges. Nonetheless, Carney also argues

People in Bible times ate meat and grain. Barley, wheat, and grapes were common crops. Jesus used wheat fields in his parables several times. From the grain they produced, they would also make flour. Barley was used to feed the horses. Fishing was also a common way to get food. Different fishing supplies have been found by archaeologists. In the Bible, it talks about the disciples who were fishermen. From passages in Acts, we also know that they ate other meats that were considered clean.

As Genesis switches to Exodus, the genealogy of the line of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob adopts a broader perspective to discuss Israeli people. Genesis ends by describing Joseph’s line and his eventual death, yet Exodus begins by repeating the genealogy of Jacob and his sons, further progressing to describe how Jacob’s line became seventy people (Exodus, 1.5). Jacob’s family line therefore adopts the collective name of Israelites, and they become a fertile people who inhabit a majority of Egypt and therefore become under control of Pharaoh. Jacob’s life foreshadows that of the Israelites as a group, as he starts off as the person Jacob, and then transitions into Israel. In his earlier life, Jacob tricked his brother, Esau, into obtaining his

In the chapter “the legal position of Jews in Christendom,” Mark Cohen argues that the Jews did not have rights under the Jewry law which was enacted by Christians. The Jewry law was complex because it was enacted from different sources and changed over time. The Jewry Law was part of the Theodosian Code, which mixed the tolerations and restrictions. Some laws in the Theodosian code showed that the Jewish people were protected against the wanton assault. Later, under the Pope Gregory’s regulation, the Jews got more toleration. However, this period of toleration did not last long. In the thirteenth century, Christians began to enhance the restrictions and exclusion to the Jews and the protection to the Jews attenuated accordingly. The Conon Law and Secular Jewry Law also indicated the negative attitude toward the Jewish people. The serfdom of Jewish people showed that they did not have freedom, but they could earn freedom by unchallenging the authorities. The laws sometimes gave protection to the Jews, but overall it was not fair to the Jews.

Exodus 22 through 24 deals with some laws, social responsibility, and the covenant that God provides during ancient times and how it will affect those who break it and those who were wronged. But how does that have any effect on us now? let me tell you. In Exodus 22:1 “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheeps for the sheep” this is a quote taken from the bible on how those who steals have to pay a price for what they done. How does this have any similarities with our life, we don’t have ox’s and I can tell not many of us have sheeps. But like humans we are always looking to our past to comprehend the future to wronged out mistakes or our “rights”.

Liberation theology, is a religion movement that attempt to interpret the Scripture though the plight of the poor. The liberation believed that God speak only through the poor and that the Bible can be understood only when seen from the perspective of the poor. True followers of Jesus, according to liberation theology, must work toward a just society, brings about social and political change, and align themselves with the working class. Jesus, who was poor himself, focused on the poor and downtrodden, and any legitimate church will give preference to those who have historically been marginalized or deprived of their rights. All church doctrine should grow out of the perspective of the poor, defending the rights of the poor is seen as the central

“People think about migration from a security perspective, political perspective, and economic perspective but as believers, it is important to also think about migration from a Biblical perspective.” This quote really sets the tone for the rest of the video. The media overloads society with negative thoughts and ideas. A typical worldview sees immigrants as intruders and have a tendency to think they are overpopulating America. If we are not careful, this type of thinking can bleed into our Biblical worldview. Taking the time to see what God has to say about migration is vital. If you are a Christ follower, you cannot take what the media says as truth; you can only take God’s Word as truth. “All through Scripture, we see that migration is part of the Biblical story. It’s a major theme in Scripture from the beginning to the end and God uses migration to bring the nations to Himself and through migration, the gospel is going out to the nations.” It is easy to ignore what God is doing through migration and to let yourself develop the same type of hatred as the media has done towards these people. This video has made me realize that most people have a negative view of migration. I am going to do my best to change people’s perspective by removing the negative connotation of migration and help them see God’s intentions through migration. God is using migration to bring His people to a place where they can hear the good news. God already brought them here, now it is our job to