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Being Exposed to Issues of Justice:
 * Prior to attending college I was very much sheltered from issues of injustices
 * How we as Christians should be very much concerned about the poor and oppressed of society
 * Influenced me to make a difference in the world for Christ
 * SOC 101, Core 300, SOC 484, Peru trip-opened my eyes to poverty, and taught me to be less ethnocentric
 * Below are some photos taken of a large section poverty located in Lima, Peru, which I came into contact with while on my cross-cultural in January 2011:



In Yancey's Soul Survivor, Ghandi is one of the twelve mentors that greatly influenced Yancey. Even though Ghandi was not a Christian, he believed in a lot of Christian principles, which included promoting justice. I believe it is important to note that even though Ghandi was not a Christian, we can still learn a great deal through the life of self-sacrifice that he lived. In the same way, I believe we as Christians should take the examples of people who lived such radical lives for "Godly" purposes and seek to emulate such Christ-like attributes in our own lives.

Below is a photo of Philip Yancey, the author of Soul Survivor:



Author Philip Yancey explores the influence of faith and spirit on his writing in this interview with Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University Series:

[|Philip Yancey Video]