IOSR-JHSS   Volume-20 ~ Issue-7 ~ July-2015

Abstract: The Scripture, the Old Testament as well as the New Testament, present God as a liberator and Redeemer. The people of Old Testament experienced Yahweh as go‟el in their exodus from Egypt, the land of slavery, to a land promised by Yahweh Himself, a land flowing with honey and milk, a land of freedom and joy. In the New Testament Jesus Christ through the message, ministry and mission revealed Himself to be the Redeemer. His preferential option for the poor and oppressed of the society manifested itself in the way of his praxis and culminated in his death and resurrection. In this chapter we shall analyse the epistemic evolution of the concept from early Hebraic period to the present Biblical understanding of "Redemption".

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Abstract: In a multiethnic country like India, extracting a common national identity out of the numerous distinct social identities is a cumbersome task. India, in spite of its rich cultural heritage and glorious past in terms of one of the great ancient civilizations, today somehow lacks in offering a unified identity milieu for its citizens. The various sub categories of caste, class, ethnic and linguistic groups dominate the identity of Indians. The question which arises at this point is why in spite of being one of world's largest democracies, Indians lag in fulfilling the constitutional pre-requisite of equality and fraternity. Expressions of emotions and expansion of thoughts are somehow paralyzed among Indians due to loss of the respect and utilization of their own language. The probable reason for this can be located in the Indians' colonial subjugation.

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Abstract: The identity of a person is subjected to social expectations. The demand of society and the need to follow the ways of society towards the creation of gender stereotypes is one of the core issues discussed in many novels in recent times. The texts dealing with the new Indian girl in a way introduce a new version of girls in India who are more capable and acceptable members of the society contesting the roles and capacities attributed to them. Based on new trends of girl power seen in recent novels it can be said that the Oleander girl, Korobi is a version of New Indian girl child who explore and extend the possibilities of life for girls in India.

1]. Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of My Heart. New York: Doubleday, 1999. Print.
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Abstract: This study investigates the "Availability and Utilization of Information Resources for Prison Inmates in North Central States of Nigeria". Literatures have been reviewed based on the objectives of the study. The findings of the study would be used to improve the availability and utilization of information resources in prisons at large. The study use the Survey research design,the population of the study consists of two thousand two hundred and eighty eight (2288) which was derived from four prisons which are medium security prison Abuja, Ilorin, Jos and Lafia. 10% of the population were used as sample size which was 229 and the response rate was 185(80.8%) Questionnaire was used to collect data.

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