Sentences with phrase «american traditional beliefs»

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Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Atheist, etc.... however all are American first One is not comfortable with the other, however each lives with the other based on inter faith and universal values All share the same primary core belief... the belief in freedom of rights and religion This core belief is a reliigion in itself, which all worship before their «traditional religion» It is, as Daniel said... the «god of fortresses»

For me I would honestly gravitate more towards traditional Native American beliefs but I can't say that was a result of my family because it wasn't.

Although initial provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 affirmed constitutional protection for the practice of Native traditional beliefs, those basic rights continue to be threatened by legal challenges to the American Indian Freedom of Religion Act of 1978.

More recently, the idea of plausibility structures has been employed in several studies concerned with the question of how American evangelicals are able to maintain their traditional religious beliefs within the secular, pluralistic context of modern culture.

Margaret Mead notes that «within traditional American culture... there runs a persistent belief that all leisure [play] must be earned by work and good works... [and] second, while it is enjoyed it must be seen in a context of future work and good works.

Could it be that Americans, even some who profess traditional beliefs about these issues, prefer their theology a bit vague?

The LNRC NY supports the agendas of Republican candidates who share in their beliefs of traditional Conservative American values and stands for Job Creation and fiscal responsibility throughout New York State.

Though religion comes muted in True Grit, the film clearly aligns Mattie's thirst for justice with her belief in God, something underscored by Mattie's quoting of scripture but also by Carter Burwell's music, which borrows heavily from the traditional American hymn «Leaning On The Everlasting Arms.»

For starters, letting go of a misplaced nostalgia for the «good old days» of the «traditional» school, as well as the belief that American schools have always been engines of upward mobility.

Noah Purifoy's work amasses found objects — chair - casters, pipes, shoe lasts — into mysterious totemic structures that tap into a vein of traditional African belief that runs deep in American culture, while Betye Saar brings a chilling political twist to the form with the likes of Sambo's Banjo, where she dangles the image of a lynched man inside a «Sambo» banjo case.

On view thru Sept. 27, America Is Hard to See — drawn entirely from the Museum's collection — reexamines the history of art in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present and examines the themes, ideas, beliefs and passions that have inspired American artists in their struggle to work within and against traditional conventions.

If one can dare to summarise so rich and lucid a lifetime's argument, Dworkin rejected both the traditional view, that judges must conform to established authority, and the belief of American liberals, that judges should seek to improve society, with a new emphasis on the judge's responsibility to uphold individual and collective morality.

What's more, traditional arranged marriages usually occur in a society where such unions are common and where the beliefs that sustain arranged marriages are prevalent (e.g., romantic love is unstable and can undermine the family unit, loyalty is a virtue, etc.).7 American society, on the other hand, celebrates love and considers it an indispensible prerequisite for marriage.

We hypothesized that the children of African - American parents who reported more traditional authoritarian beliefs, maternal confidence, and maternal warmth would display higher levels of cognitive development and achievement at school entry.