Not exact matches
Despite all influences to the contrary, it lifted a standard of judgment in the light of which the
Christian conscience at its best could not be content with
social evil.
He considered the time of religion to have been «the time of inwardness and
conscience».9 As early as 1927, in Sanctorum Communio, Bonhoeffer emphasized the
social element in all
Christian concepts.
At Vanderbilt the constituencies were reassured that the university was persisting in its primal
Christian commitment because of high standards in academics, or a liberal or broad or thorough curriculum, or freedom from dogmatism, or the cultivation of moral character, or
social conscience regarding racial integration or the relief of poverty, or decorum and discipline in fraternities and at football games.
And while racial prejudice creates the most obvious form of discrimination, a
Christian conscience must be on guard also against economic injustices caused or perpetuated by family status,
social stratification, political «pull,» or even by church connections.
A third factor explains at least in part the keener
social conscience of the prophets as contrasted with the early
Christians.
Only a few examples of the attempt to link values with the arts and sciences have been published (see, for example, A Vision for India Tomorrow: Explorations in
Social Ethics, edited by J. Daniel and R. Gopalan [Madras Christian College, 1984]-RRB- But already evident is a sense of social conscience linked to economic development; a theology of vocation that replaces the ascriptive caste definitions of occupation; a theistically based universalism conducive to science and human rights; and a modernizing, cosmopolitan outlook in a land where the sacredness of the cow signals both the power of tradition and a preference for the agrarian
Social Ethics, edited by J. Daniel and R. Gopalan [Madras
Christian College, 1984]-RRB- But already evident is a sense of
social conscience linked to economic development; a theology of vocation that replaces the ascriptive caste definitions of occupation; a theistically based universalism conducive to science and human rights; and a modernizing, cosmopolitan outlook in a land where the sacredness of the cow signals both the power of tradition and a preference for the agrarian
social conscience linked to economic development; a theology of vocation that replaces the ascriptive caste definitions of occupation; a theistically based universalism conducive to science and human rights; and a modernizing, cosmopolitan outlook in a land where the sacredness of the cow signals both the power of tradition and a preference for the agrarian life.
I'm a
Christian and a strong aspect of my faith is
social conscience — hating injustice and caring for the poor.