Sentences with phrase «religious communities remain»
Religious communities remain powerful sources for moral formation and communal renewal.
https://www.firstthings.com/ Not exact matches
«As America and the global community tackles the rising restrictions on religious freedom worldwide while working to ensure that religious minorities remain in such places as the Middle East, particularly the Nineveh Plain, we will need the imagination and inspiration of Sam Brownback,» he said.
To me more important is the fact that so long as the church remains a religious community in competition with other religious communities, the church can never say that in Christ it sacramentally represents the destiny of all peoples in the country.
Religion has not yet become a matter of personal choice, and politics still remains a matter of bargaining among religious communities.
The liberal religious community has felt helpless before the dramatically changing sexual mores of the final decade of the 20th century because we have allowed ourselves to remain trapped between the inflexible moralists on one side and the freedom - worshiping secularists on the other.
I have come to the conclusion that, with the exception of the contemplative Religious Orders that have either remained or returned to vision of their Founders, most American Christian Churches neither teach nor practice anything like the faith of the early NT Christian communities.
And he can remain inside the sphere of grace where he works in the secular community, for grace is not a special religious addition to the natural life of man.
If there is any truth in polls, the American public remains overwhelmingly religious, and religion is characteristically expressed in communities of worship.
Citing a mountain of statistical data that shows women are more inclined than men to remain faithful to their religious affiliation and participate regularly in communities of faith, some folks — like controversial West Coast pastor Mark Driscoll — have declared the situation a «crisis,» concluding that the Church has failed men by projecting a «Richard Simmons, hippie, queer Christ» instead of the true, «Ultimate Fighting Jesus.»
Millennia Awards are given to participatory communities which bridge superficial cultural and religious divides — exploring commonality as much as difference; maintaining fresh, creative, missional formats accessible and relevant to a diverse audience; remaining sensitive to our shared humanity and common need for grace as we learn and grow together.
He had to explain to his father, somewhat tortuously, that though he rejected the obligation as such, he chose of his own free will, for the moment at any rate, to remain in the habit, in the religious community, and his father had to accept this as God's will.
Even into the New Testament, the Apostle Paul commanded the Christian community to remain separate from other religious groups:
Nor will vacuous calls for outreach to the unaffiliated and disaffected, or for the establishment of new spiritual communities, be successful as long as the religious message of Conservative Judaism remains so cloudy.
«At UNICEF, we'll continue to work with national authorities, health workers, and traditional and religious leaders so that vaccines remain well accepted and reach every community across the meningitis belt.»
On that score the arguments have been familiar since James Coleman's research on Catholic schools, and they remain sound, in particular on the effect of functioning communities around religious schools.
United States About Blog The Endangered Species Coalition is a national network of hundreds of conservation, scientific, religious, sporting, outdoor recreation, business and community organizations working to protect our nation's disappearing wildlife and last remaining wild places.
Canada remains deeply concerned about the plight of persecuted religious communities globally, targeted because for their faith, either through government restrictions, terrorist violence, or extreme social hostilities.
United States About Blog The Endangered Species Coalition is a national network of hundreds of conservation, scientific, religious, sporting, outdoor recreation, business and community organizations working to protect our nation's disappearing wildlife and last remaining wild places.
True to our original purpose, PC & CC remains in close partnership with local congregations providing professional counseling and consultation in conjunction with the ongoing healing ministries of local religious communities.