It takes more than the clear words of the Bible to shake people into recognition of the sinfulness of established
social patterns from which they benefit.
Social patterns from everyday life tend to be taken for granted in worship; i.e., what is normal in daily life becomes normal in worship.
Not exact matches
Even her own recent startup, Buyosphere, has evolved, pivoting
from a
social retail platform offering insight into community buying
patterns to a fashion - advice network.
«City officials may not understand that they will get access to very little of what Google learns
from their citizens... Meanwhile, Google will be gaining insights about urban life — including energy use, transit effectiveness, climate mitigation strategies, and
social service delivery
patterns — that it will then be able to resell to cities around the world.
From monitoring activity during workouts to sleeping
patterns to hearing aids, the devices that we «wear» are becoming much more sophisticated, connecting to all of our
social media accounts, and tracking much more quality and quantity data.
The Enlightenment belief that logical thinking and education alone, without any consideration of other factors apart
from ignorance such as the survival instinct and clinical cognitive dysfunction in the formation of behavior
patterns, can solve all of our individual and
social ills is the fundamental heresy of the Enlightenment philosophy.
From an anthropological perspective, different marriage and mating
patterns (including monogamy) are adaptations to different economic,
social, and demographic conditions.
From the earliest weeks of life, when an infant is taught to control hunger in order to meet the sleeping needs of parents and to fit into a social pattern in which people do not eat during the night; through babyhood, where etiquette skills include learning conventional greetings such as morning kisses and waving bye - bye; to toddler training in such concepts as sharing toys with a guest, refraining from hitting, and expressing gratitude for presents, manners are used to establish a basis for other virt
From the earliest weeks of life, when an infant is taught to control hunger in order to meet the sleeping needs of parents and to fit into a
social pattern in which people do not eat during the night; through babyhood, where etiquette skills include learning conventional greetings such as morning kisses and waving bye - bye; to toddler training in such concepts as sharing toys with a guest, refraining
from hitting, and expressing gratitude for presents, manners are used to establish a basis for other virt
from hitting, and expressing gratitude for presents, manners are used to establish a basis for other virtues.
Third, many women theologians are using insights and practices
from feminist theology in order to address broader
social and ethical questions confronting the church, such as globalization, care of the earth, and the shifting
patterns of work and family.
Some anthropologists do respect distinctly religious ideas such as holiness and life - after - death, but many still try to explain religion away as no more than a shared «language» for expressing
social patterns, calming irrational fears or marking men as somehow different
from animals.
Yet the basic
social and cultural
patterns that today condemn men and women to death, in accordance with the wishes of 65 per cent of the American public, remain in some ways remarkably unchanged
from ancient times.
More often changes in the
social pattern of intellectual emphasis arise
from a shift of power
from one class or group of classes, to another class or group of classes...
And alas, the
social patterns that made the classy supper - club work
from 1910 - 1970 no longer have much strength.
The Philippine organizers of the Global March mention following: widespread poverty and
social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich with cheap labor, disrupted family
patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services
from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.
Mankind has grown together into ever more involuted
social patterns dead — ending in the unfeeling excesses of bureaucracy, and longs for liberation
from this kind of bondage to the law.
In both cases individual members may exercise some dominance over others, in particular by altering the
patterns guiding further growth and development, but the
social coordination stems
from basic
patterns embodied in the genetic makeup of the plant cells and in the laws and traditions of human culture.
He learned
from the
social sciences how to «read» the environment of Faith Church, all the way
from discovering the
social networks and
patterns in downtown Metro City to learning how such configurations connect with the wars, poverty, political oppression, and inflationary economies that mark the globe.
Both men and women must be converted to this single ideal, they believed — men
from their socialization in
patterns of violence and women
from their socialization in timidity and acquiescence to unjust
social patterns.
In O'Connor's words, what one finds is that «the characters in these novels... have an inner coherence... their fictional qualities lean away
from typical
social patterns, toward mystery and the unexpected.»
Not only the spontaneous self - creativity of the individual but the
social order which makes possible that particular exercise of spontaneity is essential for intense value - experience Indeed Whitehead says that» «order» means «society» permissive of actualities with
patterned intensity of feeling arising
from adjusted contrasts» (PR 244 / 373f.).
They give Americans their peculiar folkways and mores, their public behavior and private opinions, the
patterns of their
social skills and know - how about everything,
from building a family fallout shelter to performing the latest dance step.
As tyrannical kingship had taken the place of paternal chieftainship and a stratified society based on slave labor had crowded out earlier equality, so the
social organization of Israel continued to take form
from the
patterns of the day.
What is needed today, I believe, is the radical attempt to work Out a theological
pattern for Christian faith which is in the main influenced by process - philosophy, while at the same time use is made of what we have been learning
from the existentialist's insistence on engagement and decision, the understanding of history as involving genuine participation and
social context, and the psychologist's awareness of the depths of human emotional, conational, and rational experience.
It is in fact an extension into the field of higher education of the government policy of globalization, that is, of letting the global market decide the
pattern of economic development of the nation without intervention
from the government in the name of
social justice, protection of the natural environment or national self - reliance; it is a decision to make economic growth the ultimate criterion not only of economic development but also of
social and cultural development of the peoples of the country.
However, the extent of this change is significantly modified by a wide range of
social and personal variables such as the functions that are being served for the individual by the attitudes in question; the satisfaction the individual derives
from existing attitudes; the strength of existing defense mechanisms and group pressures surrounding those attitudes;
patterns of reinforcement for similar attitudes in the past; other alternatives available to the viewer; and the current psychological state of the viewer.
American Catholic history may not be so booming a discipline as biblical studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging
from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new
social history, with its emphases on
patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.
Rather than thinking of culture as something implicit or taken for granted — as something about latent normative
patterns that can be inferred only
from observing regularities in
social behavior — the new cultural sociology regards culture as something tangible, explicit, and overtly produced.
Other people might notice the symptoms first, which can include changes in appetite and sleep
patterns, withdrawal
from social activities, increased anxiety, or emotions that are either heightened (such as excessive crying or irritability) or decreased (feeling empty or unconcerned).
Social initiation, social imitation, behavior patterns, social interactions, ability to make transitions from one play activity to an
Social initiation,
social imitation, behavior patterns, social interactions, ability to make transitions from one play activity to an
social imitation, behavior
patterns,
social interactions, ability to make transitions from one play activity to an
social interactions, ability to make transitions
from one play activity to another.
Both underlying personal issues within the relationship and underlying
patterns that come
from social dynamics can fuel a husband's demand for his wife to stop nursing.
After going through the analysis of manifestation styles and reuse of
social patterns, one could try to build a political theory regarding the most «important» parties in India on top of these recurring mechanisms (like Political Theory and Postmodernism
from Stephen K. White tried it for Europe).
Here's the framework I use: for me, «viral» is almost anthropological, describing a
pattern of behavior — the spreading of information
from one person to another through their
social connections.
By comparing old recordings of vocalization
patterns from the cross-socialized subjects with recordings of killer whales and bottlenose dolphins housed in same - species groups, Bowles and her team were able to evaluate the degree to which killer whales learned vocalization
patterns from their cross-species
social partners.
«We think the color
patterns have to do both with the importance of telling individuals of your own species apart
from closely related species and for
social communication among members of the same species.»
They found that young adults who come
from adverse backgrounds — but also show resilience to break that
pattern and achieve a higher
social status — are more likely to be unhealthy later in life than those not motivated to change their circumstances.
By incorporating
social norms into predictive mathematical modelling, a research team
from the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo found that they can foresee the observed
patterns of population behavior and disease spread during vaccine scares — times when anti-vaccine sentiment is strong.
Controlled animal replicas that incorporate several biologically relevant features
from the target species, such as phenotypic cues and locomotion
patterns [59], can yield further insight into the
social behavior of fish.
The notion of family is seminal in human genetics for many reasons: the inheritance and genetic basis of traits is discerned
from family
patterns; arguments about heritability and nature versus nurture are derived
from studies of family relationships; population genetic structure and
social diversity are determined by
patterns of mate choice; genetic information is typically delivered in the context of families.
Setting the fact that the bias
from big pharma (which we know include / control / owns dairy industry etc.) is real and even documented and not just potential, how can you compare the «potential» bias of somebody who has very high economic interest in having a specific result coming out of the study with that of somebody who is simply following a related
social, scientific, religious, pratical etc.
pattern?
The clearest
pattern that emerges
from student reports is that 6th and 7th graders in middle schools think their schools have less academic rigor, less mature
social behavior among the students, are less safe, and provide lower - quality education than do 6th graders in K — 6 or K — 8 schools.
They've seen its unique brain
patterns and, to the relief of introverts, have distinguished it
from shyness, a crippling anxiety over
social interaction.
In March, an investigation by the local government and
social care ombudsman, Michael King, found «worrying
patterns of delay» in the process of transferring SEND pupils
from the old statements system to new education and health care plans.
Her master's paper, which received the Graduate Student Paper Award
from the Society for
Social Problems» Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Section, explored
patterns of peer support among low - income teens in Boston - area housing projects.
Recipients will consider such factors as denial of equal access to institutions of higher education and vocational training, exclusion
from social and professional association with students or teachers, denial of educational honors rightfully earned, and
social patterns or pressures which discouraged the individual
from pursuing a professional or business education.
What sets it apart
from more conventional design
patterns is that it also scores 10 points out of 10 on the
social acceptance scale.
Since receiving his BFA
from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1998, Los Angeles — based artist Jedediah Caesar has gained international recognition for sculptures that amass found materials into systems that reveal new
patterns, often abstract, sometime
social.
Pattern and design now had to relate to
social, political, and feminist contexts — the very contexts that Bartlett's house apart
from a community seemed to exclude.
From the transformation of New York City's Bohen Foundation into a fictional 13th Street Subway Station in 2004, to the siting of a Prada boutique in the middle the Texan desert in 2005, to their critically acclaimed The Welfare Show in 2006 at Serpentine Gallery, Elmgreen & Dragset's work raises issues around how designs and spaces influence and reflect
social conventions and behavioural
patterns.
During December, Cypis will host several interactive workshops of invited creative professionals
from local communities in education, mediation,
social activism and somatic arts to engage with and adapt the
patterns into tools for their own personal and
social engagement needs.
Featuring two and three - dimensional works by local and national professional artists as well as graduate and undergraduate students
from the SAIC, Converging
Patterns addresses the question of our future fashions in light of dramatic
social and environmental changes taking place now.