Sentences with phrase «about cultural issues»

The participants discussed the importance of talking about cultural issues among co-leader pairs, and Leann Diederich shared a handout that she, Eri Bentley (Utah State University) and Joeleen Cooper - Bhatia (Auburn University) developed on establishing effective co-leader relationships (see attached «Discussion Guide for Building Effective Co-Leadership Relationships», along with the a handout called «The One - Minute Co-Therapist»).

Because we are in a recession / depression we should stop talking about cultural issues?

Thanks Joshua, I actually wrote about the cultural issue on my blog today.

«Anytime the president decides to devote a portion of his prime - time rally speech to talking about a cultural issue like this and any time the president devotes as much Twitter column inches, for a lack of a better phrase, as he has over the weekend, clearly it's an issue that's important and resonating,» Grant said.

This is more an article about a cultural issue than one recommending a diet or another.

Not exact matches

At an all - staff meeting to reveal the results of attorney Eric Holder's investigation into Uber's cultural issues, TPG founding partner and Uber board member David Bonderman made a sexist joke about how women talk too much.

He just liked his cultural division to be issue - free nonsense about «hockey moms» and about how Obama allegedly implied that Sarah Palin was a pig.

Let me add I have not seen your 3 posts asking me about how I feel about it before now when I copied and posted those above and If I had seen before I would have answered you with out any hesitation but did not because I moved to other blogs... And to satisfy you interest my saying I do not like it as a cultural habit but if religion failed to stop it and had to regulate it then what can I do about it... people can still lie and give you an elder age and how can you tell if 9 - 10or more at villages there are no birth certificate issued nor villagers interested to obtain it... what can you tell from their teeth like sheep??

Still, many Christians really ought to stop being dumb about this issue, because if they're looking for cultural issues on which to take a stand they're really barking up the wrong tree with this one.

Ultimately, Contextualization in World Missions is a great primer and summary of issues related to contextualization, and I recommend it for anyone interested in learning more about this all - important topic for understanding the Gospel and applying it to the various cultural contexts in which we work and minister.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

As the new literature about «theological education» began to grow during the past decade it quickly became clear [l] that for some participants the central issue facing «theological education» is the fragmentation of its course of study and the need to reconceive it so as to recover its unity, whereas for others the central issue is «theological education's» inadequacy to the pluralism of social and cultural locations in which the Christian thing is understood and lived.

For example, the chapter on «The Historical Background of Paul's Letters» would have been a great chapter to provide details about the historical events, cultural issues, and sociological concerns of Paul's day which led to him writing what he did in his letters.

The real issues about sexuality are choice, life style and cultural value.

But nationalism and cultural issues were more important: irritation at a loss of sovereignty to Brussels; worries about the effects of mass immigration; resentment of a cosmopolitan elite that demeans local ways; a creeping sense of social disorder, epitomized by recent satires like Martin Amis's 2012 novel Lionel Asbo: State of England.

Younger Christians are weary of pitched cultural battles and are longing for the «real Jesus» — a Jesus who talks more about washing feet and feeding the poor than flashpoint issues like same - sex marriage and the sanctity of life.

1 Corinthians 11 is not talking about the length of our hair or some distant cultural issue within a Church in Corinth.

The fear of losing one's job or reputation has made many Americans afraid to speak publicly about this issue, even though their deep convictions about life, marriage, and family have not changed in response to elite cultural pressure.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

Other scholars who have similar views to Cobb's have begun to speak quite openly about the necessity of a new tyranny, even to speak favorably of the issue of the Chinese cultural revolution.

While the impact of these classical theories has remained strong, I would like to point to a specific contribution that, in my view, has served as a kind of watershed in our thinking about the cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of inquiry.

States of Undress — a very typically Vice show about global fashion intertwined with cultural and political issues, hosted by girl crush Hailey Benton Gates.

But surely it doesn't do the LPGA image any good when players seem unwilling or unable to speak intelligently about a cultural or social issue.

But that's not really the issue here, as it is a cultural issue, about how we as a society interpret how we interact both with each other and with our environment.

(Further things to consider: «X When providing support to fathers, be aware of cultural issues: the fact that parent support can be considered as a female domain, that accessing support is an admission of failure, and that fathers may lack basic confidence about what their parenting role should be.

Of the many things that I adore about this post (and there are MANY), one that specifically stands out to me is this: when we identify the problem externally and not internally — when we make the issue about systematic and institutional and cultural barriers to breastfeeding and not individual decisions not to breastfeed — then we help to focus the problem away from moms vs. moms.

Back cover: In this examination of mainstream Christian parenting practices and the doctrinal beliefs behind them, best - selling author, L.R.Knost, debunks common cultural and theological beliefs about spanking, original sin, sin nature, submission, authority, obedience, breaking a child's will, and more, along with providing grace - filled, gentle solutions to behavior issues.

They include issues about the importance of breastfeeding and about women in the workplace; issues, which we had all hoped would become legacy issues, about prejudice and discrimination; and important issues about geographic variation and inequality, including the importance of cultural leadership in changing attitudes.

That fear though, the fear of judgment or of not mattering enough for someone to even notice, can be paralyzing and parents may, unintentionally, cause suffering for their children simply because the cultural attitudes about asking for help have effectively silenced them for issuing the call when most needed.

There was no political or cultural statement being made about BF because it was, truly, a matter - of - fact issue of survival.

There are hard cases: advertising aimed at children, advertising that is an affront to decency and similar issues about advertising in a cultural context, but political advertising is not a hard case.

The issue of English voice is not just about political representation but about the cultural recognition of Englishness.

For Story and the other members of the nascent Refugee Information Network, the goal is wider: to provide «basic information about all EU countries: what rights you'd have there, what the asylum process is like, but also cultural issues like the level of acceptance of refugees in those countries.

Cultural issues aside, Lindestam is enthusiastic about her study - abroad experience.

Government committees fret about national security and cultural issues, while businesses ponder the commercial opportunities in what promises to be an enormous market.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

In the case of pulses and soybeans, there are likely additional factors, including purported physiological effects (digestibility issues), cultural factors, habits (e.g. vegetarianism / veganism), and knowledge about how to incorporate them into everyday diets.

I'm trying to figure out what works best for Madame — whether it's outfit posts, or music reviews, or cultural discourse about current issues.

Shanghai About Blog The blog focuses on Mandarin, and it addresses certain key linguistic and cultural issues related to Mandarin.

Learn to think holistically about cultural, biological and archaeological issues with SNHU's BA online anthropology degree.

Roseville, CA About Blog SpectrumMagazine.org is the online companion to Spectrum, a journal established to encourage Seventh - day Adventist participation in the discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the merits of diverse views, and to foster intellectual and cultural growth.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

It's perplexing why Kaurismäki feels compelled to call upon racial passing and cultural appropriation as sources of momentary, cheap comedy, especially considering that these are significant issues in ongoing conversations about the representation of difference.

At the film's recent press day, Costner talked about the appeal of playing Coach White, Niki Caro's directing style, the bond that developed between all the actors during filming, the pivotal role a coach can play in a young person's life, the Jim White - type coaches who influenced Costner's life in a positive way, what he learned about Latino culture growing up in Visalia, why he waits for projects to come along that he can really respond to irrespective of genre, the biggest cultural gap he experienced on this film, and how sports movies allow us to address other issues within the wider society.

It's a valid point about cultural blind spots that seems to come at the issue with a few blind spots of its own.

He recently was asked about the studio's diversity issues, what he thinks is the cultural impact of Black... Read More»

When underlying VALUES are deliberately identified during the discussions and debates about topics, issues and concerns raised in SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development) and fundamental British Values sessions, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) lessons and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) slots, young citizens begin to appreciate the significance of how values provide standards, principles and signposts that guide decisions and actions.

Georgetown Day is an independent school that prides itself on cultural competency — students learn about the word «privilege» at an early age, and teachers are encouraged to address cultural issues related to bias with their students.

The program also provides training and consultation about cultural adjustment, trauma, and other mental health issues to educators and other professionals working with refugees throughout the state of Colorado.

Hurse, a Lead Teacher at the school, says program staff realised early on that it wasn't just about attendance and education — there were also health, housing and cultural issues that needed to be addressed.