Sentences with phrase «about justice in the world»

To bring about justice in the world he lived in.

In the words of author Adam Hochschild, «All I know is that those of us who care about justice in the world have to make an effort to find those sparks.»

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By investing in pioneering individuals, non-profits and mission driven companies who dare to re-imagine the possible, PSF has helped to bring about important breakthroughs — from cancer research and small scale agriculture to criminal justice reform and educational opportunities for young people in communities around the world.

Their worlds are characterized by powerlessness, and so they seek not a meaningful word about God, but a powerful word from God — not to give God a place in their world but, on the contrary, to overcome their world and bring them into God's world, a new world of justice and liberty.

The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns — besides being an amazing book about justice and poverty, author royalties benefit World Vision

She insists on an essentially theological view of the world as the only appropriate starting point for effective radical politics — the only way to maintain a right understanding of what we are about and to avoid partisanship in our efforts to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.

But in the midst of those challenges, they have something to teach Christians and the world at large: a way of being Christian that requires us to rethink some of the disconnects between our love of God and our love of justice, or our ability to talk about personal spirituality without also talking about social transformation.

The more serious we become about being salt and light in the world, the more devoted we will become to mission and justice, the more concerned for the least and the lost, the more stubborn about forgiving those who don't want our forgiveness, the more determined about exposing the works of darkness — and the more we will suffer.

The utilitarian can confidently say, «Better to save one life than none at all»; no abstract rules about justice or fairness should count more than increasing the utility in the world.

I identify with hipster Christianity's interest in social justice and thinking about how the church is meant to be for the world (i.e. the Gospel as positive, transformative power) as opposed to against it.

In Kagan's account, Niebuhr's distinctive warnings about the temptations of human power are absent» as are his concerns about the perils of hubris and overreaching by those who are overly confident of the efficacy of power and justice in the worlIn Kagan's account, Niebuhr's distinctive warnings about the temptations of human power are absent» as are his concerns about the perils of hubris and overreaching by those who are overly confident of the efficacy of power and justice in the worlin the world.

Gotaina himself did not have much to say about justice in itself, but spoke of compassion in a transitory world.

How can we make statements about our evangelistic witness to issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation in the world, when even within the womb of the church, there is no safety for women?

He spoke of the evils of «an economy of exclusion and inequality» and singled out for censure those who «continue to defend trickle - down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world.»

We need to say to ourselves cold - bloodedly that if we do not rise to the demand of our time for a wider justice and a more stable world order, there is the real possibility that what will be left of humanity will be a few crazed survivors stumbling and mumbling about in the radioactive ruins left by the atomic war.

Those who work in theological education are also aware, however, that we must also avoid intellectual or spiritual tourism — the tendency to explore the range and quaintness of the world's wondrous variety without asking about the truth - claims of various cultures, without attempting to discern the relative justice of alternative social practices, or without seeking commonalities that may overarch multiple lands and religions.

As I thought I had made reasonably clear in my article, the just war way of thinking about the moral exigencies of world politics begins with a presumption for justice — a presumption that the magistrate has the moral obligation to defend the common good, even at the risk of his own life — and then proceeds to a moral analysis of the various means available for securing justice, which can include proportionate and discriminate armed force.

When we Americans talk about war and its justice, we're not Swedes or Malaysians, we're Americans; we're the most powerful nation on earth, with the largest military, the single nation in the world today most likely to threaten and use military force.

Hauerwas reminds us of writings in which he has talked about cooperation with others in the search for justice, and he now flatly asserts, «Something has gone wrong when the church is not learning from the world how to live faithfully to God.»

The very search for a solution to life's problem was to the writer only «a striving after wind,» (Ecclesiastes 1:13 - 14) and in the end, seeing wickedness in the place of justice and evil men where the righteous should have been, (Ecclesiastes 3:16) he «hated life,» (Ecclesiastes 2:17) denied all moral government in the world, and concluded that although a man, in the intensity of his search, «see no sleep with his eyes day or night,» he will never understand what life is all about.

The good news about the glory of divine goodness is neither rightly proclaimed nor rightly heard if it is not combined with the bad news about the great justice which prevails in God's world.

Therefore, among the central identifying characteristics of the followers of Jesus would be involvement in the struggle effectively to bring about the Kingdom of God, «on earth as it is in heaven,» where freedom, fellowship, justice, responsible love reign and where people live as brothers / sisters, equitably sharing the resources of God's creation and being accountable for their own human future and that of the created world.

Today these various concerns about culture, socio - economic justice, true equality for women, institutions, and the natural world are in some tension with one another.

This confession, rooted in the ancient piety and worship of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and nourished in the ecumenical movement, underlies an ethic of profound involvement in the struggle for social justice, profound realism about the powers of this world including those which possess the righteous, and a profound hope which is never satisfied by the achievements of this world.

The dominant motive which led to it was neither curiosity about the creation of the world nor philosophic interest, as in Greece, about the divine immateriality and interior unity, but faith that the social justice for which Yahweh stood would conquer.

Suffice it to say that the conceptuality which I accept — and accept because it seems to do justice to deep analysis of human experience and observation, as well as to the knowledge we now have of the way «things go» in the world — lays stress on the dynamic «event» character of that world; on the inter-relationships which exist in what is a societal universe, on the inadequacy of «substance» thinking to describe such a universe of «becoming» and «belonging», on the place of decisions in freedom by the creatures with the consequences which such decisions bring about, and on the central importance of persuasion rather than coercive force as a clue to the «going» of things in that universe.

As passionate as I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a difference.

Judging from the number of parents supporting and taking interest in this case and speaking out about rape and rape culture and the victimization of women and children, I would assume the majority of the world understands the purpose of Operation Roll Red Roll, which I believe is justice for the Jane Doe victim.

and also join the global campaign for a toxic - free world by reading the FAQ Sheet, Towards Healthy Environments for Children: Frequently asked questions about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment which emerged out of the combined efforts of breastfeeding and environmental health and justice groups in addressing breastfeeding in a contaminated environment.

Offering voters social justice without addressing their basic concerns about physical insecurity in a world of borderless crime and terrorist threats is a recipe for future defeat.

If you consider th e [at] science that is supported by the government in two ways: one, the fundamental science — that justice directed it; learning new things about the natural world and those aspects of science that have direct applications.

to hear more about her most recent participation in the World Justice Forum III and to respond to her call for member feedback on ASCE's role in the World Justice Project.

- World Bank President Jim Kim participated in a discussion with Georgetown's Health Justice Alliance after a documentary screening about the founding of the NGO Partners in Health.

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Throughout the film, her mother, Gillooly, his idiot friend (Paul Walter Hauser) and a Hard Copy producer (Bobby Cannavale) offer their own opinions about her life, painting the picture of a mercurial, but perhaps misunderstood woman looking for some poetic justice in a world that's abandoned her.

From the grief - stricken Kristen Stewart contemplating the existence of her own spirituality as Maureen in Personal Shopper to the burgeoning determination that manifests slowly but surely in Mildred Loving's (Ruth Negga) incorrigible spirit in Loving as she seeks justice for her so - deemed illegal interracial marriage, to the existential despair of Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) in A Quiet Passion that is largely shaped by the suffocating position women had to endure in the 1800s — to say nothing of the micro-nuance on display in the tripartite Certain Women — I could ramble on for thousands of words about the things I've learned during this festival watching beautiful, brave, and flawed women characters try to move through their lonely fictional worlds.

Magnolia Pictures has confirmed it along with Participant Media has acquired worldwide rights to RGB, the documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend in the Doc Premieres category.

Deadline reports that Peele and his company, Monkeypaw Productions, are shopping around a series titled The Hunt, about a group of diverse hunters who want to track and kill the reformed Nazis who «escaped justice and embedded themselves in American society» after World War II.

Gathering the school or your class together to plan and share in a Big Supper is a real demonstration of how much you care about human rights, trade justice, and fairness in the world.

PowerPoint presentation Rounds of questions on: Easter: What do you know about Easter New movies — Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Jungle Book World flags UK TV soaps 70 slides in total.

Features in the winter 2013 issue include a discussion of how math education is changing in the United States in light of the Common Core Standards; a look at the storied career of alumna Margaret H. Marshall, former justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; and a piece about the critical and difficult work that many Ed School alums are engaged in around the world educating children in post-conflict zones.

The guide provides instructional materials to help educators explore background information about the Holocaust, understand manifestations of historical and current day anti-Semitism around the world, delve into the moral themes of courage, justice and truth presented in the film and expand possibilities for young people to deepen their understanding of the film with reading, writing and other extension activities.

I have assumed that my conservative colleagues are equally concerned about justice; we simply disagree about the best way to achieve justice in today's complex world.

An International Baccalaureate scholar inquires about the world around them, takes an active role in leading their education, and has a mission for social justice.

The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War online companion to our print book includes a rich multimedia collection of maps, videos, timelines, and teaching strategies that place the Nanjing Atrocities within the larger context of World War II in East Asia, and will challenge students to consider the complex questions this history raises about wartime violence, justice, and memory.

In the midst of our excitement, we are all too conscious that this year has been steeped in painful issues related to justice, race, religious intolerance, and divisive politics, no matter where we live in the world, which election we are following, or what anxieties we face each day about threats of violencIn the midst of our excitement, we are all too conscious that this year has been steeped in painful issues related to justice, race, religious intolerance, and divisive politics, no matter where we live in the world, which election we are following, or what anxieties we face each day about threats of violencin painful issues related to justice, race, religious intolerance, and divisive politics, no matter where we live in the world, which election we are following, or what anxieties we face each day about threats of violencin the world, which election we are following, or what anxieties we face each day about threats of violence.

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Although most teachers are concerned about students» critical engagement in our media - frenzied world, some teachers and students reject the idea that social justice has anything to do with literacy and learning.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.