Sentences with phrase «about other traditions»

I love hearing about other traditions than Christmas.

All the while I was in graduate school earning my Master's and Doctorate degrees, I had a curiosity about other traditions of healing, everything from Ayurveda to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to energy medicine techniques.

We have learned much about other traditions as well as about ourselves.

I love being part of ecumenical dialogues because I always learn as much about my own family of churches as I do about the other traditions represented.

Not exact matches

The Vidyo team is from all walks of life, and our employees learn more every day about each other's diverse cultures, backgrounds and traditions, and face - to - face inclusion across the board constantly opens our managers up to new ways of approaching each challenge.

Beyond the special visit of Senator Collins, highlights included: • Intense and probing pre and post-dinner conversations about the economy and the world on the deck (along with wonderful wine and hors d'oeuvres — part of the tradition is that each participant ships several bottles of excellent wine to share with others) • Participation in a financial forecast survey of key factors for the upcoming 12 months as well as a review of the prior year's financial forecast survey — including distribution of funds that the prior year's attendees «bet» on the accuracy of the forecasts.

Speaking for myself, although the same would be true for most of the others, I was working within a broadly Augustinian way of thinking about these matters» a tradition that sharply distinguishes between the city of God and the city of man, and insists that the one can never be transformed into the other.

Sometimes Father Murray seemed to be whimsical about it, but at other times he was dead earnest in suggesting that a day might come when the proponents of the founding and defining Protestant tradition of the American experiment may, for complex reasons, tire of the experiment or turn against it.

There are other traditions about Jesus.

I find that most of my Christian friends who talk about homosexuality are either determined to not think about the issue because of tradition and fear or are on the other end and choose not to think about the issue because the pressure of contemporary culture (in our part of the world) is to equate my sexuality with the colour of my skin which is, in light of history, a silly equation but we should just adjust our understanding to accomodate.

Oh yes, how about releasing Pastor Yousef to show that a respect for other faiths is central to Muslim tradition.

The Guardian: Prejudices about Islam will be shaken by this show The hajj, subject of a new exhibition at the British Museum, shows that a respect for other faiths is central to Muslim tradition.

Only when we are clear about our own patterns of life and belief will we be empowered to embrace the other without fear that this will mean a loss of our traditions.

Because Fred and I are ordained within intrinsically different traditions, our constant questions about the other person's tradition fueled perpetual interest in God.

And I try to learn as much as I can about language, customs, traditions and other aspects that can lead to a better understanding of a text.

More liberal Christians would however find other grounds for their belief in Jesus and may be either agnostic about or reject the tradition.

Our «early traditions about Jesus» (to use the title of a little book by the late Professor Bethune - Baker) are not interested so much in what has been called the «biographical Jesus» as they are concerned with what Jesus did and said as he was remembered by those who believed him to be their Lord, the Risen Messiah, and who were therefore anxious to hand on to others what was remembered about him.

Questions also are raised about the identity of the church that plays such a major role in the Radical Orthodox account of history, about whether there is a doctrine of providence implicit in it, about the dismissal or ignoring of Protestantism, about the role of Jesus in its Christianity, about the role of Socrates in its Platonism, about its failure to engage with the challenge of modern scientific and technological developments, about how other faith traditions are related to this version of faith, and about whether this is a habitable orthodoxy for ordinary life.

Kelly actually is right about Santa... yes, St. Nick was Greek but every single other thing about him aside from the name comes from a Nordic tradition (reindeer, sleigh, North Pole)....

The Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, for example, holds that the Pharisees and Sadducees were justified in their attacks on Jesus because he imperiled Jewish culture at its foundations, and that by ignoring everything that belongs to wholesome social life he undercut the work of centuries.2 Others within the Christian tradition have felt considerable uneasiness lest the words of Jesus about nonresistance imperil the civil power of the State, or his words about having no anxiety for food or drink or other material possessions curtail an economic motivation essential to society.

Suddenly, reporters and plenty of others who've tuned into the wildly popular «Two and Half Men» want to know about the Seventh - day Day Adventist tradition, which Jones says in the online video he has recently joined, connecting his conversion to his new outlook on the show.

Many other saintly authorities could be quoted, but one hopes that this helps to reassure those who, in the current climate of tension, have been made nervous and perhaps over cautious about what truly belongs to the orthodox tradition of the Church.

Some Christians strongly object to talk about Mother Earth or calling God «she», but others believe that this tradition, present in Celtic Christianity, needs to be rediscovered.

But as liberals learned more about those whom they were seeking to convert to Christianity from other religious traditions, they became less sure.

The stories of the appearances of Christ combine traditions about a «spiritual body» such as Paul speaks about (the Lord appears suddenly within a room) with others which tell of a tangible body, capable of being touched or grasped and of the physical process of eating.

In contrast, some other prayer forms — including those shaped by the formula of the acronym ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication), so popular in some traditions — may serve to balance elements of prayer, but not necessarily in a way that helps us think about the flow or connections between the elements.

During that time, we studied the story of Joseph as it appears in both of our traditions — in holy text (Torah and Qur «an) and in commentary (midrash and tafsir)-- and also learned a lot about each other.

As long as most women believed that tradition, they never complained about their beatings, nor dared talk about them openly with other similarly abused women.

Their meetings are occasions when professional historians from both traditions associate freely, sharing with each other information about the past.

Might it be time to find your place among followers of Jesus who concentrate on following Jesus, loving others, and helping those who need help rather than among those who spend their time worrying about «marital cultural traditions» and similar things?

Masons are Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and just about any other religious tradition, and many Masons are not a part of any organized religion.

One of the wonderful things about the Episcopal Church and other mainline traditions is their affirmation of reason and their willingness to see both sides of an argument and be open to ambiguity.

At an early date it was a favourite of those who expected the imminent coming of God's reign on earth; Papias (early second century) made use of it and supplied other traditions about future miraculous fertility from what (he said) had come from John the Lord's disciple.

Some knowledge of the history and forms of political organization of other nations is also desirable, as a source of suggestions for improving American governmental processes and of warnings about tendencies to be avoided, and as a basis for understanding the different ways of people with other traditions, resources, and problems.

Does it make sense to continue to talk about Christian theology without the context of the other traditions?

I In my previous lecture I talked about the need to consider separately every other religious tradition and how as Christians we should understand and relate to each.

And this raises the troubling question about the environmental value of biblical revelation (not to mention that of other religious traditions).

I've talked with some who have given up on faith altogether, others who have shifted allegiance to another religious tradition, and a lot who (like me) are still a little uncertain about which road to take next.

Incidentally, however, by comparing what he knows about Christianity with what he can learn about other religions, he can achieve a perspective by which to understand the uniqueness of the Christian tradition and to face up to the meaning of the Christian mission.

If we have something to say about the timeless enemies of the human condition — injustice, ignorance, bigotry, exploitation, hunger, war — we will fail if we try to sound like every other voice in the public realm instead of using our language and tradition.

I am a rag - tag Christian myself, I borrow heavily from other traditions than my own, I learn and appreciate and welcome many expressions of faith, and Brian McLaren writes about the big gorgeous wide - open tent of Christian spirituality, and how we can cross these boundaries and false demarcations boldly, with grace.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

There are many books on the development of liturgy in which the discussion is principally about what is happening within one liturgical tradition while taking into account influences from other traditions.

The question of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God is not only a question about Muslims but one about all peoples of whatever religious tradition who raise their hearts and hands in prayer to the Divine Other.

If the constitutive assertion of this witness, however expressed or implied, is specifically christological, in that it is the assertion, in some terms or other, of the decisive significance of Jesus for human existence, the metaphysical implications of this assertion are specifically theological in that they all either are or clearly imply assertions about the strictly ultimate reality that in theistic religious traditions is termed «God.»

Developments in the «new biology,» which deals with wholes of increasing complexity in the organization of interrelated parts rather than with discrete and isolated segments, especially in molecular biology and the growing field of ecology, with its discoveries about the basic interdependence of living organisms with other living organisms and with its larger environmental context, have further undermined these traditions assumptions.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

«I've kind of just opened my mind and allowed it to not forget all the things I learned as a kid, but also be open to other ways of thinking, but still carrying that tradition of love and respect for each other, and wanting peace, and wanting a community that's safe and just where we all take care of each other and care about each other.»

Just as Paul wrote that the Law was given to lead people to Jesus (Gal 3:24), so also, other religions and pagan traditions and ideas about creation and the afterlife and defeating evil were given to lead people to Jesus.

Part of our new modesty about the authority of word in theology is the willingness to live into the experience of other traditions as we plumb our own theological sensibilities.