Sentences with phrase «about public faith»

It is also, in the end, about public faith in the decision - making processes of our most important institutions.

Not exact matches

All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.

Not about the integrity of any individual's faith in God, but about the integrity of the church's public teaching.

FOR ONCE, a person of public faith who doesn't seek to prescribe to me or judge me, but instead turns her focus inward to find out exactly why she believes as she does, and then writes about the experience so I and others can weigh the merits and decide for ourselves.

It seems to be everywhere the suggestion that people should stop talking about faith and the founders of faith, in public.

The secular humanist public schools are always on about persecution, hoping to entice kids into believing that if they leave their faith they will be part of the «majority» and therefore safer.

Faith - based charity Marriage Care has backed the proposals, speaking on Premier's News Hour, chief executive, Mark Molden said: «what this is about is saying, look; at a key moment where public services are in front of both expectant mother and expectant father let's give them some support at that crucial juncture to think about their relationship, think about how they might weather the inevitable storms that a new baby brings into a relation ship.

I would like a politician who thinks it's crass to talk about faith in public.

While these contentious issues have already generated a heightened interest in Pope Francis» words and the American bishops» public statements, they also call on young Catholics to reflect more deeply about the seriousness of their faith and Catholic identity.

Heather Tomlinson says its not easy for Bear Grylls, Sally Phillips and Justin Bieber to be public about their faith

At Wednesday's oral arguments, the court's conservative majority appeared to have the votes to allow the public prayers to continue in some form, but both sides expressed concerns about the level of judicial and government oversight over prayers presented by members of a particular faith.

Plus, he was very public about his Christian faith.

A survey last month by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found «little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates» respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the fall elections.»

This year's Republican primary season offers us an important opportunity to confront our scruples about the privacy of faith in public life — and to get over them.

I wonder what that man would have said, could I have asked him whether he was concerned about our nation's need for a renewal of powerful, ethical religion that would re-establish faith in spiritual realities and values, and elevate the standards of personal and public integrity.

Christianity Today online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey spoke with Rubio about his diverse faith background, how his faith influences his policy positions, and why Christians should be involved in the public square.

The truth is that both this cynicism and the naive faith it shatters are based on ignorance about public matters that a healthy republic can hardly afford.

If faith in God is serious, then any discourse about that faith must be public.

Since not all faiths follow Jesus, a public blog about him would offer no comfort to them.

They ask congregations to develop teens» capacities for «serious, articulate, confident, personal and congregational faith» in contrast to the neutral discourse about religion of the pluralistic public sphere or the strident religious speech of those who cause offense.

If you want to be public about your faith, your bumper sticker should be far more explicit.

Jeremy Lin, the Harvard educated, Asian - American, basketball phenom who makes public proclamations about his Christian faith, is all the rage right now.

In the Gallup survey, for example, 90 percent of the public claimed to have thought about «living a worthwhile life» at least a fair amount (or a lot) during the preceding two years; 83 percent said they had thought often about their «basic values in life»; 81 percent gave the same response for «your relation to God»; and 70 percent gave similar answers for «developing your faith.»

It was no better than the piety of bourgeois idealism with its naive preachments about moral optimism, its identification of the ideal society with the Kingdom of God, and its simple confidence in the possibility of implementing in public life the absolutes of the Christian faith.

Questions have been asked about the consistency of The Rev. Vosper in regard to her public statements as opposed to her public professions of faith and belief at the time of her ordination and every single time she was covenanted into a new pastoral relationship, including in 1997 with her current congregation.

«I had not heard him speak that openly about his faith in a public setting prior to last night,» said Gary Marx, a former Romney aide who is executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in an interview on Thurfaith in a public setting prior to last night,» said Gary Marx, a former Romney aide who is executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in an interview on ThurFaith and Freedom Coalition, in an interview on Thursday.

In October of last year Faith Movement hosted a public meeting in London for all those interested in learning more about the thought of the movement.

Romney campaign spokeswoman man Andrea Saul said it was not unusual for Romney to talk publicly about his faith in public and in news media interviews.

President Obama has been a leader on so many of the issues and values religious Americans are passionate about — from comprehensive and just immigration reform to the Affordable Care Act to maintaining and supporting the critical role of faith in public life.

If half the public says they don't know very much about Mormonism and one - third of Republicans say the Mormon religion is not a Christian faith, how will GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney fare in his bid for the White House?

Actually, millennial Christians are more likely than any age group — notably, those generations of Christians that invested a ton of hope in the political process — to share their faith in public (43 percent say they talk to others about their faith at least once a week).

I suggest some of those making judgements about Tim Tebow's public faith, read about his life story, and read about all the good he does off the field.

That is, we shall have to make the substantive case for that which we hold to be true in the face of those who really do not know, and can not quite imagine, what we are talking about — especially if we expect our faith to have some bearing on how we conduct public business.

The country, which was about 2 % Muslim in 1990, grew to 4.6 % Muslim in 2010, with nearly 2.9 million followers of the faith, according to analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

What surprised me about Bahloul, in both his public talk and our private conversations, was his deep and abiding faith in America.

Some philosophers, nervous about the possibility of religious coercion and intimidation, have concluded that religious people should keep their faith out of public life.

Heaven forbid a religious person say anything about their faith in public?

He has been very public about his Christian faith and invoked God frequently at news conferences.

It is very encouraging to see this debate about the understanding of science within a faith perspective becoming so public.

I think using the [bully] «pulpit,» using the public forum to talk about the tenets of the faith in a way that draws people together.

His public thinking about the faith was designed to persuade white Christians to take seriously the humanity of Negroes.

Since public consensus was the ideal, it was thought best to be low - key, entirely civil, and broadly inclusive about one's faith.

I do wonder how far an «alternate - faith» business can go, if they are overtly public about being, say, Buddhist or Pagan.

Even historians who share the same faith disagree about many details, such as the time and place at which Jesus was born, the duration of his public ministry, his messianic or divine claims, his intent to establish a Church, the dates of his Last Supper and of the crucifixion.

The Republican presidential candidate's 2007 church switch also may mirror something much more personal: The culmination of Perry's journey from a mainline Protestant upbringing to an evangelical - flavored faith built on close relationships with Baptist preachers and giving public testimony about God.

Emphatic that «faith is personal and honorable and uncorrupted by political influence,» Mondale is less clear about how religious and moral meaning should enter into the public forum.

Faculty at these institutions «fear engaging students» religious identities in class, being unsure about the right to express faith or spirituality in public settings.»

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itself.

Through a combination of providence and design, a significant number of Christian faculty who are willing to be public about their convictions and to integrate their faith with their teaching have been gathered.

«As they participate in various causes, it is essential that faculty and staff engage in and speak about public issues in ways that faithfully represent the college's evangelical Statement of Faith.»