Sentences with phrase «about religious language»

We now turn to a position which has become for me a watershed in thinking about religious language.

At times the debate about religious language seems like a pitched battle between political camps of the left and the right.

The author explores these elements and possible points of contact with elements in Christian tradition and experience, raising questions about religious language: reality, analogy and metaphor.

And they were able to read it in language written so that anyone, even, as Tyndale wrote, «the boy who driveth the plow,» could understand it.1 The Word became, as Ong says, silent.2 That silence has had profound influence on the way we think about religious language, but it is well to remember that when those translations into the vernacular were made, they were not written down in the language of print.

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Whatever else one might say about Lincoln's religious views, it is true that he was most convincing when he set out to be; he utilized language to elucidate any number of subjects.

do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.

Christians who wish to speak «the language of the people» — and thus talk a lot about what makes up «the Christian lifestyle» — often assume that they can return to their own familiar «religious» language of grace and faith, sin and redemption, justice and mercy, even act and consequence, whenever they want.

It is indeed legitimate to speak of the person of God within the religious relation and in its language; but in so doing we are making no essential statement about the Absolute which reduces it to the personal.

One way that religious folks avoid uncomfortable conversations about ambition is they cloak them with religious language.

The word God is the key in all religious language, although phrases about him and his actions are logically odd, and we need to make use of models and qualifiers in prolific abundance if we are to provide those situations in which may be evoked disclosures leading to commitment.

By working out a neoclassical theory of nonliteral religious discourse consistent with his neoclassical theism generally, he has not only overcome the notorious contradictions involved in classical theism's use of analogy and other modes of nonliteral language, he has also given good reasons for thinking that our distinctively modern reflection about God results from two movements of thought, not simply from one.

The persistent dilemma of religious thought and speech is the struggle for adequacy in forming language about the things of God.

As language leads one into theology, either through a moment of disclosure or through the adoption of a new on - look, the religious person has the problem of fitting what he comes to believe about God into a world view.

Drawing on novelists, poets, as well as Scripture, Trotter leads us through a perilous issue with a result that opens up new options for religious expressions, as well as warnings about traditional religious language.

While the religious groups seem to be speaking more stridently in their own languages, there is a realization that the grant of authority to the churches to speak definitively about the «things of God» has largely been wit · hdrawn.

But it might not be idle or grotesque to suggest that there is a Buddhist ground for Whitehead's language about God, which is to say a religious ground which is far more meaningful in terms of the symbolic language of Buddhism than it is in that of any other religious tradition, including Christianity.

Only such a religious vision makes possible Whitehead's language about God, and quite naturally Whitehead's fullest speech about God is dipolar, in that it simultaneously speaks about God and the World or the World and God.

Lindbeck observed that in their emphasis upon the function of religious language as propositional information about objective realities, conservative theologians tend to confirm the approach to religion taken by most Anglo - American analytic philosophers.

Philosophy has aided theology a good deal within this century in helping it to examine its own language critically, and there is still an important place for philosophizing about the nature of religious experience, and the reality of religious truth.

There will be no human language about God, no human vision of God, no religious awareness of God: in short, it is only Godless man who can truly have faith in God.

Analytic philosophy typically assumes that religious language is meaningful only if it makes universally valid statements about matters of fact in the form of propositions.

if were only going to use the KJV why stop at greek, or latin why not only read the original texts which were written in Coptic the simple fact is not a single one of us, including our highest religious leaders, other then about 30 ancient language specialist in the world have ever read an original scripture.

The religious use of biblical language about masters and servants and slaves and redemption and bought with a price and bondservant and lord and service and unquestioning obedience, etcetera, all come from an age when slavery was an assumed, acceptable and even enviable way of life.

We are to deal with the key problem of how to talk about God, as this issue is illuminated by our understanding of how religious language works.

I am also concerned about the demonizing language that is common, not only among the leaders of Religious Right, but also among its critics.

His own experience as an undergraduate in the heyday of logical positivism raised serious questions about the possibility of the meaningfulness of moral and religious language.

Lest it seem as though I would subordinate religious to metaphysical language, thereby reinforcing the Western rationalistic critique of religion, I hasten to point out that in Hinduism, philosophy never developed in opposition to religion; the philosophical critique of energy that never ceases to preoccupy Western culture could not arise in a culture like Hinduism, where the language about the gods — what we call mythology — was never denied its rightful place in the scheme of things.

While the religious or the ecclesiastical Christian has increasingly become incapable of speaking about damnation, the radical Christian, who has been willing to confront the totally alien form of God which has been manifest in our time, has known the horror of Satan and Hell, and can all too readily speak the language of guilt and damnation.

The diversity of functions of religious language has also been presented in the writings of anthropologists about myths.

Beliefs about the nature of reality are presupposed in all the other varied uses of religious language.

Language about oneself, about moral awareness, and about loyalty and self - commitment, is said to be logically similar to religious language.

The new order does away with explicit language about prioritizing religious minorities, as well as loosens Trump's initial limits on who's allowed to enter the United States.

Furthermore, because bliks are a basis for self - involving language, we care very deeply about our religious assertions.

Behavioral differences may result, but the language used to talk about behavior also provides cues for inclusion or exclusion in a particular religious community.

Ball's growing concerns over the religious exemptions in the governor's bill was met with a statement from Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto, who said the Hudson Valley Republican was wrong about the language.

I tagged myself «Smart, Sassy and Sensual in Baltimore,» and I told my prospective suitors all about my career, my two grown sons, my young daughter, my religious preferences, my travels, my hobbies, my degree of fluency in various foreign languages.

LANGUAGE 6 - About 12 F - words, 3 sexual references, 10 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, name - calling (old, irresponsible, flaky, crazy, mumbo jumbo, mental), stereotypical references to men, women, non-working boyfriends, news reporters, looters, police officers, wait staff, estranged fathers, prisoners in jail, retired soldiers, 1 religious profanity, 15 religious exclamations.

LANGUAGE 7 - About 20 F - words and its derivatives, 8 sexual references, 1 scatological term, 5 anatomical terms, 2 mild obscenities (damn, screwed up), name - calling (sentimental, degenerate, homosexual, whore, toads), 2 religious exclamations («Jesus» and «Oh God»).

LANGUAGE 5 - About 7 F - words, 2 scatological terms, 17 mild obscenities, name - calling (Red, savages, cutthroat, bastards, butcher, pasty face, belligerents, rattle snake people, demons, Frenchy, animals, retched savages), 5 religious profanities (GD), 7 religious exclamations (Oh Dear God, Lord Willing, Good Lord, Oh God, Jesus, a man says a prayer over the graves of a woman's family members).

LANGUAGE 10 - About 123 F - words, 3 obscene hand gestures, 1 sexual hand gesture, 35 scatological terms, 14 anatomical terms, 12 mild obscenities, 1 derogatory term for lesbians, name - calling (most hated man in American, tooth fairy, dumb, boobs, big fate gas bag, nobody, fat, ugly, retarded, creepy, redneck, honey, idiot, insane, whore, trashy, haters, hot house flower, white trash, graceless, stupid, soft, monster, megalomaniacal, greenhorn, she looked like she stepped in poo, selfish), exclamations (shut her up, shut - up, keep your big mouth shut), 4 religious profanities (GD), 11 religious exclamations (e.g.. For Christ Sake, Jesus, Oh My God, God, I Swear To God, Holy [scatological term deleted]-RRB-.

LANGUAGE 6 - About 17 F - words and its derivatives, 2 obscene hand gestures, 3 scatological terms, 1 anatomical term, 2 mild obscenities, name - calling (crazy, queer, creep), exclamations (shut - up), 2 religious exclamations (Oh My God, Jesus).

LANGUAGE 6 - About 13 F - words and its derivatives, 6 scatological terms, 4 mild obscenities, name - calling (crazy, weird, old, nuts, liar), exclamations (shut - up), 4 religious exclamations (Oh My God, Holy Christ, God Made A Mistake, God Doesn't Make Mistakes).

LANGUAGE 10 - About 66 F - words and its derivatives, 13 scatological terms, 6 anatomical terms, 5 mild obscenities, name - calling (wounded puppy, crazy, unique, Frankenstein, scary villain, idiot, sweetie, ogre, crazy, stupid, goofiest, Baby Face, nosy guy), exclamations (shut - up, wow, grow up, chill out, oh wow,), 3 religious profanities (GD), 20 religious exclamations (e.g. Jesus, Jesus Christ, Oh My God, My God, Oh God, God Forgive Me, Oh God, My God).

LANGUAGE 7 - About 16 F - words, many anatomical references, several scatological references and mild obscenities, some religious profanities, many racial slurs and insults.

LANGUAGE 5 - About 1 not fully enunciated F - word derivative, 4 obscene hand gestures, 16 scatological terms, 7 anatomical terms, 23 mild obscenities, name - calling (crazy, insane, bastards, weird, weirdo, brother, ugly, big fella), 3 religious profanities (GD), 12 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God, My God, Holy [scatological term deleted], Thank God, Jesus).

LANGUAGE 5 - About 9 F - words and its derivatives, 1 obscene hand gesture, 4 sexual references, 9 scatological terms, 7 anatomical terms, 4 mild obscenities, name - calling (crazy, insane, promiscuous, ex-mistress, lying piece of [scatological term deleted]-RRB-, 1 religious profanity (GD), 14 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Christ, Oh God, Jesus).

LANGUAGE 9 - About 49 F - words (1 mouthed) and its derivatives, 1 sexual reference, 19 scatological terms, 13 anatomical terms (1 in Spanish with no translation), 1 mild obscenity, name - calling (animal, hero or zero, scrapper, old man, criminals, The Fish, fat greasy, poachers, Grim Reaper, monsters, cold, funny guy), exclamations (shut the [F - word deleted] up, shut - up), 2 religious profanities, 9 religious exclamations (e.g. I Swear To [F - word deleted] God, Jesus Christ, I Swear To God, Oh My God, Jesus).

LANGUAGE 10 - About 78 F - words and its derivatives, 26 sexual references, 2 obscene hand gestures (one delivered by a young girl), 44 scatological terms, 18 anatomical terms, 20 mild obscenities, 3 derogatory terms for homosexuals, name - calling (retard, idiot, bad person, loser, fat, tweeker, moron, dumb, stupid, frigid), 8 religious profanities, 17 religious exclamations.

LANGUAGE 10 - About 60 F - words and its derivatives, 1 F - word written in a text message, 1 obscene hand gesture, 5 sexual references, 18 scatological terms, 12 anatomical terms, 15 mild obscenities, name - calling (stupid, dumb, retarded stepchild, idiot, playboy, deadbeat), exclamations (keep your mouth shut, jeez), 5 religious profanities (GD), 15 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Holy [scatological term deleted], Oh God, God Forbid, Jesus, Lord Almighty, Gold Almighty).

But they are also talking about much more than a number or language level — they are talking about prior academic experiences (or lack thereof), cultural and religious traditions, hobbies, personality, family circumstances, and background about the student's home community or native country that can inform their instructional decisions in the classroom.