Jenkins explores the two views of love — that it's biological (relying on the research and writings of Helen Fisher) and that it's a social construct, more
about social institutions, practices and traditions, which vary across the globe.
To ask about the future of the identity «Christian,» therefore, is to raise questions not so much about individuals as
about social institutions.
There is a great deal to know about law — as there is
about any social institution examined from the outside.
Not exact matches
«
Social norms, which are people's beliefs
about what
institutions and other people consider acceptable behavior, powerfully influence what people do and don't do,» the pair wrote.
Enter the DO School, a global
institution that, for select programs, borrows students passionate
about social change from accredited colleges and offers them experiential learning through doing, challenging them to solve real - world, pressing problems in sustainable ways.
If you're a
social media expert, for example, you could have a talk
about social media marketing strategies healthcare
institutions need to incorporate.
People have the right to leave church and organized religion, they have a right to question an
institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and talks
about how many of the priests used to «hang out» with the young girls out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing
social justice.
By doing so, he stepped into a centuries - old debate
about the origins and future of the oppressive
social institution.
The all - powerful multilateral
institutions are not concerned
about the satisfaction of human and
social needs.
It is for this reason that Niebuhr could be moderately optimistic
about the course of history and make comparatively high demands on
social institutions (unlike, e.g., St. Augustine).
At the same time, the school's transactions with its neighborhood inescapably teach certain concepts to its own members, that is, teach certain capacities and abilities
about how to lead an
institution in its relationships with its immediate
social context.
Along with this effort to provide a broader
social understanding of religious
institutions and a more sophisticated framework in which to explain the dynamics of religious life, practical theologians raise specific questions
about education for contemporary religious leaders.
Maclntyre underscores the point
about identity being conferred by
social institutions when he states that any conception of moral action must be accompanied by a sociology of the same.
It is also true that much
social change in Ireland has come
about as a result of strong pressure from E.U.
institutions, for example, the decriminalization of «homosexual acts» in 1993 (homosexuality as such was never illegal in Ireland, but «homosexual acts» were).
Theories of modernization, despite the rather serious attacks to which they have been subjected in recent years, have been so prominent in the
social sciences, and have played such an important role in our thinking
about social change, that any effort to consider the changing relations between states and religious
institutions must begin here.
«Because when I think
about the aim, the purpose of religion, I think it becomes — when you put aside the
social institutions that spring up around religions in all their strains and various forms of strands — I believe that the purpose of religion is love and connection, to feel connected to one another and to feel at ease with who we are... a kind of oneness, a kind of wholeness.
If people of faith wish to address these issues, however, then we also need to recognize what is beneficial
about the modern differentiation of
social institutions.
It is the place - based
social infrastructure, including
social networks and
institutions, that gives people sufficient security to think
about getting out in the first place.
Perhaps I'll say more on democratic greatness achieved by this little show, and particularly what it reveals
about the unique
social institution that the American public High School is, later on.
As has been noted, Jesus had very little to say
about specific
social institutions of any kind.
Since the World Bank affects poor people around the globe more directly than any other
social institution, John Cobb's exploration is important for anyone concerned
about how Christians can creatively engage economic issues and trends.
Karen I like what you say
about individuals being abused while at the same time being abuser but the
social conditioning of an
institution.
A great deal of our contemporary problem
about «love perfectionism» centers in the attempt to ground ethics either in human nature or in the structure of
social institutions.
Knowledge
about individual community leaders, the history and development of a town, the way decisions are made in its
institutions and
social groups, the deals being made in the world of politics and business, the norms and values in the arts and sciences, the presuppositions and operational concepts of the professions — this is grist for the mill of a core group which has the responsibility of planning strategy for the mission of a particular church in an American community.
As we will see below, the all - powerful multilateral
institutions are not concerned
about the satisfaction of human and
social needs.
The psychological strategy fully shares its optimistic assumptions
about the inherent benevolence abiding in all people, the moral significance of the individual's expressive needs, the absolute moral priority of the unhindered and unencumbered individual over the exigencies of the group, as well as its antipathy toward
social convention and traditional
institutions.
There are a lot of debates in the humanities
about the relative influence of agency (the will and power of individuals),
institutions, and structure (a more abstract concepts including things like
social norms and expectations which are not formalized).
The church is not the only
social institution to complain
about the difficulty of getting volunteer workers, Nor is the church the only
social institution to express concern
about the effect of violent or sexually explicit programs, particularly on children.
Those who argue against same - sex marriage on the basis of its potential to diminish the effectiveness of the
institution as a solid foundation for
social stability have not thought
about the price we have already paid for this personal freedom, or the historical reality that most citizens of Western Nations have already chosen to pay it rather than choose the relative
social stability / security of tribalistic collectivism.
Whatever their differences, the greatest of modern Italian novelists — Manzoni, Verga, Moravia, Silone, Lampedusa — share a fundamental pessimism
about the human capacity to alter
social institutions.
The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political
institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy,
about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in
social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.
The Labour leader offers an innovative politics of participation which is
about doing things «with» people rather than «to» them, sweeping away anachronistic
institutions and inherited privilege; if carried forward this might be the platform for a resurgence of British
social democracy.
«I was shocked when I learnt
about this event on
social media, at a time when as a country we're cutting budgetary support to various
institutions and as such we the citizens would want to see some seriousness in government business, the Akufo Addo administration is rather thinking of a celebration.
Our
social institutions, public policy and the way we think
about our society and national identity has to catch up with this massive cultural shift.»
In this article David Miliband has nothing to say
about families, charities,
social entrepreneurs and religious
institutions, other than citing Tony Blair's notion of «interdependence», which, unlike David Cameron's idea of «
social responsibility», is devoid of ethical content.
Scientists and professionals at research
institutions eager to inform the public
about their work need to go where the readers, or increasingly, the viewers are: a range of
social media platforms.
BOSTON — A scientist and an engineer are charting new courses for their
institutions, drawing on their insider status and progressive
social views
about modern universities.
About the Basque Culinary Center The Basque Culinary Center is an academic
institution dedicated to higher learning, research, innovation, and the promotion of gastronomy as a resource for society's economic and
social development.
It is important to consider larger institutional attitudes toward Twitter and
social media platforms in general; at Michael Thompson's
institution (University of New Hampshire), there was a university - wide push to engage on Twitter; Gretchen Kiser's
institution (UC San Francisco) was concerned
about branding and more hesitant toward strong engagement on
social media at first.
The Audience Award: Documentary was presented to The Invisible War, directed by Kirby Dick,
about: an investigative and powerfully emotional examination of the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the
institutions that cover up its existence and the profound personal and
social consequences that arise from it.
As a society and within our educational
institutions, discussions
about bias, diversity, discrimination, and
social justice tend to happen in middle and high schools.
About how, in neighborhoods with so little
social capital, so few functioning
institutions and places of authority, those schools give hope and structure to their kids that they yearn for.
They were
about achieving the
social objectives on which the
institution's based.
A question I have is: How can what I learn
about the Finnish system help refine my lens in terms of ways education might serve as an economic leveler as opposed to being an
institution that reinforces
social economic status and opportunity?
Explore our map to learn
about ordinary people who are striving to build and sustain racially, culturally, linguistically and economically integrated schools, communities and a wide range of
social institutions in the United States.
His research, articles and books provided a blueprint for those interested in bringing
about future reform in schools and other
social institutions.
Hood is now working on outlining more details
about the practical elements of the
institution, including for the content and composition of the course, the design of the
social enterprise and the costs involved.
«But many of these charter providers —
social entrepreneurs with a new generation of philanthropists supporting them — know very little
about their communities and are dismissive of legacy
institutions that they see as dinosaurs.
Information
about you and the joint owner if there is one is:
Social security number, Driver's license number, home address, the account number, routing number and name of financial
institution that you will be using to transfer funds to make your initial deposit.
On the panel, he will talk
about some of the big questions that are faced by the farmed animal advocacy movement, such as whether it is best to focus on changing individual consumption,
institutions, or
social norms.