Sentences with word «acquiescence»

His words remind me of the passive acquiescence of clubs and schools and communities that denied entrance to those without Protestant qualifications.

It takes the attitude of acquiescence in monotony often followed by an intolerable boredom which in turn arouses within us a rage for chaos.

Ontarians are bullied into acquiescence by a government that claims they had to do it to save the planet.

Republicans, in turn, have come under criticism from conservatives for what they have seen as acquiescence on key issues like gun control and minimum wage.

«Ihe passive acquiescence of the seller in the self - deception of the buyer,» said Cockburn CJ, did not «entitle the latter to avoid the contract».

And even if authoritarianism is put in place by consent or through acquiescence then everyone has to consider how likely it is to be helpful based on historical precedent.

Such wordings often encourage a positive response: this is known in the polling world as acquiescence bias.»

The tribunal had failed to apply the guidance in Gurung [2002] UKIAT 04870: mere membership of a proscribed terrorist organisation was not sufficient to justify exclusion unless the organisation was so extreme that voluntary membership could be presumed to amount to at least acquiescence amounting to complicity.

It is a puerile and pathetic argument, meant to guilt people into acquiescence, but since it is being entertained, we must ask whether it is true.

As soon as Christianity became institutionalized, we Christians began to require acquiescence to creeds and conformity in worship before people could be members.

Newman proposed that Mary's faith «did not end in a mere acquiescence in Divine providences and revelations: as the text informs us, she «pondered them.»»

The apparent acquiescence of the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour to industrial and business interests (traditionally the allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for the industrial proletariat and its problems.

We need to slough off theological ideals and accept the true theology, he countered, which is concerned only with total acquiescence to the state.

DO maintain equality of treatment for different religions (does not mean acquiescence with anything they want whether Moslem women's veils on I»D's or praying 5 times at work..

Daly's affirmation of process philosophy in Beyond God the Father prefaced the warning that women must beware of easy acquiescence to prefabricated theory, since the essential aim of feminist theology / philosophy is to elicit, express, and interpret women's experience (BGF 189).

Too often there has been a polite acquiescence which either hid grudging acceptance or even worse, what is oxymoronically described as loyal disobedience.

In any event, no amount of pro-family and pro-marriage agitation can cover up the contradiction of Christian acquiescence in a culture of divorce that produces disposable spouses and turns the solemn covenant of marriage into a contract of convenience.

Nevertheless, its institutional acquiescence in Hitler's wars and genocidal programs was as supine as that of German Protestantism.

Religion is not a matter for uncritical acquiescence, nor are religious traditions simply to be accepted or rejected.

Jesus does not greet death with friendly acquiescence.

It is widely recognized that our taxes pay for legalized waste, but considering the worldwide devastation implicit in our military spending, the taxpayer's acquiescence also extends to legalized murder.

Ironically, the effort to make «truth» unitary and absolute, as a way of strengthening acquiescence to church teaching authority, has exactly the opposite effect.

We therefore reject the AV as on its own a solution despite what many see as its very considerable advantage of ensuring that every constituency member gains majority acquiescence».

Ultimately «Denial» works, thanks to its strong cast - particularly Spall, who gives Irving a slightly mad gleefulness, and Weisz, whose smart, tough Deborah chafes against the quiet acquiescence expected of her.

But ultimately «Denial» works, thanks to its strong cast — particularly Spall, who gives Irving a slightly mad gleefulness, and Weisz, whose smart, tough Deborah chafes against the quiet acquiescence expected of her.

The Court of Appeal is expected to address the issue of alleged consent or acquiescence about trade mark use.

Not only acquiescence but a beseeching, approval seeking, people pleasing.

In the foregoing discussion of Christian natural theology I expressed my own acquiescence in this relativistic understanding to a considerable degree.

We have tried to explain these persuasively, but not to gain acquiescence through pressure or coercion.

But there's the rub: the data leak, the milquetoast apology, and his sudden acquiescence to having his company regulated all seem to follow a pattern.

Virginia Stem Owens in her book The Total Image notes how the mass - cultural acquiescence seen in the paid - time religious broadcasters is part of a broader infatuation by evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity with mass commercial and advertising culture.

I (well, my then 12 year old daughter, encouraged by wife) with my very very reluctant acquiescence) got Abbie, our 3 yr old Parson Russell terrier at 10 weeks.

For one thing, Square's acquiescence leaves the legal issues unresolved.

While we rate that as unlikely, China has just banned all new coin offerings, a reminder that cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin exist by the grace of government acquiescence.

The tirades in which these words are launched ¯ Senator Kennedy's neck muscles bulge, his flesh turns bright red, his voice rises ever higher so as to forbid anybody ¯ anybody ¯ from interrupting him ¯ are meant to enforce acquiescence, not consent.

It's rather clear that most arguing this position do so from a primary motivation founded in a self - serving acquiescence in hopes of avoiding their mortality.

A ferocious critic of accommodationist Christianity, Bonhoeffer, within a short time of leaving Berlin, had shed forever the martial nationalism that was Harnack's public posture, as well as the softer type of political acquiescence that went with traditional Lutheran «two kingdoms» theology.

I don't simply want unthinking acquiescence to my expectations: I want each child to understood goodness and shalom and abundant life.

Or take another recent story on Francis, which referred to «Rome during the Second World War, when the silence of Pope Pius XII was understood as a tacit admission of Vatican acquiescence with the policies of the Axis.»

Meek acquiescence is what the master wants.

After this bold request (there is no premature acquiescence in Jesus» prayer), he submits his will to God's.