Sentences with phrase «adherents sought»

At the same time, climate talks have become a kind of umbrella for just about every international energy and development cause that failed to gain the long - term traction its adherents sought.

It was Karl Popper who first identified what he called «the demarcation problem» of finding a criterion to distinguish between empirical science, such as the successful 1919 test of Einstein's general theory of relativity, and pseudoscience, such as Freud's theories, whose adherents sought only confirming evidence while ignoring disconfirming cases.

My central concern with communitarianism in its current form is that its adherents seek to impose a new psychology, a new history, and even a new reality on the public.

Not exact matches

Will adherents of traditional morality, who seek only to protect their view of marriage (and not in any other way legally to stigmatize homosexuality) be relegated to the margins of society, treated the way....

The irony of communitarianism, says Frohnen, is that its adherents place themselves beyond the beliefs they seek to foster, and thus «sap the sources of the communal feelings they crave.»

These belief system seek to trascend whatever sociopolitical environment their adherents find themselves in by asserting universal ideals over cultural traditions.

They seek to maintain the integrity and vitality of their faith while acknowledging the inherent worth of the adherents of other religions.

Capitalism is designed primarily to prevent the objectives which socialists seek, and its adherents will strongly resist the measures necessary to adapt private enterprise to anything seriously approaching a socialist program.

In the face of war (or any conflict), adherents might seek peace among the warring factions within the borders of their own heart and mind.

Article I of the Statement of Belief, which must be signed by all who seek membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, the Mother Church, reads: «As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.»

Christian faith is so much faith and so little sight that its adherents are always seeking for some demonstration which will prove to themselves and others that it is true, though the demonstration is bound to be somewhat beside the point — like most miracles — proving not truth but utility, and exhibiting a power which may be that of God, but may also be that of faith itself, or of spiritual forces somewhat less than divine.

Because their faith dictates that adherents strive toward a particular sexual ethic - one that confines sexual relations to those between a husband and wife and requires celibacy in all other circumstances - they seek to help patients manage sexual impulses through «cognitive behavioral change.»

Television certainly offers the potential for social and political impact by religious broadcasters who seek to use it in that way, and yet, the example set by broadcasters in the 1980 election year left much to be desired in the eyes of many Christian leaders and adherents.

(ENTIRE BOOK) This book summarizes the history of the Christian religion, directing attention to the challenges it has met, the failures of many of its most loyal adherents to live up to «the high calling of God in Christ Jesus,» and some of the achievements in seeking to make that calling a reality.

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson's pilgrimage to Tampa to seek more small government, big liberty adherents and additional publicity is paying off, at least with a subset of November voters.

Factor investing has rightfully gained adherents among investors seeking superior risk - adjusted returns.

Building on the languages of Pop Art, Minimalism and Op Art, Halley, like his fellow Neo-Geo adherents, sought to capture what he saw as the «geometricisation of modern life».

Bannon once touted it as a «platform» for the alt - right, a small, far - right movement that seeks a whites - only state and whose adherents have espoused racist, anti-Semitic and sexist points of view.