Sentences with phrase «as abolition»

«The transformation towards a low - carbon society is therefore as much an ethical imperative as the abolition of slavery and the condemnation of child labor.»

Soon, Struensee becomes a favorite of the king to such an extent that he is allowed to propose reformist laws such as abolition of censorship, the banning of torture, vaccinations for all; but for a while the nobles who form the small legislative body resist all changes that would strip them of money and power, turning down the chief executive right and left until the latter grows a pair.

Some of the issues expected to be covered — such as abolition of the CSIRO's institutes and changes to the role of chiefs of divisions — have already been canvassed in the Press.

Neither can we expect that eye catching policies such as the abolition of fees or the renationalisation of the railways will be enough to carry us over the line.

The controversial policy document was voted through by the conference, freeing the leadership to downgrade policies, such as the abolition of tuition fees, to aspirations rather than commitments.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

Ms Harman said Labour would oppose some of the changes to tax credits, as well as the abolition of the child poverty targets, but that they wouldn't do «blanket opposition» because people don't want it.

He spoke about this in the Riddell Memorial Lectures at the University of Durham, published in 1947 as The Abolition of Man.

The work of Wesley and the Evangelical Revival brought personal faith to thousands and stirred up movements for reform, such as the abolition of slavery.

It's obvious that such advances as abolition were a product of the Enlightenment, and that enlightened Christians then reworked their interpretation of the Bible to support this secular discovery, not the other way around, like preachers like to claim these days.

(I think of John Wycliffe, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King Jr.,) In fact, some of the greatest accomplishments in history, such as the abolition of slavery, resulted from counter-cultural action from the Church.

The belief that every single person is precious in God's sight has inspired some Christians to work for social changes such as the abolition of slavery, an end to the exploitation of factory workers, the removal of racial discrimination and apartheid, and the prevention of cruelty to and the sexual abuse of women and children.

Not exact matches

«It was obvious, from the start, that the DoJ attorneys viewed state officials and the legislative majority and their staffs as a bunch of backwoods hayseed bigots who bemoan the abolition of the poll tax and pine for the days of literacy tests and lynchings,» Smith wrote.

The vast majority also believed the abolition of notes and coins would cause problems to parts of the population, such as the elderly, while only a third saw it as a way to fight tax evasion and money laundering.

They also take into account the abolition, as of March 2013, of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).

Most religions have consistently resisted progress — including the abolition of slavery; women's right to vote and choose contraception and abortion; medical developments such as the use of anesthesia; scientific understanding of the heliocentric solar system and evolution, and the American principle of state / church separation.

As Oliver O'Donovan has put it, «New creation is creation renewed, a restoration and enhancement, not an abolition... God has announced his kingdom in a Second Adam, and «Adam» means «Human.»

And we have tried, often succeeding such as in the cas of abolition of slavery, to do far more good.

q. Miscellaneous final additions, such as the ninth categoreal obligation in II.1.4 or the abolition of reversion 249.41 - 250.11 / 381.36 - 382.19 or the final section on the «fourth phase»: V. 2.7.

He asserts emphatically: «The gospel (without in the least slighting any other of the things it preaches) must be interpreted as requiring abolition of the class system, an end of the American bombing of Vietnam and of the wasteful armaments competition, and the obliteration of anachronistic frontiers.»

Not until the Christian recognizes the Crucifixion as enacting and embodying the self - negation of the sovereign and transcendent Creator can he celebrate an atonement which is the source of the abolition of all confinement and repression.

A radical Christian would interpret these words as meaning that the glory of the God of the old covenant is abolished, for apart from an abolition of the God of judgment, there remains no possibility of transforming humanity into the likeness or image of the glory of Christ.

In one memorable paragraph we have the comparison made between a universe without moral laws and led just by human desire, which leads to a dying universe, as indicated by C. S. Lewis in his book The Abolition of Man, and Nagel's view of the universe becoming aware of itself in man, and becoming conscious of truth, beauty and goodness.

At first, as in the case of Elijah, it was the abolition of foreign sacrifices that was called for, but a century later this attack was taken a stage further.

Parole abolition, also known as «truth in sentencing,» is a criminal - justice fad that swept the nation in the mid-1990s.

The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of men, is a demand for their real happiness.

If the idea of prison abolition at first seems a bit impractical even to liberals, it becomes somewhat more plausible as the ideology is examined in juxtaposition with strategy and tactics.

Advocates of this reform conceive of the abolition of prisons as a long - range goal.

The story of abolition is a complicated one, as Stark's investigation attests.

The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness.

If one asks, what are the possible roads to a world without war, that essential way - station on the way to freedom of information in anecologically organized world, Arthur Waskow answers that there are five: (a) Control of the nation - state system through stabilizing the balance of power and reducing international tensions but keeping the weapons; (b) Reform of the system through total disarmament without abandoning national sovereignty or the pursuit of national interest; (c) Extension of the system through the creation of a federal world government; (d) Fragmentation of the system through increases in the power of extra-national associations and Institutions across national boundaries, and corresponding decreases in state power as these occupational, industrial, scientific, and other groups gradually expropriate from the national governments the power to make decisions within their own fields; and (e) Abolition of the system through substituting love f or coercion.20.»

If morality as proclaimed by various religions is denied a place at the policy table, then our nation will only be guided by those with a very cramped and limited moral view — which would have been a disaster for abolition and civil rights way back then — and would be no less a disaster today.

Referring to C. S. Lewis's much - cited claim in The Abolition of Man, Kass writes that if «man's so - called power over nature is, in truth, always a power exercised by some over others with knowledge of nature as their instrument, can it really be liberating to exchange the rule of nature for the role of arbitrary human will?»

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

The inexpressible sadness of our era is that as soon as the dream is revived it dies, overwhelmed by the harsh realities of a world where finally only military might settles international disputes and where even the prospect of total annihilation can not generate a sustained effort for the abolition of war.

Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»

This is why I believe it's so important to study both historical religious arguments supporting the abolition of slavery and historical religious arguments opposing the abolition of slavery (see my post on Mark Noll's The Civil War as a Theological Crisis» for a sampling), as well as historical religious arguments supporting desegregation and historical religious arguments opposing desegregation — not because I believe both sides are equal, but because the patterns of argumentation that emerge are so unnervingly familiar:

Communism, as originally laid out by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, required the abolition of all religion in order to reach its ideal end - state.

We no longer regard knowledge as a truncated pyramid in which each advance in knowledge diminishes the unknown, with an eye to its final abolition.

This spirit of Christian brotherhood, joined with Jesus» insight into the worth of every person as a child of God, was bound to create a ferment which led eventually to the abolition of overt slavery throughout the Christian world.

The corresponding image of God as one who embraces this depth of human shame as an aspect of the divine life amounts to nothing less than a metaphysical abolition of all the alternative ideas of God, most of which lend sanction to our exclusivist heroics.

The remarkable happiness Jesus brought to his friends and followers is due in large measure to their experience of the abolition of shame as they lived in his forgiving presence.

As part of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 — named for the famous British Christian abolitionist responsible for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 — Congress passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA).

But when it comes to more basic values such as religous freedom and the abolition of slavery, Hutchens's argument isn't as cogent.

Such rapid abolition of ancient impulses and propensities reminds us so strongly of what has been observed as the result of hypnotic suggestion that it is difficult not to believe that subliminal influences play the decisive part in these abrupt changes of heart, just as they do in hypnotism.

So much for our graduate of Oxford, in whom you notice the complete abolition of an ancient appetite as one of the conversion's fruits.

The modern theory, which swept away every authority except that of the State, and has made the sovereign power irresistible by multiplying those who share it... condemns as a State within the State every inner group and community, class or corporation, administering its own affairs; and, by proclaiming the abolition of privileges, it emancipates the subjects of every such authority in order to transfer them exclusively to its own....

History suggests that American Protestants, despite their recent preoccupations with virtue and tradition, are probably just resting between their periodic commitments to social transformation (joining such causes as temperance, abolition, the social gospel and civil rights).

Simple — leave me alone and you can be as crazy / passionate / spiritual as you want... but that MUST stop at my front door the same as mine stops at yours (or can you show me the atheist politician who's pushing for the abolition of religious practices?)

Through emphasizing the «calling» to work as a way of serving God, through warning against the pursuit of frivolous leisure - time activities, and through approving the abolition of laws against usury, the Calvinist work ethic facilitated the accumulation of wealth.