Sentences with phrase «as the authoritative text»

If I want to argue with my Gelukpa Buddhist friends, it is of no use to quote the Bible to them as an authoritative text, and hope to get anywhere thereby — not, at least, unless I'm prepared to offer a prior and independent argument as to why the Bible should be regarded as an authoritative text.

The Yoga Sutra, widely regarded as the authoritative text on yoga, is a collection of aphorisms, outlining the eight limbs of yoga.

Not exact matches

In the one understanding of contextualization, the revelatory trajectory moves only from authoritative Word into contemporary culture; in the other, the trajectory moves both from text to context and from context to text, and in the midst of this traffic the interpreter, rather like a police officer at a busy intersection, emerges as the sovereign arbiter as to what God's Word for our time actually is.

Richard B. Hays identifies our central problems in trying to use scripture for moral guidance today: With such diverse voices in the text, which voices do we take as authoritative?

It is, in particular, the second of evangelicalism's two tenets, i. e., Biblical authority, that sets evangelicals off from their fellow Christians.8 Over against those wanting to make tradition co-normative with Scripture; over against those wanting to update Christianity by conforming it to the current philosophical trends; over against those who view Biblical authority selectively and dissent from what they find unreasonable; over against those who would understand Biblical authority primarily in terms of its writers» religious sensitivity or their proximity to the primal originating events of the faith; over against those who would consider Biblical authority subjectively, stressing the effect on the reader, not the quality of the source — over against all these, evangelicals believe the Biblical text as written to be totally authoritative in all that it affirms.

'30 That is, although specific sections of Scripture might need to be rejected, one must still take as authoritative the overall message of the Biblical text.

For as Christians we come humbly and receptively to the text, believing in the Bible's authoritative message for us.

There he is free to make explicit the Christian claim that Isaiah 53 was a text, «as authoritative scripture, that exercised pressure on the early church in its struggle to understand the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.»

Although scripture derives its authority from God, in a sense it is the community that regards a text as authoritative that bestows authority upon it.

But evangelicals are included in the «others»; no less than liberals they seek to understand Scripture according to the particular historical contexts in which biblical texts were written ¯ with the one difference being that they consider themselves bound to receive what they conclude the text to say as authoritative rather than open to improvement.

So, what does this mean for Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and so many more who believe that their authoritative religious texts teach something the prevailing culture finds so unacceptable that they are no longer welcome within the mainstream context, even if they are (as Louie Giglio is known for) working to eradicate slavery?

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While Śrī K Pattabhi Jois, or Guruji, was often quoted as saying, «Yoga is 99 percent practice and 1 percent theory,» he did not mean that we should practice blindly and ignore the underlying philosophy of yoga explained in the śastras, the ancient texts that contain the authoritative teachings of yoga.

Each sutra is presented as Sanskrit text, transliteration, and precise English translation, and is followed by Bryant's authoritative commentary, which is grounded in the classical understanding of yoga and conveys the meaning and depth of the su - tras in a user - friendly manner for a Western readership without compromising scholarly rigor or traditional authenticity.

Experiences with such teaching methods has led a large portion of the public to regard these texts as the authoritative teaching tool, composed of accurate information and necessary to instruction.

In addition to an extremely authoritative text, this book presents over 135 photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive.

In addition to an authoritative, lively text, this book presents over 135 breed specific photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive.

If the continued debate between sculpture's relationship between landscape and architecture is your bag, come hear authors and contributors to the new book, Retracing the Expanded Field, revisit Krauss's authoritative text, as well as discuss sculptural debates today.

The less than reliable curatorial voice from Powhida's future proposes an authoritative account of our present and near future through institutional forms — wall texts, videos, an exhibition catalogue, as well as fictional works of art, speculative drawings, and research - based diagrams, that point to the ways exhibitions shape and reflect histories.

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A parent of a teen, however, may act more as an authoritative parent and discuss why a rule about texting and driving exists, and encourage more feedback from the child.