Sentences with phrase «as voluntary associations»

Over time, most religious sects thrived as voluntary associations, and they eventually came to recognize their common aims and interests.

The boards may continue as voluntary associations of council leaders.

The federal frame of government encouraged people to balance public good and private interest, as did intermediate institutions such as voluntary associations and the structure of family life.

The second model of the church that is operating in North America is the church as voluntary association.

Here, the church as voluntary association in somewhat like a religious civic club.

A year later, 100 founder Members had been elected, and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) was launched as a voluntary association in 1996, with then - President Nelson Mandela as patron.

Not exact matches

Andrew Herdman, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, said the IATA data needs to be viewed with caution «as event descriptions are not always standardized» and there are «significant variations in the level of voluntary reporting by airlines.»

In an April, 2003, speech, Harper defined social conservatism as «respect for custom and traditions (religious traditions above all), voluntary association, and personal self - restraint reinforced by moral and legal sanctions on behaviour.»

Promisingly, in May 2016 the Family Business Council - Gulf (FBCG), the regional association of Family Business Network International (FBN), launched the GCC Family Business Governance Code which serves as voluntary guide on how to organize the family and business together.

A legal relationship created by the voluntary association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business for profit.

It was adopted as part of the official party doctrine at the NSDAP congress in 1920 to express a worldview which was Christian, non-confessional, vigorously opposed to the spirit of «Jewish Materialism», and oriented to the principle of voluntary association of those with a common racial - ethnic background.

Most notably, liberalism has sought to reconfigure as many communities as possible, including the institutional church, as mere voluntary associations.

First Things and other independent publications, as well as individuals and voluntary associations within the churches, may be as political as they wish or as they deem prudent.

Consumerism and privatization undermine the very institutional basis of democracy — that is, the structure of voluntary association, the civil society, without which democracy becomes, as Tocqueville warned, democratic despotism or the rule of an economic aristocracy.

They classify churches, synagogues, and temples as «civic» or «voluntary» associations in the same league as «schools, recreation leagues, Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire.»

AFTE is obviously, therefore, another voluntary religious association that understands itself as having been raised up to serve a special need.

We respond to God's calling to reunite the separated or the broken as well as the calling to provide for our families, to be a parent, to be a member of voluntary associations, to be an employee.

He says about «the various Protestant denominations and ecclesial communities» that «their churches are viewed as human constructs of voluntary association.»

(2) Churches engaged in much political activity, though generally in the same manner and with the same weapons as other voluntary associations.

The minimal proposition is that government should get off the backs and out of the way of mediating institutions — family, church, voluntary associations, etc. — and let them do their vital work as they best know how.

First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.

The most pressing question for Muslims in many lands is how to order the life of the community in a society that is not governed according to Muslim law and in which Muslims must conceive of their religion, at least in part, as equivalent to a voluntary association.

The widespread recognition of the limits of statist solutions for social problems, and of the indispensable role of mediating institutions such as families, churches, and voluntary associations.

Grant applicants are required to describe how families and «religious and charitable organizations, voluntary associations, and other groups in the private sector as well as services provided by publicly sponsored initiatives» will be included in the proposed activities.

By the early 1830s, through the persuasive evangelism of Walter Scott and through union with Barton Stone's Christian movement, what had begun as a voluntary society became a rapidly expanding association of churches.

Moreover, as the 19th century progressed, evangelical Protestants availed themselves of the wide freedom accorded them under the First Amendment to form voluntary associations, the goal of whose activities was the erection of a de facto religious establishment in America.

His work in founding the communitarian movement in 1977 came not because he thought he had changed but because he thought the United States was abandoning its commitment to families and all the voluntary associations that Tocqueville observed as a defining part of a liberal republic.

The civic covenant has many layers: local community, civic organizations, school loyalties, voluntary associations, as well as an overarching devotion to one's country.

They must be balanced by strong moral and cultural institutions, such as families, schools, churches and other voluntary associations that serve the common good.

His 1984 speech to the National Religious Broadcasters is particularly revealing, for there he most obviously makes public a piety which is essentially personal, even private — a piety which takes social form in intimate, bounded and family - like voluntary associations that see themselves in tension with the larger society even as they claim to be its spiritual center.

A church that is the largest voluntary association in the country; a church whose universal pastor has, over the past decade, definitively answered Stalin's cynical query about the pope's divisions; a church that is, demographically, at its strongest historical point of leverage in American society — this is a church that would seem well positioned to seize what Richard John Neuhaus and others have seen as a possible «Catholic moment» in American history, pro Deo et patria.

Meanwhile, the conception of the church under the impact first of «toleration» and then of complete freedom and separation had largely lost the sacramental dimension which traditionally had sanctified her regular observances under Episcopal direction by making them intrinsically meaningful, and had become that of a voluntary association of explicitly convinced Christians for the purpose of mutual edification in the worship of God and the propagandization of the Christian faith as the group defined it.

In addition, the Australian Beverages Council has adopted, as policy, the Australian Association of National Advertisers» (AANA's) voluntary guidelines for advertising directed at children, and is a signatory to the Code of Practice on Nutrient Claims and to all other voluntary advertising industry codes of practice.

New walkers that meet the voluntary Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) standards (1997), including being too wide to fit through a standard doorway, or having features, such as a gripping mechanism, to stop the walker at the edge of a step, are safer than older ones, but they are still a possible source of injuries for children.

There will then be a meeting at which Eric Pickles, Patrick McLoughlin, the Opposition Chief Whip, and Jeremy Middleton, representing the voluntary party as chairman of the National Conservative Convention, will draw up the final shortlist for the association - no - one else will be involved in the process.

The Slovenian Society of Plant Biology (former Slovenian Society of Plant Physiology) has been active since 1982 as voluntary scientific and professional association gathering researchers who investigate physiological processes in plants, and interactions of plants with their biotic and abiotic environments.

4] and keep repeating the same tone - deaf talking points, mostly just infuriating the skeptics (the enthusiasts are apparently in disbelief that anyone might regard an enterprise driven by two DC associations and backed by federal incentives as anything other than a truly «voluntary» state effort).

One of Tocqueville's major insights was that Americans have benefited from popular participation in the large number of churches, charities, clubs, and voluntary associations in our country, as well as in state and local governments, which stand between the individual and the national government in Washington, D.C.

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

Along with a voluntary association created by teachers and students of the An - Najah National University, where our colleague Ruth works as a volunteer teacher, she devotes her time to know the situation of refugee children and orphans.

Secondly, they could use the services of one of the voluntary bodies established to promote school journeys, such as The School Journey Association of London (SJA).

As a result, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) joined in a voluntary effort to develop shared academic standards.

The National Greyhound Association (NGA), a voluntary non-profit association is officially recognized by the entire Greyhound racing industry as the sole registry for racing Greyhounds on the North AmericanAssociation (NGA), a voluntary non-profit association is officially recognized by the entire Greyhound racing industry as the sole registry for racing Greyhounds on the North Americanassociation is officially recognized by the entire Greyhound racing industry as the sole registry for racing Greyhounds on the North American continent.

As PV CYCLE (http://www.pvcycle.org), the voluntary PV module take back and recycling initiative of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) continues to move forward, I wonder where is the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on this important PV industry sustainability issue?

For the avoidance of doubt, Gross Revenues shall (A) exclude monies received from any source other than the sale of electric energy and capacity, including, without limitation, any of the following: (i) any federal, state, county or local tax benefits, grants or credits or allowances related to, derived from, or granted to the Wind Energy Project or Grantee, including, but not limited to, investment or production tax credits, or property or sales tax exemptions, (ii) proceeds from financing activities, sales, assignments, partial assignments, contracts (other than the power purchase agreement) or other dispositions of or related to the Wind Energy Project (such as damages for breach of contract or liquidated damages for delays in project completion or failures in equipment performance), (iii) amounts received as reimbursements or compensation for wheeling costs or other electricity transmission or delivery costs, and (iv) any proceeds received by Grantee as a result of damage or casualty to the Wind Energy Project, or any portion thereof and (B) include any revenues derived from Grantee's sale of carbon dioxide trading credits, renewable energy credits or certificates, emissions reduction credits, emissions allowances, green tags, tradable renewable credits, or Green - e ® products, any of which are allocated to Grantee, if applicable, through its participation in any voluntary registry, association or market - based exchange.

Smart Freight Centre leads the Global Logistics Emission Council (GLEC) as a voluntary partnership of companies, green freight programs and industry associations working to support businesses to improve logistics efficiency and reduce emissions.

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The Ohio State Bar Association, founded in 1880, is a voluntary association representing approximately 23,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and laAssociation, founded in 1880, is a voluntary association representing approximately 23,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and laassociation representing approximately 23,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and law students.

As a voluntary bar association, the ABA is governed by its House of Delegates.

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