Sentences with phrase «between ancient practices»

The Korea Society's current exhibition of Korean ceramics presents the work of eight living artists through such a familiar opposition, implying that the dialectic between ancient practices and demands for innovation is at the core of contemporary ceramic art's concerns.

Not exact matches

``... [the] gulf between the Church and the scientific mind... widens with each generation, and modern means of diffusing knowledge by the press, radio, and film, have brought us now to such a pass that the Christian, and especially the Catholic, whose beliefs are enriched in their religious manifestation by the ceremonies and practices of a most ancient past, finds himself considered the initiate of a recondite cult whose practices are not only unintelligible to men around him, but savour to them of superstition and magic.»

For, recognizing that «there is a difference between translating what the text means and translating what it says,» he emphatically elects the latter, thus reconnecting the genre of modern Bible translation with the ancient practice of reading aloud and, as a result, conveying much of the texture of the Hebrew in ways that other translations can not.

One worries that the embrace of ancient Christian thought and practice could turn out to be no more deeply rooted than a consumerist choice between options at the food court.

If they are from a biblically conservative tradition they are likely to use selected references to sexuality, marriage, and family to communicate the ideals of God in a way that will encourage and motivate people to strive for the ideal.6 This didactic use of the Bible fails to distinguish the radical difference between family life and the religious practices of ancient and modern cultures.

The relation between the study of ancient Near Eastern cultures and the practice of preaching, for example, needs to be given theological articulation.

In ancient tantric practices and in the Kamasutra, they focus on learning to balance between the two.

A spiritual guide and gifted healer, Shaman Durek acts as a mediator or «bridge» between the spiritual and physical planes, applies ancient spiritual wisdom, coupled with decades of devoted study and practice, to help bring success, happiness and healing into people's lives.

The ancient practice of Ayurveda is all about the perfect balance between our energies, or doshas.

She is a specialist in ancient South American art and architecture and her dissertation, entitled The Huacas of Machu Picchu: Inca Stations for the Communion Between Humanity and Nature, argues that huacas, or sacred places, defined the relationship between nature and human ritual prBetween Humanity and Nature, argues that huacas, or sacred places, defined the relationship between nature and human ritual prbetween nature and human ritual practice.

Further, the differences between the cultures informing this work remind that perceptions of ancient practice, be it drawing or prayer, vary with changes in the body politic.

This context naturally creates a healthy tension and dialogue between the ancient Order's traditional engagement with meaning and transcendency and the expressions and voices within contemporary art practice.

The plan is the result of six years of negotiations between Parsi leaders and the Indian government to revive a centuries - old practice that seeks to protect the ancient elements — air, earth, fire and water — from being polluted by either burial or cremation.