Sentences with phrase «by cultural beliefs»

A former Minister of State of the Republic of Ghana and Founder of the African University College of Communications (AUCC), Kojo Yankah has said the limitations posed by cultural beliefs and systems must not become a barrier to creativity.

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The use of religious and cultural beliefs to encroach upon sovereign territory for political and militarily strategic placement is the reason, whether it's sanctioned by international policy or not.

My belief system about romantic love was influenced by my cultural upbringing, my family history, and my early relationships.

VERY OFTEN TRUE STATEMENTS ARE POSTED HERE, BUT THEY ARE CATEGORICALLY DENIED BY THOSE WHO HAVE AN AGENDA TO PROMOTE ONLY BELIEF IN THINGS THAT ARE NOT MYSTICAL, NOT SUPERNATURAL, AND ARE MEASURABLE ONLY SCIENTIFICALLY AND INTERPRETED ONLY THROUGH 21TH CENTURY WESTERN CULTURAL FILTERS.

But the defensiveness springs from the attempt by believers to defend their belief against a «progressive» philosophy that is already rejected intellectually by nearly all cultural commentators, and, I suspect, despised intuitively by nearly all young people in America.

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

These groups maintain their integrity, and provide a sense of security and continuity to their members, by holding fast to the customs, beliefs, and values that comprise the cultural heritage.

Among the cultural forms studied by the anthropologist are ones that explicitly embody spiritual meanings, including the beliefs, practices, and institutions of religion, some forms of which appear in every known culture.

The illusion that Christian institutions can survive based on unspoken assumptions of shared beliefs has been shattered by cultural revolution and legal transformation.

By restricting the activities of foreign organizations and what are seen as non-Russian forms of religious belief, the Russian government has consolidated its religious support and made an intentional (and enforceable) display of Russian cultural unity in the face of the external pressures of consumerism, individualism, and secularism.

This papal - inspired project, led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi aims to hold cultural meetings involving theists, agnostics and atheists who share the common belief in and search for truth, justice and peace.

Self - schooled in the history of European nationalism — especially as championed by Giuseppe Mazzini in Italy — Savarkar sought to give expression to a broad cultural ideology that could challenge the British Raj, counter Western influence more generally, and provide intellectual defenses against Muslim beliefs and the allegedly culture - destroying work of Christian missionaries.

This question becomes urgent as cultural elites grow more hostile, and orthodox Christian beliefs (shared by most other traditional faiths and by many with no faith) about sex and marriage are redefined as hatred and bigotry.

Because whether or not we want to admit it, we are driven by the belief that there are two main camps of Christians out there: the real Christians and the cultural - only Christians.

«2 Eventually, he let go of the dogma that had dominated Western thought: the belief that events are guided by a sure, rational hand and that scientists and philosophers are capable of reading the print of that hand as it appears in natural and cultural history He acknowledged that all things «perpetually perish» — where «perish» refers not to the end of all time but to the end of every moment.

Each awakening has occurred during a period of profound cultural disorientation, when the whole cultural system was jarred by disjunctions between old beliefs and new realities, past norms and present experience, dying patterns and emerging patterns of behavior.

Still, there are some beliefs and values that are quite generally shared and that persist for at least a while (say, a few lifetimes), even in a situation marked by pluralism and greatly accelerated cultural change.

Christianity is a cultural tradition of religious belief and practice which, by its own reckoning, is 2,000 years old in the year 2000.

Similarly, Dalit and Adivasi religio - cultural beliefs and practices that celebrate accessible love and solidarity with the marginalized are closer to the God - dynamic as manifested by the life and teachings of Jesus than those that highlight the overpowering, destructive, and violent characteristics of God.

[2] «The reluctance to report concussion symptoms and to follow protocols [were] likely results from certain cultural factors such as athletes asserting their masculinity by playing through the discomfort of an injury, and a belief that winning is more important than an athlete's long - term health,» said lead author, Paul Echlin, M.D..

He believes that the potential positive outcomes of programs based on the belief that adult - child play is crucial for child development could be reduced by suspicions of «racism or cultural imperialism».

In addition to our culture's fascination with breasts as sexual objects, breastfeeding is also «modified by a wide variety of [cultural] beliefs, not only about infant health and nutrition, but also about the nature of human infancy and the proper relationships between mother and child, and between mother and father1.»

Some societies have deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the gendered division of family responsibilities, with men focusing on financial matters and women focusing on household matters, even when those women work in the formal sector or outside of the home, as documented by Nkwake [26] in Uganda.

These include: cultural beliefs and pressures (e.g. anxiety about breastfeeding in public, beliefs about adequacy of milk supply); lack of availability of trained support; legislation to protect women who are breastfeeding; and commercial pressures from marketing and advertising of formula by manufacturers (Save the Children 2013).

We also discuss how the same underlying cultural beliefs that supported the idea that infants sleep best alone serve presently to permit the acceptance of an inappropriate set of assumptions related to explaining why some babies die unexpectedly while sleeping in their parents beds.9 These assumptions are that regardless of circumstances, including maternal motivations and / or the absence of all known bedsharing risk factors, even nonsmoking, sober, breastfeeding mothers place their infants at significantly increased risk for SUID by bedsharing.

Education experts suggest that in some cultural contexts one way to encourage acceptance of evolution is by not shunning religious beliefs

Research suggests that a great many people assess evidence not as scientists are trained to do, but rather in an emotion - biased manner that is strongly influenced by the beliefs of their cultural cohort.

Structure, Culture and Career Investments» by Stephen Sweet, analyzes data collected from employees in 11 countries to determine if gender differences in career centrality — the importance of one's career to their identity — exist, and examines how those differences relate to professional demands, gender role beliefs and cultural expectations.

A major international research project led by a University of Sussex academic provides new evidence that the common belief in a cultural divide between the West and the rest of the world is little more than a myth.

The Project also has an explicit normative objective: to identify processes of democratic decisionmaking by which society can resolve culturally grounded differences in belief in a manner that is both congenial to persons of diverse cultural outlooks and consistent with sound public policymaking.

Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan plays on America's belief that the rest of the world is run and populated by ridiculous children alternately in need of careful guidance and firm scolding.

I wonder if the popularity of Naked Killer as a camp classic isn't inspired in some part by the belief that when Chinese people make terrible pictures, they aren't so much garbage as wacky and quaint; in the interests of cultural equality, however, I'd like to state for the record that bad movies are bad in any language, and Naked Killer, for all its hints at subtext, is just bad.

Conflict between the two cultures is resolved by adopting many aspects of the host culture while retaining cultural values and religious beliefs from their past.

«The best education around gender violence and the most effective by far in working with men,» says Katz, «is having honest conversations about how cultural attitudes and beliefs about manhood... both contribute to perpetration and, in many cases, impede men's and young men's likelihood of challenging and interrupting abuse.»

One important goal included building leadership by identifying roles and styles required to improve the «instructional core»; considering beliefs, cultural changes, and education strategies to promote high student achievement; reflecting on the effects of race, class, and culture within the district.

The work we do in education is informed by the differences among us — differences in cultural backgrounds, in political affiliations, and in educational beliefs.

Their paper, «Institutional Complexity and the Embedded Logics of Public School Reform,» employs a unique methodological approach to examine how teachers» beliefs about instructional reforms are informed by the logics of broad cultural institutions.

Remember, students respond to trauma in different ways, and their responses may be influenced by cultural traditions, religious beliefs or familial relationships.

Advocates of citizenship education cross the political spectrum, but they are bound by a common belief that our democratic republic will not sustain unless students are aware of their changing cultural and physical environments; know their past; read, write, and think deeply; and act in ways that promote the common good.

She is interested in how teachers» beliefs and perceptions are shaped by their lived experiences and cultural histories and have an impact on how they view students with disabilities in the educational setting.

The unending process of school transformation is heavily influenced by economic trends, cultural attitudes, socio - economic backgrounds and political beliefs.

Where the Batad Rice Terraces is not just another UNESCO World Heritage Site with its amphitheater like steps but as a very important part of the Ifugao cultural fabric and identity governed by the seasons and belief systems through rituals and gods / guardians like the bul - ol.

Featuring 28 works by 19 artists — both black and white — the exhibition explores how visual perspectives of blackness «have been influenced at particular historical moments by specific political, cultural, and aesthetic interests, as well as the motives and beliefs of the artists.»

The exhibition is one which questions each member's personal histories, cultural background and beliefs as a means of unsettling the idea of a homogenised black experience and its acceptance by white art institutions and discourse.

The «politics of vision,» as articulated by the artist Marine Hugonnier, refers to a belief that images and landscapes are inextricably bound to the historical, social, and cultural legacies that have created them.

Guided by the belief that the arts inspire new ideas and thinking, the Montblanc Cultural Foundation has been facilitating artistic exploration by unlocking opportunities for artists to produce and showcase work for over 25 years.

Using symbolism exploring Biblical text, diagrams from scientific hypothesis, and visual psychedelia produced by an influx of cultural influence seemingly aimed at searching for the «unknown» the work serves as a catalyst to further reflect upon topics of belief and wonder as intellectual and spiritual intersections between fact and faith.

Considering the possibilities of genetic imprints, cultural identification, innate and intuitive beliefs and a conscious seeking of links that reveal continuities that are hidden or largely unsuspected by the mainstream, Benzant imagines himself as an Urban Shaman.

Sharing the poet Gary Snyder's belief that, «our place is part of what we are,» the gallery is characterized by «place oriented» work, that which demonstrates a relationship between the artist and their environment or cultural milieu.

His practice is driven by his interest in the semiotic function of images and texts: how they are used to form both personal and cultural meaning, values, and beliefs.