Sentences with phrase «centers on the belief»

Instead, the U.S. government's opposition appears to center on a belief that legal settlements that pave the way for a merger — yet include lengthy rules policing the behavior of two companies — tend not to work.

Like other Mexican Protestants, this pastor equates «religion» with weekly rites and empty formalities — which, in turn, are associated with Catholicism — as opposed to «faith,» a way of life which centers on belief in Jesus Christ.

The program centers on the belief that the arts can and should play a central role in how children learn.

It centers on a belief that Catholic parents are obligated to send their children to Catholic schools if there's a school in their area, and parents who do not are guilty of abrogating that obligation.

The top - down analysis centers on the belief that over the next three to seven years, that part of the world will grow faster than the rest of the industrialized world, especially Europe and North America.

A growth mindset centers on a belief that skills and qualities can be grown and developed through hard work, effort and perseverance.

Yoon's philosophy is centered on a belief that nurturing relationships can provide the foundation for individuals to make positive changes in their lives.

I provide couples therapy that is centered on my belief that each couple is a unique social system with its own structure and patterns of communication.

The promise of bendable products has been centered on the belief that they will be less prone to breakage and users may one day be able to roll them up for easy carrying in a purse or pocket.

Not exact matches

That moment encapsulates a lot about what is at the center of Cole's belief system about people and about how to do business: Focus on the positive, even across a wide experiential or cultural background.

Now in its ninth season, this year's marketing push centers around the new Santa Project, a social media call to arms asking consumers nationwide to post Santa belief - related photos, messages or videos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube under #SantaProject.

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

To be fair, though, their professed belief system will technically hold that Hell is for the unregenerate and that the gates swing on the hinges of a Christ - centered redemption.

The ethics committee at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan weighed in on August 9, 1993, opining that to honor the parents» desire to continue Baby Terry's treatment «would be contrary to medical judgment and to moral and ethical beliefs of physicians caring for the patient» (my emphasis).

Christianity has been described as a set of beliefs about God and humankind and as a way of life; or attention has been centered on the worship of God through Christ.

They are therefore looked upon, not as a separate sect, but rather as a group of conservative, orthodox Muslims whose belief is centered around the Qur» an and the Hadith, who seek to express their faith in word and deed, and whose object is the reestablishment of the Muslim state on the basis of Muslim jurisprudence.

Why is everything on this Belief blog centered around Christianity?

Roper Center survey on religious belief, Public Perspective, May / June 2000.

Andrew Greeley and his associates at the National Opinion Research Center have concluded on the basis of their sociological research that Humanae Vitae, the 1968 papal encyclical condemning artificial contraception, «seems to have been the reason for massive apostasy and for a notable decline in religious devotion and belief.»

The religious are always looking to put religion front and center in public life: displays and signs on public property, laws based upon their religious beliefs, their beliefs taught as science in schools, bells on Sunday, etc..

Somehow, a belief system that teaches people that they are the center of all the universe, created in the image of the most perfect being imaginable, strikes me as a bit more of an ego trip than accepting that we aren't destined to live forever because of our «specialness», but that we live our short lifetimes and die like every other living thing on the planet, our bodies decomposing and ultimately entering the food chain once again, on a tiny speck of a planet in an ordinary, remote backwater of the universe.

And while we are on the subject of being cognitive: a feature of normal cognition is a confirmation bias that allows us to be impervious to contradictory evidence and only notice information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs, hence the cherry picking, reinterpreting and mixing of what is convenient which has led to the approximately 40,000 Christian denominations and organizations in the world (Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary).

«65» In the paragraphs which follow, it becomes clear that behind Wallis's question is his belief that traditional evangelical thought has failed to deal with our fundamental human nature as social beings, choosing instead to center on the solitary individual vis - à - vis God.

He has worked with the Center for Inquiry and the Secular Coalition for America, received scholarships from American Atheists and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and now serves on the board of directors forFoundation Beyond Belief (a charity organization targeting non-theistic donors) and is the former chair of the board of the Secular Student Alliance (which creates and supports college atheist groups nationwide).

The traditional mental picture associated with the belief in the resurrection of Jesus has been so centered on the story of the empty tomb, that we must now examine it and discuss its origin and historical value.

Michele Bachmann's beliefs are front and center in Core of Conviction, her new book that touches on her faith, family, and politics.

Humanist: A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth.

They also relied on each other for help and support that was always there, and on the belief that their son, flawed and difficult as he was, was a person worth making every effort to save, even when this effort became the center of their lives.

Dr. J. W. Nevin, the opponent of Charles Finney the revivalist, became a storm center in that Church on the grounds that his advocacy of the «church system» was an importation of Catholic practices and beliefs.

But Protestants in those 3 countries diverge on many measures of orthodox belief and practice, according to a detailed survey of 19 Latin American countries and territories by the Pew Research Center.

Their beliefs are more centered on the old testament and are far from Christ's teachings.

I am so thankful that I am not so centered on «ME» that I can realize there is so much to life than beating down others for their beliefs.

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

I am currently having a discussion on the Lane County Friends of the Birth Center's Facebook page about this because I have taken issue with a flyer given to expectant mothers quoting Dr. Sears» «belief» about SIDS.

«That is fast processing based on beliefs, gut knowledge and not analyzing and looking for additional cues and stimuli,» says Rajita Sinha, director of the Yale University School of Medicine's Stress Center.

Here, we show that religious belief — even amidst a conflict centered on religious differences — can lead people to apply universal moral principles similarly to believers and non-believers alike,» said Jeremy Ginges, associate professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research.

But a study published online today in the journal Cognition by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania found that the encyclical did not directly influence people's beliefs about the seriousness of climate change or its effect on the poor.

How the brain responds to nicotine depends on a smoker's belief about the nicotine content in a cigarette, according to new research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Typically their counterarguments have centered on their staunch belief in the mathematics behind their analytical tools used to derive their results to the exclusion of any other evidence.

My philosophy is centered on a strong belief that women should be weight training and lifting heavy to get the results they desire.

This tote is also called a two - face bag, because you can either flip the flap on the inside to enjoy the bold colored LV initial crossing in the center, which I belief is more elegant and chic, or you can move it to the outside to reveal its monogram flower.

The story centers on Philip Seymour Hoffman's character, a man known only as The Master who creates his own type of a religion, a belief structure which quickly gets a massive following.

Even after FBI Agent Doug Tate [Jason Clarke] talks with Annie and her parents and she is sent appointments with rape treatment center counselor Gail Friedman [Viola Davis], she holds on to the belief that she and Charlie are soulmates, and defends him.

You will begin by reflecting on a past making experience you have had, to make sense of your own beliefs and values related to maker - centered learning.

Readiness for Kindergarten: Parent and Teacher Beliefs, an October 1995 report of The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), found that parents of preschoolers and kindergarten teachers don't always agree on what skills are necessary for kindergarten success.

On Wednesday, March 28, 2013 a Google Hangout took place at the University of Helsinki's Teacher Education Center (Minerva Plaza), bringing together US and Finnish students, teachers, parents and leaders from multiple timezones to articulate the core beliefs behind the Finnish Education System.

In a new report put out by the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, Tom Loveless finds that «data do not support the view that the homework burden is growing, nor do they support the belief that the proportion of students with a lot of homework has increased in recent years.»

First, when it comes to articulated beliefs about what constitutes appropriate instruction for early adolescents, both groups are proponents of instruction that: (1) is theme based, (2) is interdisciplinary, (3) fosters student self - direction and independence, (4) promotes self - understanding, (5) incorporates basic skills, (6) is relevant to the learner and thus based on study of significant problems, (7) is student - centered, (8) promotes student discovery, (9) values group interaction, (10) is built upon student interest, (11) encourages critical and creative exploration of ideas, and (12) promotes student self - evaluation (e.g., Currier, 1986; Kaplan, 1979; Maker & Nielson, 1995; Stevenson, 1992).

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies mission is to develop future citizens with active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others with the courage to act on their beliefs.

We hear from time to time that there's a conflict between John Hattie's Mind Frame 2 (The belief that student success and failure are based on what they as teachers / leaders did or did not do), and student - centered or personalized learning.