Sentences with phrase «century cultural norms»

I see a pretty strong case that Scripture addresses first and second century cultural norms and implies a continued progression toward equality while some see the restrictions placed on women as timeless.

Cherry isn't calling for a restoration of first - century cultural norms, such as women covering their hair in worship, or a rigid dress code.

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NP: Excellent point about a gay person struggling against «centuries of interpretation, theology, cultural norms, popular opinion, inherited sexual mores and so much more that a straight person has the luxury of summoning.»

During the recent controversy over whether Muslim women in Britain should wear the veil, Dr. Taj Hargey, chairman of the Muslim Educational Centre in Oxford, wrote «In contrast to a blind acceptance of specific 7th - century tribal Arabian dress and cultural norms, which have no eternal scriptural endorsement (as believers are required only to be modest), modern Muslims should revive the Islamic principle of ijtihadto interpret the faith for themselves.»

That is not the cultural norm in our society now, and hasn't been in the past few centuries.

Although lactation is the physiologic norm, cultural norms for infant feeding have changed dramatically in the past century.

For the past centuries, we have forged some cultural norms, changed and changed again (usually though some kind of revolution) and the current norm is based on freedom.

Usborne has announced plans to remedy this situation, which serves as a reminder that the digital and print - on - demand publishing climate of the 21st century means updating a book to better sit with the current cultural norms is not only feasible, it should be given high importance.

Several norms, cultural practices and identity are intricately intertwined with items of trade brought in by the trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries.