Sentences with phrase «challenge notions on»
A recent forum held uptown sought to challenge notions on how poverty looks and sounds.
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Thus did Newman's view of development pose one final, necessary challenge: the need to take seriously the institutional Church, a notion alien to my evangelical world, where a «high» view of the Church typically meant little more than attending morning and evening services on a Sunday.
One thing that always strikes me about those who would challenge us is the notion that we have no solid foundation or truth to set our values on.
And the role of selfishness needs also to be clearly addressed as well as the notion that choosing the morally right thing to do may not only be challenging but also may require heroism on the part of the woman.
I question the author's notion that connecting yourself to a doctrine by blind faith, based on no evidence whatsoever, is a sign of a critcal person willing to question and challenge.
American dominance and isolation and perfect security ended with the launching of Sputnik and the rise of a third world with its commitment to neutrality rather than to either communist or capitalist ideologies, and it challenged your notion and mine of this country's manifest destiny to be the city on the hill, the new Eden, the covenanted people — as never before in U.S. history.
The week before the election, John Piper challenged the notion that voting was a binding duty for Christians based on this verse.
But now that I'm a bleeding - heart, politically - correct, question - everything liberal, God insists on using Bible - thumping, church - going, know - it - all Republicans to teach me to be human, to challenge my notions of who the enemy is.
Pressure on the hyphen ought to result in the challenging of simplistic notions of group or religious identity which claims that there lies something deeper, something intangible, which is supposed to be the cement which binds people and communities together under a common label.
In talking to the members of the union, another story came out: about how in the 1980s a group of secretaries, many of them single mothers — an identity that challenged the notion that the secretaries were working at Yale for pin money — had stood alongside the grounds and maintenance workers, the dining hall workers, the cooks and the plumbers, who went on strike so that the clerical workers union might be formed.
We need to challenge our compatriots on both sides who cling to exclusive notions of justice, for that clinging is the greatest obstacle to peace.
«Every day at Betty Lou's we challenge the notion that healthy, all - natural, gluten - free products have to compromise on taste,» she adds.
This is a book of insights, advice, interviews, how - to's, tips, and occasionally challenging restaurant marketing notions drawn from over 20 years on the job: you'll find something useful.
On the contrary, it may even be good for them to encounter some characters or situations that challenge their notions of entertainment.
In partnership with one of the most advanced digital societies, Estonia, the research also focuses on the country's pioneering initiatives, such as «e-residency», an initiative which challenges traditional notions of residency, citizenship and territoriality.
In challenging the conventional wisdom in being able to implement the wide ranging plan, Carrion said, «we hacked away at the conventional notions, the fears, and we did it through having conversations with folks on the ground.»
He also challenges archivists and records managers to think more deeply about their own integrity, including adequacy of codes of ethics, and to reflect on the notion of whistle - blowing and the implications of these issues and challenges for each individual.
«Our study challenges the established notion of how the continents on which we live behave,» Levin said.
The new study also challenges the earlier held notion that animals with eyes to the sides of their heads can not glean information based on the direction of one another's gaze.
The idea that a very disruptive collision of Earth with another planet - sized body, the biggest event in Earth's geological history, did not completely melt and homogenize Earth challenges some of our notions on planet formation and the energetics of giant impacts.
The symbolic Einstein touches me through his seismic influence on popular culture; the scientific Einstein reaches me through his serpentine formulas and theories; the philosophical Einstein reaches deepest into my heart, challenging my notions of beauty and spirituality.
A new study by researchers at the University of South Carolina and University of California Los Angeles challenges that notion, and demonstrates that the effect of temperature increases on peat storage could be minor.
Because the ACLU's lawsuit challenges the whole notion of gene patenting, its outcome could have far - reaching effects beyond the patents on the BRCA genes.
New scientific research on old methodologies is challenging some of the long - held notions about conventional cancer treatments, and some of this research is making it into mainstream medical journals.
After losing his job, Vincent (Recoing) can't bring himself to tell his wife (Viard) and children, so he wanders around France during the day, while they think he's at work, and finds himself on a moral and ethical journey of conscience that challenges the notions he's formed about life.
And there lies one of the many questions director Spike Jonze explores, challenging us on our preconceived notions of what makes a relationship real and indeed, what it means to be alive?
In doing so, he seems interested in challenging the notion that art can often be inaccessible and alienating by re-emphasising the far - reaching impact that artistic visionaries have on all members of society.
«Devs is a captivating series from Alex Garland, building on his track record of groundbreaking work that challenges our notion of humanity amid the seemingly boundless promise of technology,» said Eric Schrier, President of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions to the trade.
From her first moment on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world.
As with many notions that challenge the educational status quo, this one can be traced to Paul Hill, the protean researcher at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).
As recent news coverage on the topic of injunctions has revealed, Web 2.0 and social networking sites are challenging traditional notions of privacy and security in cyberspace.
A recent Center on Education Policy at George Washington University survey of state department of education officials found that respondents in 23 states said their agency «had a heavier workload under ESSA than under NCLB,» which challenges the notion that ESSA has fewer federal regulations than previous iterations of the federal K — 12 law.
In fact, a Center on Education Policy at George Washington University survey of state department of education officials found that respondents in 23 states said their agency «had a heavier workload under ESSA than under NCLB,» which challenges the notion that ESSA has fewer federal regulations than previous iterations of the federal K — 12 law.
On timing, she says: «You need to challenge any notion that such a conversation happens in 10 minutes with 17 other people waiting to get through.
Kingsland, blogging this year on the Education Week website, sparked controversy by challenging superintendents of struggling school districts to relinquish their systems instead of trying endless reforms: «Rid yourself of the notion that your current opinions on curriculum, teacher evaluation, technology, or anything else will be the foundation for dramatic gains in student achievement.
Most scholars agree that Annie's death in 1851 had a profound impact on solidifying Darwin's religious doubts and in giving him the courage to publish ever bolder accounts of evolution that challenged the prevailing notions of «intellectual design.»
I've been so impressed with it and the way it challenges the entire notion of traditional book metaphors like «the page,» that I have a few hundred words of a post sitting on my computer where unfinished blog - posts collect dust.
It challenges the notion that YA is focused on the experience of adolescence as seen through the lens of one certain character.
While you certainly have challenged our notion that boards represent the interests of the shareholders, we remain optimistic that, with some persistence, shareholders can prevail on even the most intransigent management and board to listen to their concerns and protect their investment or personally pay back shareholders for what, in our opinion, is a gross dereliction of fiduciary duty.
In 1998, both Thief and the original Rainbow 6 turned first - person shooters on their head by challenging the notion that «shooting» was the important part of the genre.
(Granted this is more the case on the Harder Difficulties) My main question derives from this in notion of how will oldschool, stealth masochist like me fair in the world of Dishonored, in terms of challenging stealth?
While I certainly agree that making good art takes time, I challenge the notion that art creation can not be made more efficient and easier on the artist.
In 1965, Carl Andre challenged preconceived notions of sculpture by placing work flat on the floor in his first public exhibition, Shape and Structure.
Trockel has become best known for her machine - generated «knitted paintings» — knitted woollen material placed on a stretcher — in which she challenges traditional notions of painting, feminine roles in society and culture at large, as well as art making itself.
A survey of Wiley's career since 2001, this exhibition features 60 paintings and sculptures (a more recent pursuit) that riff on images from the art historical canon, challenging accepted notions of race, gender and representation.
With «pattern paintings» intentionally resembling wallpaper, and paintings that capture the image of viewers on their surface, the work presents a playful challenge to notions of gallery space and what constitutes a painting.
They innovated by challenging preconceived notions of how to experience space, materials, institutional settings, and the structures with which we interact on a daily basis.
Challenging conventional notions of expertise, Asian Arts Initiative will invite local community advocates and homeless people to organize a contemporary art exhibition on the concepts of home and homelessness.
In her catalogue essay for the exhibition, Keith offers a scholarly investigation into Gaines» work and challenges the notion that African - American artists of the period focused predominantly on figurative expression.
STREET GALLERY: Buster Graybill Informalism Exploring Modernist tendencies through a rural working class perspective, Graybill's work challenges perceived notions of value and hierarchies imposed on objects of «high» and «low» culture.