Sentences with phrase «challenges to their authority seem»

Why should they, since prevailing hegemonies don't need to justify themselves — their preferences and prejudices appear to them as manifestly «common sense», and challenges to their authority seem impertinent and obtuse.

Not exact matches

It seems to me that whenever followers of Christ begin to inadvertently fundamentalize things that are not, in fact, fundamental to the faith (like geocentricism, the church's authority to sell indulgences, the separation of the races, etc.), God allows our environment to challenge us.

I also see areas where the Reformers seem to have needed to challenge ecclesial authority to refute clerical abuses — sale of indulgences and offices — without considering the logical consequences of their justifications.

It seems that whenever followers of Christ begin to inadvertently fundamentalize things that are not, in fact, fundamental to the faith (like geocentricism, the church's authority to sell indulgences, the separation of the races, etc.), God allows our environment to challenge us and force us to evolve.

Nevertheless, it seems to me as a Protestant outsider that, when one sets Newman in the context of his brothers, the conservative interpretation is surely strengthened: John, Charles, and Frank were all responding to the same challenges to authority; in juxtaposing them, it is clear that it was the paths of the other two brothers which represented that of private conscience and there seems no reasonable way to interpret Newman's move to Rome as anything other than a decisive rejection of such a move in all of its forms, even the moderately Christian.

, but seems to be challenging the authorities like never before.

-- can seem like a challenge to teacher authority.

Boys tend to challenge authority more and feel the need to prove their strength and so called bravery (irregardless of whether what they are doing will actually seem stupid to them when they eventually grow up).

And yes, there have been some signs of jockeying for position — Danny Alexander in particular seems to be on manoeuvres — but this is with a view to a post-2015 leadership contest, not a direct challenge to Clegg's authority.

The Assembly is no happier than the Senate with Cuomo's budget bullying, but seems a bit less anxious to challenge his authority here — perhaps due to the fact that it is still reeling from the change in leadership and trying to get its sea legs under the new speaker, Carl Heastie.

The woman is rude, seems to have no concept of boundaries and constantly challenges the young woman's authority.

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

In contrast to some of his peers, however, Fecteau's seeming challenge to institutional authority is not mocking or ironic.

This anti-institutional gauntlet organized by the Bruces, as they are collectively known, challenging the cultural authority ascribed to the Whitney Biennale has been best described by sculptor, professor, and director of the Granoff Center at Brown University Richard Fishman as «the expansive, 400 - plus artist, quasi invitational, slightly guerilla exhibition that seemed to offer an antidote to the walls and silos of the art world.»

Whenever you encounter the kind of authority that seems unquestioned and unquestionable, you need to find ways to challenge it.

Many commentators say «no» and the ill - disguised challenges to his authority in recent weeks seem to confirm it.

It's not exactly going to challenge Black's for authority or definitions, but it seems to have some value.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) celebrated its second birthday on 1 April, so it seems a good time to take stock of its challenges and achievements.

It should be said that some authorities challenge this measurement, or say that improving technology will reduce the demands, or that it is not as expensive as it seems if you consider that it aims to replace entire governmental monetary systems.