Sentences with phrase «choice of allegiance»

This is a tactic in conflict engagement, one predicated on the principle that civilians have a choice of allegiance and the entity that provides more services and stability in disruptive conflicts will capture more hearts and minds.

These political claims for Christ and for the church as the people of God demand that people make a choice of allegiance.

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Nevertheless, whatever loosening of religious demands or of theological orthodoxies may have taken place among dispersed Jews, Jewish nationalism continued unabated, and not until the highest levels of the prophetic teaching had been released from it could religion become a matter of free, personal choice, determined not by racial stock or national allegiance but by individual conviction

In our family, we are learning to make choices with our money that affirm our allegiance to God's way of doing things.

Some Christian leaders have even rejoiced in the dissolution of a Christendom that allowed, or perhaps encouraged, an excessive degree of nominal Christian allegiance: the impact of modem secular society has challenged people to make a conscious choice about whether they are either for or against Christianity.

Membership in a philosophical school entailed not doctrinal allegiance but, as Hadot puts it, «the choice of a certain way of life and existential option which demands from the individual a total change of lifestyle, a conversion of one's entire being, and ultimately a certain desire to be and to live in a certain way.»

The party has a choice of potential candidates, but many are tainted by their unswerving pre-election allegiance to Ed Miliband.

This usually includes a choice of candidates with the same party allegiance.

Instead, over the course of the movie, as revelations come to light (particularly for the other characters in the movie) and the story dips and turns, it's not so much our allegiances that change, as our understanding of the decisions that have been made and choices taken.

As the battle begins Tris will be forced to make impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love as she fights to ensure the survival of herself and all she holds dear.

The Porsche badge has its own appeal, of course, and in a strong group of cars, the choice for many will come down to badge allegiance.

His ultimate choice will once again call into question the integrity and allegiance of those he loves most.

Its make - up is several measures of story, a couple of characters with uncertain allegiances, and the usual sprinkling of choices that you are sternly warned will be remembered.

It not only offers hardcore fanboys perks for purchasing a game on their console of choice, it gives those who hold no allegiance choice, and gives item hoarders a chance to pick up each copy and nab all the exclusive content.

The position, identity, and dislocations of the three painters in the exhibition, their political allegiances, intellectual influences, levels of reception and inscription in art histories, as well as their formal choices will be discussed by curators Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero, M + Ink Art curator Lesley Ma, and independent curator and art historian David Teh.

The position, identity, and dislocations of the three painters in the exhibition, their political allegiances, intellectual influences, levels of reception and inscription in art histories, as well as their formal choices will be discussed by curators Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero, independent curator and art historian David Teh and moderated by M + Ink Art curator Lesley Ma.

With an abundance of captive agents swearing allegiance to just one provider, objectivity and choice take a back seat for customers seeking the real truth with respect to best coverage opportunities.