Sentences with phrase «coercive power over»

Even when they speak for themselves they implicate our collective coercive power over the person.

Process Theology maintains that God, who exists in all things, does not have coercive power over the Universe.

Not exact matches

Another example was alluded to before: the fact that our world seems to have taken shape over a period of many billions of years, rather than having been created in essentially its present form a few thousand years ago, provides evidence against the view that the creation of our world required omnipotent coercive power; this fact is much more consistent with the view that the divine creative power is solely the power of persuasion, the kind of power we can experience working in our own lives.

«Jesus chose the power of God's weakness over against the ultimate weakness of coercive human power.

Gregory thought the expectation of an easy income was the clearest evidence of the disqualification of the pastoral counselor.31 Also, the hidden desire to «hold sway over others» was regarded as a particularly disastrous motive for ministry.32 The overarching pastoral model is Jesus who refused coercive power when offered (John 6:15).

Some of us would find love dominant over coercive power in the Hebrew Bible's statements about God and Jesus» preaching of the coming Kingdom not wholly free of coercive power on God's part.

It's the reason why professors are forbidden from having sex with grad students even though they are all adults — the professor holds so much power over the students that its inherently coercive.

The developmental literature shows that parents who perceive themselves as having little power over their lives are more likely to engage in coercive and punitive parenting practices.2 It is therefore not surprising that the NHVP was most helpful to those families who at the start of the programme perceived themselves as having the least control over their lives.3 In their work with high risk families, one of the most crucial roles clinicians can have is in actively empowering their clients, as did the nurses in the NHVP.

Coercive controlling violence and abuse is part of dynamic in which there is a pattern of power and control exercised by one parent over the other.