Sentences with phrase «coming to terms with»

Concepts are barriers and direct and immediate experience counts for more when coming to terms with reality.

And it could not be solved, once Christianity had spread into the main stream of Greco - Roman thought, without taking full account of, and, to a considerable extent, coming to terms with, the basic presuppositions of Hellenistic theology.

It was in coming to terms with the moral logic of its new understanding of the politics of race that liberalism was forced to enter uncharted and perilous terrain.

Such an exercise is also important not because it involves some kind of antiquarian interest devoid of contemporary relevance but because it is something which ought to be undertaken in coming to terms with attitudes and responses to the «role» of women in the church today.

Outsiders often criticize Mideast Christians for coming to terms with such regimes.

The most important thing, I think, was coming to terms with the depths of God's grace.

It is a shame, however, that the same churches that brought black Americans together to stand up for their Civil Rights often have a hard time coming to terms with the oppression of other minorities.

What is lacking in these complaints is an element of self - examination, of honestly coming to terms with what has gone so radically wrong with the academic theological guild, especially in this country and Western Europe.

Here is a woman who is coming to terms with a life changing reality that many of us secretly hope we never have to deal with.

With the overabundance of clergy, with the church's current acceptance of the novelty without coming to terms with the reality, and with the likelihood of a backlash from the laity, we can expect to have a large group of angry ordained women in the near future.

It was years of study, doubt, exploration, desperate clinging, more study and ultimately coming to terms with disbelief that led me away from Christianity.

My coming to terms with my sexuality was born out of a powerful personal experience that would be extremely difficult for me to deny was not of God.

It's a bit harder to offer advice to folks who have just discovered they are in a mixed orientation marriage, or are coming to terms with being in one, because the circumstances are always so different.

An example... a young woman in her 20's... a new believer... coming to terms with her life, which had been one of abuse of every kind imaginable... she'd had a breakdown at 20 and was often suicidal... was standing outside church after the service... crying and smoking a cigarette.

It is in coming to terms with the death of Jesus that we find an answer to our search for meaning, in face of the complex nature of finite existence and the problems raised by evil, suffering and death.

Derek says the themes on the album include battling cynicism («Everything Will Change»), coming to terms with who God made you to be («Eye of the Hurricane»), Jesus» nearness to those who are disenfranchised («Closer Than You Think»), unity among the divisions of the church («A Place at Your Table»), the hard work of marriage («The Vow»), and God's great love («Love Part 3»).

However one understands that claim (and the kind of exclusivist Christology dominant in the neo-orthodox period is neither the sole nor the proper way to understand it), one must, qua theologian, find some means of coming to terms with universalism.

His Azure on Coming to Terms with Christianity».

It reads this way: «If your son or daughter is an adolescent, it is possible that he or she may be experimenting with some homosexual behaviors as part of the process of coming to terms with sexual identity.

So you're only now coming to terms with what we atheists have told you four dozen times??

And as far as rendering the steps into what an atheist can grasp, there are 6 steps that are coming to terms with what you are, an alcoholic, an addict, whatever, but you are not responsible for being what you are — you were born that way.

A clear understanding of the genetic history of mankind is important in coming to terms with the ultimate issue in race relations — namely, miscegenation.

Novelist Mary Gordon, a perceptive interpreter of Catholic women's experience, affirms that Mary's submissive obedience has become «a stick to beat smart girls» («Coming to Terms with Mary,» Commonweal, January 15, 1982) Warner painfully recalls her own adolescent realization that the symbol of Mary as a model of chastity actually denigrates women and humanity, an understanding that transformed her perception of the church.

It is a poignant story of people trying to hold on to their faith and community, but finally coming to terms with changes to which royal power gave the appearance of inevitability.

For a culture deeply imbued with Freudian assumptions, it should be no surprise that the healing necessary for eternal redemption is understood as a coming to terms with one's past.

And yet, despite his «insider» sympathy, an admirer like Ryken has trouble coming to terms with one of the central features of Packer's life and career: his Anglicanism.

Coming to terms with the Buddhist roots of mindfulness meant a shift in theology for Annie.

But perhaps we need to dwell for a few pages more on that moment of negativity that is so essential in our coming to terms with our history.

No one can live without coming to terms with his or her sexuality.

So let's say this movie is about a woman whose life was shaped by love of her father; the making of the film Mary Poppins (as well as the writing of the book) is about her coming to terms with the truth about personal love and death and all that.

The Catholic Church had retrieved lost elements of its own tradition, and learned some new things along the way, in coming to terms with religious freedom and political modernity.

It was not banality as such but the quotidian nature of the Nazi dictatorship that made coming to terms with Nazism so difficult after as well as between 1933 and 1945.

You entirely miss the value of mankind's history of coming to terms with the enigma of existence, and how best to conduct one's life.

Yet there's less help for people dealing with the challenges of aging: the loss of health, the death of friends, and coming to terms with mistakes that can not be undone, he says.

There are far more positive ways of coming to terms with the grim reaper.

Thus Sullivan notes that the existence of gay marriage would be an «unqualified social good» for homosexuals in providing role models for children coming to terms with their sexuality.

Many industries were already coming to terms with the reality that climate change regulations are getting more stringent.

Thirdly, Australians are at last coming to terms with the challenges and opportunities inherent in their geographic location and resource endowments.

DOL's rule is the latest regulatory threat to the independent BD «legacy business model,» says Matthew Lynch, managing partner of Strategy and Resources LLC, and for BDs with a significant amount of commission business that involves ERISA accounts, «something has to change» in terms of compliance and coming to terms with BICE.

Major countries are still coming to terms with the excesses of earlier years and experiencing what many have learned before, which is that after a period of financial distress it is usually a long and difficult recovery.

Despite the flurry of lawsuits that have followed the release of the final Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule, some insurance carriers are coming to terms with the new regime and have announced plans to comply with the seemingly burdensome rules.

«Facebook has taken a conciliatory tone in terms of coming to terms with its power over advertising and how people interact and engage with each other,» said Debra Williamson, an analyst with research firm eMarketer.

The story of a reserved English butler slowly coming to terms with his dark past, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro clearly touched a nerve with the Amazon founder.

He shed that cynicism after recently coming to terms with the idea that success without happiness or purpose was draining, and that empathy was a way of staying away from pessimism.

«Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighbourhood, received the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, February 26 after a stunning, unprecedented flub in which presenters erroneously announced the musical «La La Land» as the winner.

What is important is coming to terms with yourself as a sexual person and knowing what you want and when you want it.

Instead, it requires coming to terms with the fact that masculinity trains men to have great difficulty recognizing women — or, indeed, anyone that presents as feminine — as persons, as agents, as authoritative and worthy of respect, and then making an effort to see and treat them that way.

Within Australia, people are still coming to terms with the notion of private universities, Dr Tannock believes.

But A24, a small independent studio founded in 2012, won the most prestigious award of the night with its best picture Oscar for «Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighborhood.

The Eurozone is coming to terms with the return of crisis conditions to Greece, as new elections on Jan. 25 approach.