Sentences with phrase «conditioned by prophecies»

The use of the imagination in assisting us in living tout the future that is often so dim and conditioned by prophecies of loom and despair may well be the primary task of art and religion in ur time.

Not exact matches

But in view of the excellent state of the text of Amos and the comparatively good condition of that of Hoses we are not much inclined to assume that their prophecies have been handed down exclusively by means of oral tradition.

Of course, in the case of environmentalism, the self - fulfilling prophecy is mediated more by politics than physiology — environmental politics creates conditions that leave us more vulnerable to environmental problems.

Indeed, sometimes such initiatives play into the hands of Islamophobes and extremists alike, by fueling resentment, marginalization and by perpetuating the conditions to bring about the self - fulfilling prophecy.