Sentences with phrase «constitutive function»

He writes: «My criticism, then, is principally directed against the attempt to explain the historical identity of Christianity by means of speculative thought (idealism), without regard to the constitutive function of Christian praxis, the cognitive equivalent of which is narrative and memory.

Thus for the Jew the events of the Exodus and its interpretation as a covenant between God and Israel were given a constitutive function in the development and understanding of Jewish faith.

For the Christian this same constitutive function is exercised by the teaching, life and death of Jesus Christ, and by the affirmations about Jesus made by his disciples as a result of their Easter experiences.

It may well be that many, perhaps most, students go to colleges and universities for other purposes; nevertheless, the two constitutive functions of academies are teaching and learning.

Not exact matches

Scripture is the primary source and guideline «as the constitutive witness to biblical wellsprings of our faith,» but tradition, experience and reason also function as sources and guidelines, and in practice «theological reflection may find its point of departure» in any of them.

Freedom has several dimensions, and all of them are emergents from the functioning of the constitutive relations in which an individual has his being.

Since the language of a sermon has a constitutive or «dramatic» function, preaching can be understood as an example of «aesthetic communication.»

«This is the first demonstration that a constitutive monoubiquitination by an E2 enzyme complements the function of a key enzyme.

Constitutive cytokine mRNAs mark natural killer (NK) and NK T cells poised for rapid effector function.

Categorized as constitutive or inducible (and functioning either generally or specific to certain tissues), promoters enable either continuous (constitutive) or transient (inducible) transcription of a specific gene (9).

In pines, resins — a large class of complex plant chemicals that function as antimicrobials, fungicides and insect toxins — are delivered primarily via a constitutive production / delivery system consisting of resin canals lined with resin - producing epithelial cells.