Sentences with phrase «context of a particular person»

Rather, the provision takes on life in the context of a particular person's death.

Not exact matches

So before we start diving in and talking about this particular book I think it's really important for us to give the proper amount of context for people to understand what it is that we're about to talk about today.

Lonnie is a particular person from a particular context — I wonder how much of an option he would have had in terms of forming a gay - identity.

A vision arises from a careful reading of the context and the work required by God of a particular people with a particular identity.

You don't know what theories are in a scientific context, you make an argument equivalent to «people can't take strides greater than ten feet, therefore it's impossible to run a marathon,» and you think that the lack of a full understanding about a particular hypothetical explanation is some kind of demonstration that science is an abject failure.

«[In Moltmann's theology] the comprehensive work of the Spirit interacts with humanity in pervasive ways, calling each person to a renewed relationality and an emphasis of life over death in their particular contexts.

Hence, if we situate the call of Abraham, as well as other special revelatory moments of the history of religion, within the wider context of cosmic evolution, this may help soften the «scandal of particularity» associated with any unique or distinctive summoning by God of a particular people to bear witness in a novel way to the divine promise and mystery that come to expression first in the very creation of the world.

In arguing against the possibility of attaining to a neutral standpoint on matters of concern to religious persons, one begins with the axiom that all human activity — and so, by extension, all scholarly activity, all religious activity, and all interaction among serious religious persons — both implies and evinces a commitment to some particular metaphysic, some view as to the way things are and as to how human activity should proceed in that context.

The «I» represents the quality of life achieved within a particular structure of existence as shaped by the way in which a person assumes responsibility for himself within the context of the possibilities open to him.4

He says, «I am convinced it is best to regard the Old Testament's description of God's involvement in war as reflective of how people thought about God in a particular historical context — rather than as descriptive of what God actually said and did» (p. 118).

When a person is presenting «the gospel» they obviously can not share everything, and so they do their best (along with the help of the Holy Spirit) to pick and choose which truths of the gospel should be shared in that particular context to those particular people.

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

«The new memo also defends applying statutory protections for «hiring persons of a particular religion'to include protection for religiously based standards of conduct for employees, including in the funding context — and potentially (although this is not said explicitly) when the category of prohibited discrimination that's asserted is sexual orientation, not just when it's religion.

Such an ethics always asks about the meaning of any particular sexual act in the total context of the persons involved, in the context of their society, and in the context of that direction which God desires for human life.

Whether a particular hurtful behavior, like the taking of a life, can be considered evil depends on the context in which it occurs and the intentions of the person committing the behavior.

The particular context of global market about which we want to speak is the field of «cultural war» between power and people, waged through political propaganda, commercial advertisements, the educational process, the public media, and information technology.

For dance to become liturgical dance — for it to call God into the midst of a celebration, for it to enliven and embody a particular scriptural message, and for it to help create and enrich a worshiping atmosphere — it needs to be carefully crafted to fit the context of the entire liturgy, so people can respond without being distracted either by the bodies or the abruptness of the movements.

People who have an interest in seeing data in a particular direction have a hard time being objective about a range of judgments and in a variety of contexts.

The problem is that this sort of expression of the Body of Christ — the one with the buildings and professionally trained clergy — gets all the glory and recognition from men, and so over the centuries, this expression of the Body of Christ has become dominant, so that now, people don't even question how they can best accomplish the mission of Jesus in their particular context.

That kind of state makes you less able to fight back if people question you, and alters your perception of reality, which can be problematic in the particular context of detention of several reasons:

AFAP is a membership organization that supports the profession of Fertility Awareness instruction, so that more people will have access to accurate information and high quality instruction that is independent of any particular religious context or agenda and supports all reproductive choices.

The terms HIV and AIDS overlap substantially, and sometimes you can only tell what a particular person (even a medical person) means by the context of the use.

«But until you can deeply understand the culture and the way people think in that particular context, you will constantly be shocked at the norms that are created after decades of conflict.»

«Regardless of the context — clinical, educational, religious, etc. — I want to accompany people, youths in particular, in their suffering,» says Tran, who is hoping eventually to continue his studies in either clinical or counseling psychology, expanding on what he has learned in the Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) Program's research strand.

Likewise, there is evidence to suggest that many young people lack an understanding of how to manage their financial circumstances, which is a particular issue in the context of a difficult economic climate and increasingly common instances of personal debt and insolvency.

These are particularly problematic in the context of climate change, where speaking up, from whatever perspective and position, can lead to being shouted down, but where speaking up is increasingly demanded of scientists in particular by people in high office, such as the UK's Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport.

It calls for the systematic design and use of participatory communication processes, strategies and community - media to share information and knowledge among relevant stakeholder, in a particular agro-ecological context, in order to encourage attitudes and practices that increase people's resiliency and offer livelihood options to cope with climate change.

Clive Martin's practice includes the many forms of litigation that arise in the real estate context, from title problems to development disputes to construction claims and everything in between, with a particular focus on condominiums and the people who develop, manage, and live in them.

That is why a growing number of people who believe the system can work better for citizens are exploring alternatives other than strategic planning in that context, the Social Lab in particular.

In this case, the issue was whether the Gladue factors were relevant in the context of extradition and, in particular, whether the Minister of Justice was required to consider the Gladue factors in determining whether surrendering an accused Aboriginal person to be prosecuted in the United States.

There would be differences from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and based upon the context in which the term was used over whether some of the following persons would be law enforcement officers for particular purposes:

The phrase «steep learning curve» means to describe a particular plot on a graph where the x axis measures time and the y axis measures the degree of learning acquired; in such a setup, a steep curve means that a lot of learning takes place rapidly, exactly opposite to the meaning that most people give it, they presumably seeing it in the context of climbing, where steepness is difficult and is conquered only slowly.

In the course of the interviews, culturally meaningful and important categories are meant to emerge so that an appropriate idiom or dialogue is developed.49 This approach generally requires a social scientist on the team who has a first hand understanding of the qualitative research methodology involved, as well as staff with a first hand understanding of the communities to understand the group's recent history and cultural context, and be able to correctly evaluate what norms and values underlie a particular person's expressed opinion or action.50

In the General Comment the HRC discussed the importance of political participation in the context of the need to protect the particular cultural relationship of minority groups to the use of land resources, particularly in the case of Indigenous peoples.

If Indigenous homelessness is to be addressed effectively, it must be understood in an historical and cultural context that takes account of past injustices... Without taking this historical perspective into account, and the sustained marginalised treatment of Indigenous people by the State, it is not possible to fully identify and address the barriers to Indigenous people, and women in particular, accessing appropriate services.

It was recognised as early as 1984 that the Commonwealth Heritage Act was inadequate to protect Indigenous culture, in particular, because it failed to locate heritage protection within the context of Indigenous peoples» fundamental relationship with their lands.

In this context «society» is to be understood as a body of persons united in and by its acknowledgement and observance of a body of laws and customs... To speak of rights and interests possessed under an identified body of laws and customs is, therefore, to speak of rights and interests that are the creatures of the laws and customs of a particular society that exists as a group which acknowledges and observes those laws and customs.8

experiential avoidance — the phenomenon that occurs when a person is unwilling to remain in contact with particular private experiences and takes steps to alter the form or frequency of these events and the contexts that occasion them, even when doing so causes psychological harm

The roles and behaviors that people take on in a particular family or context are understood to be determined by the unspoken rules of that system and interaction among its members.