Sentences with phrase «cultural references in»

Among the ways she does this is by combining different religious and cultural references in her internationally acclaimed work, which was included in the 2005 Venice Biennale and the 1997 Whitney Biennial.

The spectrum of cultural references in his work sheds light on Graham's mystic tendencies, and gives ground for Eleanor Green's characterization of Graham as an «avatar.

Culturally Responsive Teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students» cultural references in all aspects of learning (Ladson - Billings, 1994).

There is no specific cultural reference in the online training content that makes certain employees feel isolated or alienated

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Though dated in its cultural references, Greenleaf presents a powerful description of true servant leadership; leadership focused on every person your enterprise touches - employees, customers, and society in general - asking, «Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?

Then, even though they may apply cultural references to other scripture, they refuse to acknowledge (or at least look at some unbiased research) that loving committed gay or lesbian relationships today do not resemble the types of homosexuality referenced by Paul in Romans or 1 Corinthians.

In some ways, Flanders is the embodiment of evangelical cultural stereotypes: He's extremely morally conservative, constantly references his faith, has a seemingly perfect family, is prone to cringe - inducing clichéd sayings and is a fixture at the local church.

1) Just because you do not understand the cultural reference within the art of the statue, does not mean that the art has less value, nor that the statue is, in fact, «sticking it's tongue out at you».

«Marxism and Christianity in India», in The Encounter of Church with Movement of Social Change in various cultural contexts with special reference to Marxism, LWF, Geneva, 1977.

Speaking at the San Antonio Conference, Lesslie Newbigin made reference to his own cultural background in these terms: «As I look back on my own life as a missionary in India, I realize now in a way that I never did at that time that I was not only carrying the gospel but that I was also a carrier of this so - called modern world - view which I now see to be breaking down because it is false.

But even Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum makes reference to a panoply of earlier encyclicals that furnish the larger social, political, cultural, and religious context for tackling any of these economic matters.

3 See for example the case studies analysed by G. Rajamani and C. Lawrence, «Baptism and Conversion with Special Reference to Socio - Cultural Dimensions,» in Godwin R. Singh, ed., A Call to Discipleship: Baptism and Conversion (Delhi: ISPCK, 1985), pp. 112 - 136.

«15 Moreover, Whitehead emphasizes that symbolic reference, at least in human symbolisms, is generally a two - way affair in which the symbol and the symbolized are frequently interchangeable, a situation that suggests a reciprocal interaction between secondary (poetic) imagination and the social or cultural aspect of symbolizing.16

The range of concrete materials with which the conference deals is suggested by the titles of the five sections into which the delegates were divided for simultaneous sessions of intensive discussion: «The Church and the Community» (meaning by «community» what the Germans mean by Volk, society in its larger units viewed with reference to its cultural and racial coherence rather than its political organization); «Church and State»; «The Church and the Economic Order»; «Church, Community and State in Relation to Education»; «The Universal Church and the World of Nations.»

Today's urban dictionary takes the definition a bit further, slamming Becky as a girl who's more than just a flirt, but back in 1847, a satirical novel started the whole «Becky» cultural reference.

Not quite the dainty or feminine title that most parents want for their girl's name, especially as cultural references tend to frame the moniker in a negative light.

However, rather than simply accepting the opinion of states and critical Western scholars as the point of reference, the edited book Responsibility to Protect: Cultural Perspectives in the Global South by Rama Mani and Tom Weiss addresses the important and so far under - researched question of what scholars and activists from the global south really think about the R2P principle and how the R2P implementation process can account for those southern concerns and insights.

Although Britain becomes ever more a cultural 51st state of the US, there are certain references in popular culture that remain specifically American: baseball, the yellow school bus, and that line in a Paul Simon song about «going to the candidates» debate».

In writing books laced with philosophical ruminations and literary references, he has served as an emissary from the brain sciences to the cultural milieu.

The maize reference genome and the haplotype map are published online today ahead of print in the journal Science, in addition to a supplementary poster on the maize genome placing the plant and the sequencing project in historical and cultural perspective.

But keep in mind that a very wide age gap — 10 years or more — can mean that you and your partner have different life perspectives, goals, and even cultural references — and all of these challenges can complicate a relationship over time.

In a global world, where physical and virtual limits collapse, we are flooded with information and cultural references, data and objects that come from everywhere.

This isn't just a cultural reference; this is a world - changing reference, because now we have something to talk about, in the same way that the world changed with Operation Yew Tree.

NIGHTLIFE.CA is the reference to enjoy urban and cultural life in Montreal.

Whether it be pure physical attraction or a desire to meet someone who shares your specific cultural reference points, ethnic dating is a category of online dating that has grown exponentially in the last few years.

While the movie includes narration (by Charles Osgood) drawn from the book, it also allows the stars opportunity for topical pop - cultural references as well as narrative detours, as when the mayor goes in for a Who - Root Canal «Sticking» «Who» in front of everything,» he gripes, «doesn't make it hurt less») or Horton's clover lands in a field of clovers, whereupon he sets out to locate his speck - adorned lower out of the thousands stretching before him.

The season parodies too many cultural references and very few in everyday life.

It dispenses facts in the moment, crediting sourced music and filming locations and making sense of cultural references.

In which case, his barrage of f - bombs and references to mothers named Martha feel a little too familiar, and just far enough behind the curve of what is being discussed in the cultural conversation that they don't land with the same merciless cruelty that made the previous film, well, if not better, then somehow more incisivIn which case, his barrage of f - bombs and references to mothers named Martha feel a little too familiar, and just far enough behind the curve of what is being discussed in the cultural conversation that they don't land with the same merciless cruelty that made the previous film, well, if not better, then somehow more incisivin the cultural conversation that they don't land with the same merciless cruelty that made the previous film, well, if not better, then somehow more incisive.

Allen doubles down on the film's grotesque qualities and doesn't miss the opportunity to throw in cultural references and visual gags.

Meanwhile, it has also become a part of the nation's very cultural fabric, as witnessed by the countless references to the game made in movies and on television shows.

I grew up in the age of Martina Navratilova vs Chris Evert and John McEnroe vs Everyone, though, and that match was a common cultural reference point.

The production design (by Philip Messina) is jaw - dropping and encyclopedic in its cultural references.

Time travel pop cultural references are back, but feel tired and overused in this instalment.

Yes, there is still fun spotting the cultural references that take in everything from Godzilla to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from Star Wars to The Breakfast Club.

Visually it looks fabulous, and it's enjoyably packed full of modern cultural references that take in music, film (ooh, look, isn't that The Iron Giant) and video gaming (wow — an Atari 2600) from the past 40 years.

With first radio and then television, both passive receivers, becoming ubiquitous presences in people's homes, culture was united in the limited number of options available, and thus coalesced around a comparatively small number of widely shared cultural reference points.

There are no fart jokes, pop cultural references or any annoying R&B songs in How to Train Your Dragon.

While subtlety wasn't expected, the never ending mugging at the camera, poorly scripted references to varied cultural phenomenon of that time (photography, burking, mob protection), and stream of celebrity cameos (Bill Bailey, Ronnie Corbett) gives the impression that Landis was more concerned in operating the cinematic equivalent of a «shock and awe» campaign, rather than making a solid piece of genre entertainment.

I chuckle as I write both of these quotes as Froehle and I are of the same generation, understanding the cultural references and silliness of worrying about our «experience» in number of years, aka «age.»

In the midst of all this, Reynolds never stops cracking wise on every comic book or pop cultural reference that can be squeezed into two hours.

Then ask students to keep an eye out for articles in newspapers and magazines that include references to different cultural groups that are part of the American «melting pot.»

There is even some cultural references to television in France.

A topic revision sheet on the impact on employment / unemployment issues in Spain, to support pupils with concrete example and cultural references w...

Two other examples: a middle - school project that culminated in a half - hour variety show explored how comedians use spoken words, body language, and cultural references to draw laughs; and young entrepreneurs developed ideas for business start - ups to pitch to experts.

To be highly proficient in Brooksian English — the language of privilege — requires mastery over not just an alphabet and rules of grammar, but also an enormous range of assumed knowledge, historical references, and cultural allusions that are commonly held by members of a speech community.

The clever hashtag offers a lesson in the value of cultural literacy — often a touchy subject in education — but with a nifty twist: This time, it's our students who got a cultural reference that left many adults scratching their heads.

Almost 30 years ago, education professor E.D. Hirsch wrote Cultural Literacy, in which he claimed that there are facts and cultural references that every American shouCultural Literacy, in which he claimed that there are facts and cultural references that every American shoucultural references that every American should know.

Allender pointed to a four - step protocol for engaging student voice in formal learning spaces which included listening to students, believing in and looking for academic value in students» cultural references, bridging student culture and academic voices, and finally, surfacing academic elements in students» cultural references.

Drawing on his experience as a health psychologist and using a wealth of cultural, historical and literary references that range from the Buddha, to Nazi concentration camps, to Dorothy in the land of Oz, he leads us to examine ourselves.