Sentences with phrase «cultural understanding at»

The Museum — among the oldest university art museums in the nation — serves as the catalyst for cultural understanding at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor community, and is a physical and virtual destination for scholars and art - lovers from around the globe.

Paterson continued to insist that «changing the address is a possibility because the ideas are still the same and changing the address could effect ethnic and cultural understanding at a value that would be historic.»

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When properly understood in it's historical, cultural, grammatical, and contextual contexts, Ephesians 2 is a chapter which does not defend the Calvinistic system of theology, but disproves it at every turn.

In Mat 19 we have Jesus appeal to creation mandates for marriage, and therefore presumably the cultural mandate to fill the earth that the Jews understood to entail the obligation to get married and at least try to have one male and one female child.

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».

That understanding has already been superceded in theoretical physics, which I will also return to briefly, but that image of reality is still dominant at the level of cultural consciousness.

At the same time, he rejects those theories, «more or less tinged with behaviouristic psychology,» which assume» that human nature has no dynamism of its own and that psychological changes are to be understood in terms of the development of new «habits» as an adaptation to new cultural patterns.»

Cultural studies seek to understand human behavior and to interpret its significance, to look at TV, for example, and to diagnose its human meanings.

The interpreter has to look for that meaning which a biblical writer intended and expressed in his particular circumstances, and in his historical and cultural context, by means of such literary genres as were in use at his time, To understand correctly what a biblical writer intended to assert, due attention is needed both to the customary and characteristic ways of feeling, speaking and storytelling which were current in his time, and to the social conventions of the period.

This is not to deny that those who are educated in biblical studies and at the same time enlightened by the Spirit are able to understand the cultural and theological ramifications of the revelation of the Word of God far better than those who are illiterate in these areas.

While I can understand that the 18 - certificate content may make a strong case for this approach, I'm again concerned that Christians neither wave placards at an imagined bogeyman, nor miss the opportunity to relate to one of the major cultural stories of the day.

I wonder if «spiritual but not religious» is a bit of a cultural transitional stage in which it is becoming clear that formal religious dogma is at best intellectually unsatisfying, and at worst not only false but dangerous; and yet we don't really know what to do with that part of our brain that seeks magical explanations for what we can not easily understand.

Read stories of how others in similar situations have responded, or read for a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural dynamics that are at play in your situation.

Thus understood, the doctrine of radical evil can furnish a receptive structure for new figures of alienation besides the speculative illusion or even the desire for consolation — of alienation in the cultural powers, such as the church and the state; it is indeed at the heart of these powers that a falsified expression of the synthesis can take place; when Kant speaks of «servile faith,» of «false cult,» of a «false Church,» he completes at the same time his theory of radical evil.

It can not be understood apart from the cultural milieu of the sixties when, in a confused concatenation of events, the aggiornamento proposed by the Second Vatican Council was hijacked to mean that the Church should conform itself to the culture, just at the time when the culture was being radically deformed.

While it is true that these are commands of Jesus, we must understand the cultural significance of these ceremonies, and what they meant at that time.

Murray needs to read Alasdair MacIntyre, who doesn't have much of a solution either, but who at least understands the profundity of our cultural brokenness.

Charles Davis has made a useful attempt to mediate between the unwillingness of political theologies to accept a role for philosophy and the human drive to understand what is at work in any cultural phenomenon, among which theologies must be counted.3 Davis distinguishes between «original» and «scientific» theology.

However one looks at Scripture, as the «word of God» or just old writings, understanding the historical and cultural context in which the writer's lived and wrote can give us lots of insight.

Although Hall speaks in the just - quoted passage of «forces that no one understands,» he says elsewhere that the whole of his discussion in The Uncertain Phoenix is «an attempt at cultural self - understanding» (UP 416).

Most of us have assumed ours to be the normative position, «that we stand at the point where the true understanding of Christian faith is located, and that others indulge in interesting cultural or geographical deviants from our norm.»

It is precisely because of the particular shape of the Christ - event as Paul understands it — as a gift (1:6, 15) given without regard for its recipients» worth, status, honor, or cultural capital, whether Jewish or pagan (1:14 - 15; 6:15), delivering them from enslavement to cosmic powers (4:1 - 7)-- that Paul deems circumcision unnecessary and, in the Galatians» case, at least, positively forbidden (5:4).

Hunter has a knack for finding companies embedded in the cultural zeitgeist, and his talk provides a revealing look at how he determines if a brand has what it takes to succeed and, once involved, how he helps the brand then understand its strengths and weaknesses.

Looking at fatherhood across time and cultural settings is important as it broadens our understanding of the changing role of fathers, and contributing factors to their different level of engagement within the family.

Mr. Bloomberg, speaking at an annual Iftar dinner, said he understood the impulse to find an alternative location for the proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero.

Dan Kahan, professor of law and psychology at Yale Law School, sees public understanding of science through what he and other researchers call cultural cognition.

«This highlights the need for a greater understanding of the cultural and regional variations in the effect of age at menarche on age at marriage both within and between countries.»

«It is essential to understand the dynamics of cultural inheritance at different temporal and spatial scales, to uncover the underlying mechanisms that drive these dynamics, and to shed light on their implications for our current theory of evolution as well as for our interpretation and predictions regarding human behavior.»

In the paper «Having their say: Patients» Perspectives and the Clinical Management of Diabetes,» Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc., Director of the Division of Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, and his co-authors Dr. Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. and Dr. Pattie Tucker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. and R.N., propose that healthcare providers can offer more effective diabetes support to their patients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health outcomes.

To summarize their conclusions about Culturally Competent Yoga Teaching at Bennett: a yoga teacher can not just walk into a classroom of students and attempt to teach them yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those student needs.

As mentioned above, we understand the significance of finding a partner who shares your cultural heritage or, at the very least, can identify with and respect your roots.

At EliteSingles we understand that these factors, along with shared morals, traditions and cultural backgrounds are essential elements of a successful partnership.

As well as the benefit of being able to take time to get to know Russian women at a slower and more relaxed pace than face - to - face dating, men can take the extra time to understand cultural differences.

If you've overcome the cultural and ethnic obstacles, you should be proud, but no prouder than anyone in a relationship that has settled their differences to arrive at a mutual understanding.

True love and understanding has no cultural or religious constraints, you just have to look at places where you would never have thought of looking.

Lelio understands that the community at the center of the film is rooted in old - school tradition, but as it's physically rooted in a cultural capital of the world, no one here is a stranger to gays and lesbians, and so the reactions to Ronit and Esit's rekindled love affair never rise to the level of the hysteric.

Pynchon's books happen at moments of profound cultural and sociopolitical change, only half - understood by the players.

ICPS believes that the twinning arrangements involving local authorities at the city or provincial level can lead to better understanding, improve cultural, economic and other ties between different parts of the world.

As a result of his teaching and research activities at Harvard over the last four years, he created and directed the Globalization, Languages and Cultures program, a HGSE - CERI cooperation, which culminated late April 2012 with the publication of the book Languages in a Global World - Learning for Better Cultural Understanding (Paris: OECD).

«This year we are working with students at the Temple Media Literacy Lab on a global media literacy project involving media literacy for cultural understanding of Middle Eastern countries,» she added.

The usefulness of memorized bits of wisdom that are stored away and used at later times, when they are better understood in the light of lived experience, has been fully supported by developmental theories ranging from the social - cultural to the biological.

At Padworth we have found that by strengthening the linguistic ability and cultural sensitivity of our students, we can help shape their understanding of the outside world and, more importantly, how their future careers will be influenced by how they live.

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Through a more harmonious and healthy interaction to various cultures and socio - economic backgrounds, to developing a deeper understanding of community that comes from hands - on interaction with corporations, non-profits, cultural and academic institutions, students are exposed to a microcosm of the world at large, learning skills of interaction, team building and cooperation.

It is important to ensure that educators have diversity training so that their cultural understandings include an acknowledgement of the lived experiences of Latinos / as who speak their native language at home.

In the case of students in a poverty context and students of color, this means having a solid grasp and understanding of the historical ways in which marginalization has negatively impacted these students at the individual, institutional, and cultural levels.

In a pluralistic society, and at a time of increasing interaction among cultural and ethnic groups, students need to know about and understand the cultural heritages of others.

From advocating for improved early childhood education, to increasing the rigor and relevance of curriculum, to fostering understanding of cultural and social mores amongst disparate groups of students, schools will be at the forefront of addressing the heavy - duty issues that the greater population faces as we continue to change in terms of how we look, the languages we speak, and the traditions we celebrate.

Work by scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women led to Relational - Cultural Theory, an understanding that has dramatically changed counseling and psychotherapy practices.

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