Sentences with phrase «cultural world views»

He proposed that the psychological basis of cooperation, competition, and emotional and mental health is a tendency to hold tightly to anxiety - buffering cultural world views or «immortality projects» that serve as the basis for self - esteem and meaning.

She showed some of her public perception data indicating that regular citizens can make nuanced decisions and formulate sophisticated opinions, although they draw upon a variety of factors to do so including history, trust, controllability, familiarity, being informed, and cultural world views.

Not exact matches

DAve - you need to take into context the cultural view of the world at the time.

Google recently reached an agreement with the United National Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to take pictures of world heritage sites for use in the Google Street View service.

Individuals in the church are not perfect but then neither are the ones outside the church; we don't all have the same cultural or political views but then neither does the rest of the world.

A convinced Platonist, at least with regard to the existence of mathematical laws, Davies rejects the cultural view of mathematics merely as a language created by man to describe the natural world; and like his colleague Roger Penrose (one of the foremost theoreticians on black holes) he flatly asserts that mathematical laws have an existence of their own:

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.

Anyone familiar with the Eastern Christian world knows that the Orthodox view of the Catholic Church is often a curious mélange of fact, fantasy, cultural prejudice, sublime theological misunderstanding, resentment, reasonable disagreement, and unreasonable dread: it sees a misty phantasmagoria of crusades, predestination, «modalism,» a God of wrath, flagellants, Grand Inquisitors, and those blasted Borgias.

In this view, it is intolerable that the largest and most influential moral authority in the world persists in rejecting the sexual expression of the cultural commandment to «follow your bliss.»

In a world shrunk by travel and communications technologies, one which can no longer afford conflict arising from ethnocentric prejudice, the appreciation of other religious and cultural views is necessary for the survival of the human species.

If you let your children expand their world view through diverse cultural learning and taught respect for all peoples belief's and religions we might actually see hope for the planet, but you are far to short sighted for that and will likely use your indoctrinated offspring to usher in a new religious dark age.

Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his city is a center.

This media force, along with other cultural and social influences, shapes the disposition as well as the substance of theology associated with our view of the world.

For several centuries the gatherings of the dominant class in American society, white Anglo - Saxon churches have tended to assume that they themselves have no cultural particularity and therefore no reason to investigate their own ethos, tradition, and world view.

The Universal Declaration's balanced view of individual and community, with its integral concept of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, has gained broad appeal throughout the world.

Back in the period I am talking about, the 1930s and 1940s, Jews living in the major population centers of American Jewish life — New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and so on — might at least in some part of their daily lives have experienced a sense of cultural dominance: in their neighborhoods, on their blocks, most people lived as they did, and spoke as they did, and viewed the world as they did.

The complex of capitalism, utilitarianism, and science as a cultural form has its own world view, its own «religion» even — though it is an adamantly this - worldly one — and its own utopianism: the utopianism of total technical control, of course in the service of the «freedom» of individual self - interest.

The onus is on cultural and religious communities which experience and assert their cardinal differences from the Hindutva ideology to promote world - views more amiable to plurality and less hostile to difference.

St. Augustine's view of history was ultimately optimistic since its end term is the Kingdom of God; but we have seen how this was adjusted to a patient and complex view of history in which the two cities of church and world are mingled in cultural creativity and conflict.

It should also be pointed Out that the memory - lane of dalits in re» member» ing their cultural values is blurred by the influences of world - view of other religions to which they converted later.

The chief problem with this world view is that it allows for more than one «truth» about reality, truths which merely coexist in discrete personal and cultural worlds.

The goal of our digging into our cultural heritage and relating it to the biblical traditions is to promote goodwill towards our fellow humans and to work together for the welfare of the people in relation to the nature and to our Creator, in order that all humans may be successful in achieving mastery of life (cf. Genesis 1:28, which is interpreted from the wisdom point of view that man has the responsibility to master the world).

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.»

Merleau - Ponty, to the contrary, insists that we view language as a way of existing within the world, as an intimate aspect of the cultural activity which shapes the content of our experience.

You also may want to attend different cultural events and watch documentaries to expand her view of the world.

Marco Verweij and colleagues argued that acknowledging the range of cultural world - views allows us to propose «clumsy solutions» to climate change (Verweij et al. (2006)-RRB-.

I stated then in writing amongst other things that: ``... I am sorry if any person gets offended by my insistence on the protection of public property and putting Ghana First because I was molded with this world, social, and the cultural view to life and community which it is too late to change.

The findings, just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, reveal that the self - beliefs of members of Western cultural groups have much more in common with the rest of the world than was previously suggested, contradicting the generally accepted view of a «West versus the rest» divide in concepts of selfhood.

This she labels the Testosterone Rex world view, where differences are touted as «natural» rather than cultural.

Whether you view it as cheap cultural appropriation or a reverential nod to faraway worlds, globetrotting trends dominated the season's runway.

We're going to be seeing films of all kinds and genres within this shared universe, and more so than any of the other MCU films, Black Panther feels like an invitation for everyone to take part — to tell stories from unique perspectives and world views, and to bring cultural, ideological, and social ideals to these comic book heroes.

This practice works best as a response to gaps in cultural learning and representation that happen when curriculum is perceived to have too narrow a focus on a white, middle - to - upper - class, male - dominated view of the world.

Learning and literacy are viewed partly as cultural activities, not just because they are acquired through social interactions but also because they are an indication of how a specific cultural group or discourse community interprets the world and transmits information.

Students are exposed to a variety of international perspectives and points of view to value cultural differences and understanding and to promote responsibility in our changing world.

Knowing Growing Showing supports teachers to engage students in consumer and financial literacy by connecting with and building upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and community values, histories, world views and lived experiences.

More often than not, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students have shared cultural values and social experiences, including a common world view.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students often have shared cultural values and social experiences, including a world view that is shaped by their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, a deep sense of obligation to family, and similar upbringings in places of poverty and financial hardship.

Researchers speculate differing cultural attitudes, familial resources and even world views may contribute.

With views of shimmering Manila Bay, the urban oasis is close to world - class shopping, nightlife and the capital city's cultural offerings.

On Wednesday, July 31, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will showcase its proposal for the Presidio Exchange (PX)-- an open - platform cultural center in this world - class location that will maintain the prime views of the Golden Gate Bridge, forge a new pedestrian link between the Presidio Main Post and the waterfront, and engage the public in a dynamic and ever - evolving series of public programs — from art installations to «hackathons», film festivals to green - tech expositions, dance performances to history lectures.

The proposed action (Alternative # 5 — Beaver Pond Terrace) called for a reorientation of management and use to more adequately preserve and interpret the area's globally significant Alaskan brown bear viewing opportunities and prime brown bear habitat, and to manage these elements as integral parts of an evolving environment that also contains nationally significant cultural resources, scenic values, and world - class sport fishing opportunities.

Using La Lechere as a base, guests are able to enjoy day and night game viewing drives, unique bushbraais, guided bush walks, sunrise and sunset cruises on the Olifants River, golf at the world famous Hans Merensky Golf Estate, cultural tours, tours to the largest open cast copper mine in the world as well as excursions to Moholoholo Animal Rehab Centre, Blyde River Canyon and Tzaneen / Magoebaskloof.

Here, you will enjoy a cultural Haka show and mouth - watering buffet dinner at the summit of Bob's Peak where panoramic views extend for miles, before you travel inland to the powder - blue alpine waters of beautiful Lake Tekapo, home to St John's Observatory and some of the most spectacular night skies in the world.

The Peacock Garden is a sprawling mountain property with spectacular views, a luxurious atmosphere, and fine dining.This 5 - star luxury boutique hotel is Bohol's hidden gem, reflecting a unique Old - World, East - meets - West style in its character and interiors.To complement 40 well - appointed rooms, most with balconies and sea view, the 10 hectare resort features a restaurant and wine cellar, Roman spa, music & dance club, cigar lounge, as well as facilities and services for business and social events.Eco - cultural tours, beach, and outdoor activities are offered nearby.Around The Resort - You might like to stay in and enjoy the international cuisine served at Old Heidelberg Restaurant and Wine Cellar.

``... travel outside our borders can add a new dimension to a person's social and cultural intelligence — and one's knowledge of how people abroad interact and do business with one another... In this day and age, more and more employers want to hire people with a true «world view» with the adaptability and openness that comes with having experienced other cultures.»

Beginning today, an online exhibition of 18 artworks by African - American artists in the BMA's collection can be viewed by people around the world thanks to a new partnership between the Google Cultural Institute and more than 40 other organizations with African - American artworks and historical artifacts.

used for the Biennial speaks to how pervasive the generic view of blackness remains even in the new global art world, such that «Africa» is broadly and shallowly referenced as a historical and cultural framework, and only when compatible with a white - led agenda.

JS: «The current generation of Chinese artists not only takes a new view of the contemporary world, but is also contributing to a veritable Chinese «cultural revolution».

He has been a fellow of the Creative Time Global Residency, the Socrates Sculpture Park Residency, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council World Views AIR Program, the Eyebeam Atelier Teaching Residency, the Studio Museum AIR Program, the P.S. 1 International Studio Program, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency.

In her expansive world view, the personal becomes the cultural, becomes a refractory mirror of the time we live in with all its nuts and bolts of coding, iterations, simulations, information theory, feedback loops, and the transition from orderly states to disorderly ones.