Sentences with phrase «culture of reading for»

«Although improving, several studies have found that a national culture of reading for pleasure is still in its early stages,» Aradi and Schwalje tell Publishing Perspectives.

Over 100 Black male educators will travel from Atlanta, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Memphis, among other cities to discuss topics ranging from toxic masculinity in school buildings to creating a culture of reading for Black boys.

Events, competitions, whole - school reading initiatives and book corners can all help to develop a culture of reading for enjoyment - the National Literacy Trust Network offers a wealth of resources and ideas to help teachers to promote reading for pleasure across the school.

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He mentioned he had just read one of my articles (one of the first ones I had written for this column) and was fascinated by the correlations I made between the culture of the U.S. special - operations community and building high - performance teams in the business world.

Appearing on a panel called Technology, Culture And Consumer Adoption: Learning To Read The Cultural Landscape, West touched on the recent $ 3bn deal between Dr Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Apple for Beats Audio and Beats Electronics and last year's alliance of Jay Z and electronics giant Samsung.

By my reading of both the human condition and our current culture, a project like Hart's is more important to the status of religion in public life than, say, arguments for a natural law.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

I haven't mentioned Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, edited by Welty biographer Suzanne Marrs and Macdonald biographer Tom Nolan (the most touching collection of letters I've read in years), or the latest volume in The Complete Letters of Henry James, or Catherine Lampert's superb Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting (which the painter Bruce Herman will be writing about for Books & Culture), or James Curtis's fascinating and beautifully produced William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come.

In the graciousness of the book (something often lacking when people engage Emergent, no names but...), in its passionate for the Scriptures, in its understanding that true faith shows itself in love, in its acceptance of the many things postmodernism has going for it without capitulating to todays culture, and especially in the willingness to both take on and unite both sides, Wittmer has written something here to be commended for, and something that all believers no matter what side they lean toward would do well to read.

The following stories are, for those who «read the signs of the times», indicators that the witness of the Church, less and less welcome in the secular culture that surrounds us, has never been more important or necessary.

But the convention of the «summer reading list» has become so thoroughly engrained in our culture that it seems appropriate to suggest four books - for - summer that will deepen any thoughtful Catholic's faith — and any thoughtful Catholic's perception of the challenges Catholics face today.

Says he: «What makes «Culture in an Age of Money» fun to read — at least for people who were not enamored of Mr. Reagan — is its refreshing candor.

Now the words about the temporal duties should be read within the context of the Council statements about the relative autonomy of the secular culture (art. 59), for only thus will the sentence just quoted receive its full weight.

due to racism, bigotry and ignorance, most modern historical books in the west do not or have not mentioned such historical facts bc for white men who compiled history books, any credit to any area east of Greece would have been too shameful, but again, when you read about ancient Persian culture and see it in action and look at their tablets and beliefs and artifacts and books, it's quite clear that the Persian Zoroastrian role is all over this....

How can we read about this veneer - like faith and not shudder as we compare it to the broad, wide and often equally shallow thing that passes for Christianity in so much of our culture and in so many of our churches?

For the early explorers, and certainly for those in Europe reading their first reports, the specificity and detail of America's native flora and fauna, and even more, its aboriginal Indian cultures, which by 1492 had already completed a long and distinguished history in this hemisphere, were swallowed up in a generalized feeling of newness which replaced that specificity and detail with the blank screen of an alleged «state of nature.&raqFor the early explorers, and certainly for those in Europe reading their first reports, the specificity and detail of America's native flora and fauna, and even more, its aboriginal Indian cultures, which by 1492 had already completed a long and distinguished history in this hemisphere, were swallowed up in a generalized feeling of newness which replaced that specificity and detail with the blank screen of an alleged «state of nature.&raqfor those in Europe reading their first reports, the specificity and detail of America's native flora and fauna, and even more, its aboriginal Indian cultures, which by 1492 had already completed a long and distinguished history in this hemisphere, were swallowed up in a generalized feeling of newness which replaced that specificity and detail with the blank screen of an alleged «state of nature.»

We read the t.itle «Son of God» and think literal son of a god, like the Greeks would, the culture that Paul catered to, but the Jews used that ti.tle for either all of Israel, or her (entirely human) leaders, especially the messiah who was to lead Israel into a new age, yes?

I was especially dismayed by his reading of my assessment of the real contributions of evangelicals and Roman Catholics in U.S. public culture; my point (more an aside, really) was simply that, for various reasons, they can not replace the kind of service to civil society that the mainline provides — not that they do no service at all.

While reading The Book, I had an experience like those referred to in histories of Victorian culture: I had to set the novel aside for several days because of how audaciously Murdoch had treated one of her characters.

I encourage the curious to read «The Greatest Show on Earth» by R. Dawkins for the remarkable tale of our common history... something quite different from the often insidious tribal codes of caste and culture.

Another way of reading the Bible is for historical reconstruction of ancient cultures, ideas, or religions.

Her work should be required reading not only for students of American religion, but also for anyone who wishes to study sympathetically and fruitfully a different religious culture.

And we have a brilliant analysis of the effects of a contraceptive culture in Mary Eberstadt's Adam and Eve After the Pill (Ignatius Press), which is must - reading for every bishop attending the upcoming synods on the family.

Cultures that readily identify with biblical worldviews find it easier to read the Bible (including the laws of Leviticus) not just as historical fact but as relevant instruction for daily conduct.

The plaque had been placed in the cathedral in 2008, during the civic celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of New France, and it read like this (my translation): «The Society for the 400th Anniversary of Québec, through its president, Mr. Jean Leclerc, pays homage to bishops, priests, and religious communities of men and women for their exceptional contributions to the history and the culture of the people of Québec.»

At one extreme it results in a dogmatic insistence on the rightness of the missionary's culture and way of thinking, or, at the other extreme, in an affirmation of the validity of all cultures and the right of local people to read the Bible for themselves and formulate their own theologies.

1989 was the same summer that Spike Lee's race - relations film, DO THE RIGHT THING came out, I had just read Malcolm X's Autobiography for a class, my IVCF chapter was more and more seeking to explore the implications of «multi-ethnicity» for campus ministry, and as a college radio DJ I had been exposed to more of the best rap than most white suburbanites — that is, a number of threads came together for me at that time to allow me to be a right - on - the - sidelines spectator of the rap youth culture phenomenon.

Passages that were originally written for groups of people, and intended to be read and applied in a community setting (the nation of Israel, the various early churches, the first followers of Jesus), have been manipulated to communicate a personal, individual message... thus leading the reader away from the original corporate intent of the passage to a reaffirmation of the individualistic, me - centered, and consumerist tendencies of American religious culture.

For better or worse, Christian conferences are a reflection of the Christian culture and so ultimately, the problem isn't that there aren't enough women in the typical conference lineup; the problem is that people planning the conferences aren't reading, listening to, and following women to begin with.

Friedrich Schleiermacher, on the other hand, declared in his most widely read work that he considered those for whom he wrote to be the «cultured despisers of religion.»

I haven't ever read anything that would cause me to believe that «archeology destroys every claim for inspiration,» or» we know the human process, and the roots of everything, in human culture.»

Our favorite reads this week taught us about all kinds of food traditions, from Boston's Chinese food and Sweden's sourdough starter culture to Hainanese chicken and the evolving tradition of soul food in the U.S.. Each story left us hungry for more, and we hope they do the same for you.

They always bull each other up pre match., but on the day they will be shoving each other around.Bruce couldn't care less about Arsenal or Wenger or has he had to put up with the deception and ineptitude and his total failure to address a growing culture of failure.Every end of season is like reading the same final chapter word for word...

I read somewhere that some said we're not clinical enough that is a culture at wenger has become too friendly with the players at Arsenal the players position are seldom under treat you play poorly for two weeks and you still make the team you missed a look at almunia retrospectively don't understand that hey if i get a chance to score i must take it the first time cause i may not get a next one and you want the players to be clinical it must start from the top good work or none As was said on a website to day Arsenal should parade through the streets of london in an open top Bus at the end of the season the accountants of the club and i will through wenger in there too cause to most of you he can do no wrong I love this club with all my heart and i can support no other club in football but to see for 5 seasons we can't show any vast improvement and keep making the same mistakes every year is hard to swallow it makes me sick but as wenger says judge me at the end i wonder what end he meant the end of the season or the end of his contract GO ARSENAL......................

I think this is a kinf of culture shock as if you play for Real Madrid in La Liga you never expect the lowest tams of the table fight this hard and press against you all the game long it's what Jack said last year about new guys, when we played reading I think he will be fine, he is our Star player, I like him soooo much!

When I try to think of the ultimate pop culture icon for modern day parenting, the image that instantly comes to my mind is a mother reading a worn - out paperback copy of Baby and Childcare by Dr. Benjamin Spock (probably given to her by her mother!).

For an even better description of a child - friendly culture read the article on Sweden's Family Friendly Society in the Nov / Dec 2001 issue of Mothering Magazine.

At 7 p.m., Declaration 17 will host a public reading by signatories of the «Declaration of Independence in Opposition to the Policies and Practices» of Trump, a document signed by hundreds of concerned citizens, Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. and Central Park West, Manhattan.

The Justice Secretary is in the news for other reasons - his Department plans to halve rapists» sentences under some circumstances - but it's worth reading in full what he said yesterday about superinjunctions, in reply to a question from John Whittingdale, the Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

The development will also feature community programing through an onsite Activities, Culture, Training (ACTS) Center and a brand new Pre-K for All facility that will be operated by the New York City Department of Education (DOE)... Read More

Her schedule can read like a map of multiculturalism in New York: opening a 24 - hour center for L.G.B.T.Q. youth in Queens, touring an urban farm in East Harlem, a Hispanic Heritage event at Gracie Mansion one night and a transgender theater performance another, opening a substance use clinic at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters in Manhattan, attending a reading of writer James Baldwin at a center for black culture — all since late September.

He likes nothing better than surfing journals the likes of Cereal Chemistry, Poultry Science, and The Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries.In fact, he's made a career of turning huge amounts of arcane food science, centuries of history and culture, and wonderfully oddball,just - for - the - heck - of - it facts into a good read for curious cooks and eaters.

For the past 10 years, the Camera Culture group at MIT's Media Lab has been developing innovative imaging systems — from a camera that can see around corners to one that can read text in closed books — by using «time of flight,» an approach that gauges distance by measuring the time it takes light projected into a scene to bounce back to a sensor.

All youʼd really have to do is start studying EVERY resource available on old - time physical culture and gymnastics, read every training journal and periodical you can get your hands on, study for and attend dozens of advanced exercise, nutrition and bio-chemistry seminars, seek out and learn from the worldʼs leading alternative exercise method gurus, and put all that knowledge to the test, 40 hours per week, on a variety of in - person clients from all walks of life.

You are fine to have the fermented and cultured foods, as well as the sea vegetables of course, and you will be familiar with these if you read Introduction To Healthy Eating For Psoriasis.

Gvasalia is nothing if not unpredictable, so his recent Vetements show opened with a genteel older woman in a fur coat, the polar opposite of the club - kids culture he is known for (read about him on the Vetements website if you're curious).

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Almost every time I read one of your posts, I realize something else I take for granted about my country / culture.

Better first read if you can get rid of it, if you would ever want to!Feb 13, 2016 The death of the date and the hook - up culture have shifted the way heterosexual couples connect, whether its for a random or regular.

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