@enderland I agree relative to the others - this answer has some nuance, as opposed to the completely
dogmatic approach of some other answers.
Not exact matches
Given the decline in the WCC
of funds, members, and resources, and the concomitant need to cut staff and programs, the bureaucratic
approach — which emphasizes organic (structural) cohesion while insisting on an open - ended
dogmatic pluralism — can hardly compete with a catholic, Christocentric faith that is yet flexible and diverse regarding forms.
I tend to think that
dogmatic and narrow
approaches to belief and practice are somewhat immature, but «we» also long for the simplicity
of black - white.
Even then there will always be mitigating circumstances which compromise the usefulness
of a
dogmatic, set in concrete,
approach to understanding and actually living, not merely reflecting on, life.
The kernel
of your message here is perfectly reasonable and a useful reminder for those
of us who enjoy a more
dogmatic approach.
So in the final chapter, Lanzetta questions post-Conciliar
approaches to ecumenism where the «
dogmatic» (to do with knowing the truth) is juxtaposed to the «pastoral» «which starts out from the historic and pragmatic fact, and on behalf
of this aims at possible dialogue, without changing teaching, but de facto neither improving understanding
of it, but even with the risk
of altering its significance by virtue
of the dialogue method chosen...».
What we are witnessing, I would suggest, is that the Holocaust is taking on some
of the characteristics
of a cult, with adherents promoting a
dogmatic approach to a series
of sacred events.
Even some
of his sympathetic critics were disappointed that this
approach did not always bear fruit in his
dogmatics.
Third, Brueggemann rejects a systematic (or
dogmatic)
approach to Old Testament theology, not only because
of the obvious pluralism
of the texts within the canon and the cultures that interpret the Bible, but also because this
approach tends to fall in line with the church's views
of scripture.
That is the danger
of dogmatic approaches to complex problems.
Even though Shiller said she was concerned in general about parents who could become «overly
dogmatic» in their
approach to parenting, members
of the Takoma Park group all stressed that the eight ideals are just that: ideals, and not regulations.
[O] ne
of the ugliest parts
of the Perfect Health Retreat to me was the completely
dogmatic approach that it and it alone is the one and only true way to attain optimal health.
The release
of this one - year study and the resulting blog post combined the worst elements
of the policy world: an avaricious
approach to research and a
dogmatic approach to punditry.
It seems to me that Morgan has no coherent educational
approach of her own and seeks simply to run with Gove's rather
dogmatic «creative disruption».
His formalist conception
of art was violently contested by the succeeding generation
of artists and critics, who found Greenberg's
approach narrow and
dogmatic.
Your
dogmatic approach is, however,
of no help in resolving them.
Your accusation that JQ is
dogmatic is especially bizarre because he's written a ton
of stuff, both at a professional and popular level, on the risk management
approach needed in the face
of the large uncertainties on the extent and effects
of future global warming.