Sentences with phrase «dogmatism which»

They may be called the dogmatic and the pragmatic; or the a priori and the empirical; or the theological and the sociological; or, as one speaker defined them, a dogmatism which makes an absolute separation between the world and God and refuses to let the church be held responsible for anything that happens in the world, and a «pseudo-religious activism» which would make the church the servant of every benevolent or reforming impulse.

Bultmann, on the other hand, tries to avoid this threat to the kerygma, not by denying the influence of its environment, nor by a naïve dogmatism which the study of the History of Religions has rendered obsolete, but by penetrating through the temporary framework of mythology to the permanent truth behind it.

But that he stands totally and absolutely beyond and above all other men seems to be an assertion of arbitrary and unwarranted dogmatism which does nothing to enhance the faith of the Christian and much to alienate those who can not share that faith.

In my opinion the dangers of Christian dogmatism pale beside this unconscious academic dogmatism which conceals itself from its practitioners under the name of «science.»

Not exact matches

The problem with athiesm which the buddhist scholar Alan Watts pointed out is that it all to often devolves into dogmatism like religion.

It was a worthy observation which you wanted to bury in semantic dogmatism.

There is much dislike of conservatism and dogmatism in the Muslim educated class, but none of that hatred which led to the Protestant revolt in Europe.

Indeed it has not been unknown for scientists to resist new theories on grounds which derived from the new form of dogmatism rather than those which belonged to experimental science.

«It is the steady, ongoing, never - slackening fight against scepticism and dogmatism, against unbelief and supersti tion, which religion and science wage together.

It is not difficult to follow the writer in his rejection of the understanding opaque and authoritarian» understanding of revelation associated with ecclesiastical authority and theological dogmatism.58 Such understandings lead to the mistaken idea that there are propositions which count as «revealed truths.»

From their point of view, its author was indeed a dangerous man, for he claimed that one could sweep away all of their dogmatism and superstition while still upholding the essence of the Bible's teachings, and mapped out a future in which they would be deprived of their earthly power.

Such dogmatism and exclusivism have led to religious wars and crusades and more subtle forms of religious imperialism which can hardly be countenanced in a global society.

Doubt challenges all dogmatisms and calls into question the neat schemes in which we think we have the truth all wrapped up.

Because its inclination to claim absolute and exclusive theological truth so regularly, moves evangelical doctrine into dogmatism, it may be unable to establish the intellectual foundation which distinguishes a university from all other social institutions.

The opposite of dogmatism, in my opinion is humility, and willingness and desire to learn, which of necessity includes the acknowledgement that one does not already know everything.

If that view were not bizarre enough, Fish quotes another liberal who holds that Milton is not only the apostle of unrestrained freedom but is also «above all, a Humanist» the greatest representative in England of that movement which had abandoned the dogmatism of the Middle Ages and was seeking for a natural or empirical basis for its beliefs.»

Arsenal's flair and ammunition in the middle and final - third of the pitch mean that they won't go a lot of games without scoring, which, subsequently, emphasizes the dogmatism to remain watertight at the back.

Dr. Wetzel, in your last post, I counted 3 seperate accusations of dogmatism, none of which I believe were warranted.

Our host posted an enlightening paper «Disagreement, Dogmatism, and Belief Polarization» a while back in which FWIW, we would do well to refer to before engaging in a smackdown with someone who gets our hackles up.