Sentences with phrase «draw on their beliefs»

Its appeal is complex, drawing on belief in anthropogenic global warming and trust in the «scientific consensus» behind it; the Great Recession and a protective reaction to rapid social change; a basic need for the concrete, local, and personal; the waning of religious observance; peer pressure, star power, money, and more.

Though I do not incorporate any specific pastoral counsel, I encourage my spiritual clients to draw on their beliefs during the counseling process.

Not exact matches

By choosing positive mental models about themselves, top executives draw on the brain's extraordinary capacity to deliver on our beliefs and create positive outcome.

The evidence by which the Qur» an draws people's attention to the belief in Allah is based on reason and inner consciousness or intuition.

It is fairly safe to draw a conclusion on someone that espouses beliefs contrary to the Word of God.

Depending on how you draw up definitions, the first can blend into the second, and even the second and third can overlap on some belief systems and philosophical overviews (such as from Whitehead — if you're wondering who he is, he co-wrote the modern founding treatise of logic).

What struck me, though, was the possibility that I have been missing something big: it is likely that many of those who denigrate religious beliefs aren't drawing just on secular, anti-Christian ideologies, but on liberal Christian ideas about God.

In Europe, a sharp dividing line has been drawn between religious belief and religious practice, so that Christians are frequently reminded that they can believe whatever they like and do what they like inside their churches — they simply can not speak about or act on those beliefs in public.

-- even more so when you draw a correlation between performance on the test and belief (or lack thereof).

Stark is a leading sociologist of religion who draws on a formidable body of empirical research to explain how religious beliefs spread and why religious groups flourish or fail.

Clearly, the conclusion he is drawing now are based on his personal belief.

It may also have something to do with the fact that less intelligent people are drawn toward a belief system that claims to have all the answers while not being a referendum on the belief system itself.

He then goes on to draw out certain implications of these fundamental beliefs, part of which he describes as a «mystery,» that is, surely, as belonging to that «wisdom» which should follow upon the apprehension of the preaching of «Christ and Him crucified.»

And that is much more useful than David simply providing a new definition for two reasons: he's seeking not necessarily to redefine, but to challenge already existing inconsistencies between our use of the words and how people actually function, AND because such terms are given their meaning collectively so redefining it alone would be meaningless because it wouldn't draw on people's real experience with their beliefs and views of the labels.

Graham's fresh endorsement came after Donald Trump drew praise from Christian campaigners on Thursday when he announced a new division at the US Department of Health to help ensure hospitals and clinics are respecting the religious beliefs of doctors and nurses.

Crawford situates Wahhabism in the second part of the twentieth century within what he terms the formation of «hybrid» radical groups — Al - Qa «ida and ISIS, but also earlier groups such as the Awakening movement that took shape in the early 1990's that «infused [Wahhabism] with new ideas» and «drew the line between belief and unbelief at new points on the religio - political spectrum.»

Religious proponents of international law could draw on the prophets for biblical support: Amos, Hosea, Micah and others discerned Yahweh's law as both impartial and international, striking against the arrogant pretensions of all people and nations who violate human rights in the belief that God is on their side.

wow this is stupid, as a non believer i pride myself on being among a group of people who (largely) do nt try to push their beliefs down other peoples throats through political ideals / legislation / or annoying gimmicks such as this, most atheists / agnostics are intelligent enough to draw their own conclusion without the help of a billboard, all this is doing is giving us a bad name

Certainly on the questions of life I got to act on my beliefs in a way that I hope drew people towards the cause that life is sacred — that it's a true gift from God and that we should protect it from beginning to end.

I predict this BELIEF site on CNN will continue to draw an overwhelming number of angry athiests

The lay leader drew up a summary, deprecatory statement: «I hear us saying we are a community of individuals who profess a belief in Christ, who have a limited or nominal belief in his teachings and the extension of his work, and who pose very limited responsibilities on becoming part of our group.»

But the closer the Righteous One comes to us on earth through our belief in Christ, the closer the Devil draws, feeling challenged to take historically effective countermeasures.

Darwin then distinguishes his «plan of creation» from the belief in «special creations» by drawing on a dual causation theory developed by Thomas Aquinas.

«Religion» for legal purposes becomes simply «conscience,» and Congress, if it is to grant conscientious exemptions, «can not draw the line between theistic or nontheistic beliefs on the one hand and secular beliefs on the other.»

With regard to the author's assertion that «God's original intention for humanity was androgyny» she appears to be drawing on Jewish mysticism and the belief that, prior to original sin, Adam was a supernal being.

Executive Chef Seth Levine draws upon his diverse culinary background, whimsical imagination and belief that dining should be fun, to bring The Regal a creative take on a classic diner - esq menu.

Our British crew that always speak after a decent result / decent individual performance — Ramsey, Theo, etc. — always talk about how a result (usually a draw, a W that we fight back to achieve after a slow start) gives us confidence and the belief that we can kick on and challenge at the top, but nothing ever comes from those words.

The likes of us and Man U might not be quite as strong as we once were but there are a lot more clubs on a higher level and even lower table teams are stronger, plus there is a real belief from smaller clubs that anyone can beat anyone where as some teams might have played for a draw a few years ago now everyone goes out to try and win every game no mater the opponent.

Chairmen of the English top - flight clubs discussed the plans at their most recent meeting, and - although no firm plans have yet been drawn up - the belief of those club chairmen is that they could cash in on interest overseas.

Whoever Real Madrid get drawn against in the semi-finals will have been buoyed by the events in Madrid on Wednesday night and will head into the game with renewed belief.

[i] Wollstonecraft's powerful feminist critique of the patriarchal beliefs and institutions of her day drew on many republican themes, extending the traditional republican concern with political domination to the social domination of husbands over wives.

It drew on the economic ideas espoused by Adam Smith in Book 1 of the Wealth of Nations and on a belief in natural law, [5] utilitarianism [6] and progress.

On the day the Equality Act 2010 has come into effect, the BHA has drawn attention to the wide exceptions contained in the Act that are provided specifically to allow religious organisations to discriminate on grounds of religion or belief and of sexual orientatioOn the day the Equality Act 2010 has come into effect, the BHA has drawn attention to the wide exceptions contained in the Act that are provided specifically to allow religious organisations to discriminate on grounds of religion or belief and of sexual orientatioon grounds of religion or belief and of sexual orientation.

Even though, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, most people who call themselves religious tend to adhere to only those bits and pieces from scripture that appeal to them, by according undue respect for ancient religious beliefs in general, we nonetheless are suggesting that they are on par with conclusions that have been drawn from centuries of rational empirical investigation.

Also, the story is able to draw on both Christian and traditionally Korean shamanistic traditions and combine them with the history of Japanese colonialism to create its morbid atmosphere, which has the ability to chill even without a belief in any of its superstitions.4 That said, the bludgeoning nature of the approach kept the movie from achieving the masterpiece status many other critics have assigned it.5 By contrast, Park Chan - wook's latest, Agassi (The Handmaiden), has received a mixed reception, but I feel it is his best since 2003's Oldboy.6

Though Abraham draws purpose in his belief that he can save the world, Tara is driven more by the guilt of having believed blindly in a cause that resulted in the Governor's assault on the prison.

Anniversaries, TV shows, movies, documentaries and even little old publishers with good intentions and limited funds can draw people's attention to the wealth of truly classic literature available in individual slices for less than a cup of coffee, but it takes a co-ordinated and sustained effort, based on nothing more or less than a belief in the inherent worth, to individuals, to society and, especially, to children and young people, of great books and of the power of reading.

This lesson is focussed on Humanism; the objectives of the lesson are: - To describe what Humanism is - To explain the main beliefs Humanists hold - To analyse and debate Humanist beliefs Implicit objectives include: - To identify common humanist objections to religious influences on society, law and politics - To draw out (through debate) the motivations Humanists have for rejecting religion and religious beliefs.

Many in the education policy space are drawn to the idea that students» motivational beliefs about their capacities could boost their engagement in the classroom.21 Specifically, if teachers can reframe students» beliefs about their ability, then students are less likely to fear or refrain from taking on a challenging task and will instead approach their work with optimism, in spite of its apparent difficulty.

Drawing from her research on educator beliefs about students of diverse backgrounds, Dr. Baray provides professional development to help educators become more culturally responsive.

Drawing on his «crisis of confidence» in reading academic texts as a graduate student, Vacca explains that self - efficacy — a belief in one's ability to succeed — provides the key to struggling readers» ability to comprehend texts outside their comfort zone.

It is of course, open to and impinged on by all of those — another great draw for the writer — and also by belief and passion and irrationality and need.

Both the crochet works and the drawings hinge on ways that mental structures (rules, systems, beliefs and habits) can result in visual or formal structures and patterns.

Working across a number of media including digital print, wall drawing, video, sculpture and installation, Mark Titchner's practice explores systems of belief, both secular and spiritual, often focusing on the marginalized, discredited or forgotten ideologies and objects we place our faith in.

Filmmaker and Neo-expressionist artist Julian Schnabel's large - scale paintings are materially and thematically monumental, drawing on a wealth of influences from Cubism to the practice of Cy Twombly and themes such as sexuality, obsession, suffering, redemption, death, and belief.

On view thru Sept. 27, America Is Hard to See — drawn entirely from the Museum's collection — reexamines the history of art in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present and examines the themes, ideas, beliefs and passions that have inspired American artists in their struggle to work within and against traditional conventions.

Others, like RC, focus on the quality of the offerings, somewhat indifferently to traffic etc per se, in the (possibly naive) belief that the traffic drawn by the quality is the traffic they want.

This is anecdotal, but after speaking to many many skeptics, there are those who report that belief in the paranormal or supernatural never had the slighted draw on their attention or emotions.

In choosing whose stories to believe and which principles to prioritize, a judge draws on not only legal precedents, but also personal experiences, values and beliefs.

Drawing on Marcott, the court in R v Pollock convicted a person with bona fide belief in spiritualism, finding that,