Sentences with phrase «egalitarian society»

Of course, churches and Christians find themselves in very different contexts: some in very wealthy settings where the experience of poverty as it is known to millions in the world today is practically unknown, or in egalitarian societies where the basic needs of life seem to be assured for almost everybody, to situations of extreme poverty.

It took the Dutch in the sixteenth century to develop the idea of domesticity as we know it now: the house with corridors and defined rooms, in a more egalitarian society where people did not have multiple homes and could comfortably set down roots in one place.

Still, she notes that, «In the early 19th century, the United States was one of the most egalitarian societies on the planet.

Regrettably, traditional gender roles persist even in very egalitarian societies.

To examine whether or not lower status is more benign in small - scale, relatively egalitarian societies in which group members frequently share food and other resources, lack coercive authority, and where people have little wealth to contest, the investigators studied the relationship between status and biomarkers of stress and disease among Tsimane men.

In No Citizen Left Behind, Levinson argues that a truly egalitarian society starts with civic empowerment both in and out of the classroom.

You've written and spoken about the idea of developing a more egalitarian society by maximizing «bridging ties» along with «bonding ties.»

The least religious countries on the planet are the ones with the happiest and healthiest citizens, lowest levels of corruption, low crime rates, low STD rates, low abortion rates, low teen pregnancy rates, high levels of education, the most egalitarian societies, etc..

In their egalitarian society, too much too soon (or at all) can be frowned on; most are culturally attuned to prefer the small - scale.

When Singapore was part of Malaysia, Lee's belief in an egalitarian society had aroused the suspicions of Malay politicians who believed Lee spoke loftily about multiracialism even as he canvassed for Chinese votes.

These jurisdictions typically promote an egalitarian society in which the gap between the very richest and the very poorest is minimized — or at least controlled.

We may be efficient in the use of natural resources, or in the generation of a law - abiding public, or in reaching consensus among antagonistic groups, or in moving toward a more egalitarian society.

An egalitarian society finds reassurance when a man of Paulus's stature is shown with all the petty adulteries of everybody else.

Bhakti movements within Hinduism between 14th and 16th centuries symbolised low castes» aspiration for an egalitarian society and religion.

The most violent project of creating an egalitarian society, the Communist one, managed to create a grossly inegalitarian society that curiously resembled feudalism, with the party elite playing the role of the old aristocracy.

In the public arena, I have always favored an absolutely free and open society, but I would resist the imposition of an egalitarian society.

To some, he represents a new world order, an egalitarian society, a preacher of nonviolence who asked us to turn the other cheek.

The right to gossip about the famous and the powerful — be they a Hollywood star who sniffs cocaine or a big church pastor who cheated on his marriage — may be the stiff price our egalitarian society extracts from those who rise to the top of the heap.

The difference of demands, characters and talents of persons are expressly inscribed in this idea of a fair and egalitarian society.

In recapitulation, Jesus of the canonical Gospels uses the «intrinsic power» of women for molding up an egalitarian society in which men and women are responsible citizens.

God could have invited the native Palestinians into his covenant, given them the same laws he had given the Israelites, and established an egalitarian society where people of all races could live together in harmony.

Data about such societies raise lots of fascinating questions about whether society began with patriarchy — which has long been the prevalent assumption — I or whether there was once a universally benevolent and egalitarian society which revolved around the mother as the human; representative of the Mother Goddess Earth, the goddess who remains with us to this day in the figure of Mother Nature.

The founding fathers were concerned enough about this to reject inherited titles and the other trappings of European aristocracy in favor of an egalitarian society, in which privilege was not heritable.

He also sought to promote «red culture,» and mandated the revival of Mao - era slogans and songs, evoking a time of an egalitarian society.

A future, more egalitarian society might be in the interest of each of its members, but to see it realised will require sacrifices and commitment to a common project.

To Governors, Legislators, Senators, and all who are actively engaged in Politics: Please recall that Nigerians have over the years struggled for the building of a democratic, free and egalitarian society.

Christianity is a barrier to achieving a more egalitarian society, according to former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley.

Adegbite, while calling for an egalitarian society where every Nigerian will feel equal, opined that public offices should be shared equally among various tribes in the country.

In these egalitarian societies, where sharing food and other resources is the norm, parents believe it's wrong to impose one's will on anyone, including children.

Some cultures at each level of social stratification engaged in human sacrifice, but it was more common in those that were harshly divided: Two - thirds of the highly stratified societies practiced the macabre ritual, compared with just one - quarter of the egalitarian societies, the researchers report online today in Nature.

That's hardly news to anthropologists at UC Santa Barbara, but they were taken by surprise when research findings indicated that the same relationship exists among the Tsimane, an egalitarian society of forager - farmers in the Bolivian Amazon.

Danielle Allen, a professor of education and government at Harvard University and the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, writes about democracy, citizenship, and what it means to sustain an egalitarian society.

In an essay published by Education Next this week, I reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Coleman report by asking if social policy can effectively counter the influence of family disadvantage in order to achieve a more egalitarian society.

To reiterate — To be clear — To be blunt — Evaluating Teachers using the results of the unfair, discriminatory and inappropriate Common Core SBAC test violates the most fundamental precepts of an egalitarian society and is nothing short of being UnAmerican.

Evaluating Teachers using the results of the unfair, discriminatory and inappropriate Common Core SBAC test violates the most fundamental precepts of an egalitarian society.

I just can not see how humans are ever going to go back to the egalitarian society of hunter gatherers.

Through this, the youth breaks down barriers and works together to combat racism and classism and move towards an egalitarian society.

According to the memo, environmentalists» efforts to combat global warming would realize the environmentalists» «dream of an egalitarian society based on rejection of economic growth in favor of a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain, consuming a lot less and sharing a much lower level of resources much more equitably.»

I doubt that the Occupy movement will have a long - term impact unless it figures out (a) what it wants, more specifically than a more egalitarian society, and (b) how it can get there.

Presented on March 2, a new paper, titled «Egalitarian Society or Benevolent Dictatorship: The State of Cryptocurrency Governance» by University College London researchers, delved into the topic further by measuring how many developers are contributing to and commenting on cryptocurrency codebases.