Sentences with phrase «emergence of a new community»

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Having seen an Arab chieftain's son, who had attended the American University in Beirut, make his decision between the old nomadic life of his clan, still living in tents, and the new town life which his education made possible, one vividly understands that, choosing the former, he inevitably chose submergence in the social solidarity of his group as against emergence into the individualism of a commercial community.

Digital utopias disagree with those who worry about scenarios of worldwide cultural homogenisation, they see the emergence of new and creative lifestyles, vastly extended opportunities for different cultures to meet and understand each other, and the creation of new virtual communities that easily cross all the traditional borderlines of age, gender, race, and religion.

The crisis of black liberalism and the emergence of the new black conservatives can best be understood in light of three fundamental events in American society and culture since 1973: the eclipse of U.S. economic and military predominance in the world; the structural transformation of the American economy; and the moral breakdown of communities throughout the country, especially among the black working poor and underclass.

Others look to the emergence of new collective ideals quite different from those of the past in which pluralism and community will have a prominent place.22

As we saw, the temple is here a symbol for a way of religion and a community embodying it, and the saying is a veiled forecast of the emergence of a new Israel out of the corruption of contemporary Judaism.

One can point to the emergence of a variety of critical approaches to religion in general, and to Christianity in particular, which have contributed to the breakdown of certainties: These include historical - critical and other new methods for the study of biblical texts, feminist criticism of Christian history and theology, Marxist analysis of the function of religious communities, black studies pointing to long - obscured realities, sociological and anthropological research in regard to cross-cultural religious life, and examinations of traditional teachings by non-Western scholars.

The struggle of the Christian community to adjust itself to the new situation in the American scene is clearly illustrated by the emergence of the Church - State issue in a radical form after World War II.

They were seen in reforms in monastic communities, in the emergence of new types of monasticism, and in the endeavor to make the Papacy an instrument for helping the European peoples and the entire structure of the Church more nearly to approximate these standards.

The Pentecostal event of the Spirit shows the emergence of a cultural movement for new covenant community under the domination of the Roman Empire.

The Sons of Tennessee Williams (Unrated) Out - of - the - closet documentary about the emergence of New Orleans» gay community which started staging flamboyant drag balls and challenging discriminatory laws back in the late Fifties.

Teachers in modern classrooms need to consider using technology to support student literacy development, due in large part to new conceptions of literacy brought about by the emergence of Web 2.0 models, including participatory information sharing, collaborative processes, and virtual communities.

The future holds promise of more economic benefits from resources, with new developments in mineral and metal extraction, processing and exploration, the emergence of the alternative energy sector, and government support for community forests.

The museum has recently been a hotbed of new talent with the emergence of programs that allow younger artists to show their work to an interested and supportive community.

Themes can range from the emergence and preservation of ethnic communities to conversations about post-colonial geopolitics, forming identities in a new and foreign environment, looking beyond geographical alignments, and the challenges and success of embracing cultural differences.

The Getty Research Institute presents Greetings from L.A. Artists and Publics, 1950 - 1980 a new exhibition on view February 5, 2012, surveys the emergence of a community of artists who developed innovative strategies for reaching out to, and even creating, diverse and varied publics.

With its editorial, The Case for a Carbon Tax, the New York Times joins the growing community of opinion leaders, policy experts and, yes, elected officials who not only recognize the power of carbon taxes to quickly and equitably reduce emissions but also sense the emergence of a political critical mass that can enact fees into law.

«With the emergence of the single family rental option, American families have a new housing choice that brings them the aspects of associated with owning their own homes important to families such as living space, privacy, safe neighborhoods and the sense of community — without the cost and risks of homeownership.

One out of four apartment dwellers (26 %) rated their management as only adequate, «With the emergence of the single family rental option, American families have a new housing choice that brings them the aspects of associated with owning their own homes important to families such as living space, privacy, safe neighborhoods and the sense of community — without the cost and risks of homeownership.