Sentences with phrase «emphasis upon a future»

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Instead, a primary emphasis falls upon the present: «Unmediated presence is always the characteristic of Jesus» words, appearance and action, within a world which... had lost the present, since it lived... between past and future, between traditions and promises or threats» (58).

My emphasis is upon what Whitehead called nonconformal propositions, namely, a subject / predicate statement that does not conform to present fact, but suggests a possible future version of a fact with respect to some particular subject or subjects.

This emphasis upon the present and the past among the poor may be born of a lack of hope; but in some cases it may be a product of an honest cultural difference indicating a more self - accepting and less acquisitive style of life, a style which should be respected and not automatically deemed inferior to the more ambitious future - oriented activities of the middle classes.

This emphasis upon the present kingdom is a more significant development in contemporary theology than the more widely publicized emphasis upon the hope for a future kingdom beyond history or a sophisticated conception of the «second coming.»

The lines along which it took place depended upon the relative emphasis placed upon the past, the present or the future aspect of the primitive Gospel.

Blackmur's emphasis upon the initial phase of an actual occasion and Sartre's emphasis upon the final phase are reflected in their criticisms» respective emphasis upon re-objectification, and upon personal freedom (or, the openness of the future).

Since part of the practical function of reason is to effect our survival, and since in employing the second survival strategy reason becomes «the emphasis upon novelty» (FR 20), it is easy to understand how someone in a basically conserving society would value up novelty and future - oriented behavior to the seeming exclusion of order and the preservation of the past via efficient causation (feelings of «causal efficacy»).

Such later developments and interpretations of the primitive belief and practice as we find in Luke, in Paul, in John — these followed in due course, and partly as the result of the transfer of leadership to Jerusalem; in particular the emphasis upon the idea of Jesus» Messiahship, as the future Anointed King of Israel, was characteristic of the Jerusalem outlook.

With its original picturesque emphasis upon the vicissitudes endured by the seed, and the consequent heightening of the success aspects of the harvest, this parable was probably originally concerned to inculcate confidence in God's future; but for our purposes we must note only that it does look from the present to the future, from the seed - time to the harvest, from a beginning to its consummation.

The emphasis is upon God, upon what he is doing and what he will do, and the parable, like all the parables of this group, is an expression of the supreme confidence of Jesus in God and God's future.

(c) The emphasis upon the fact that in the message of Jesus this eschatological act of God is still future, albeit imminent and even now beginning to break in, whereas in the kerygma of the early Church it is already past, although available ever anew as God manifests himself as eschatological event in the kerygma.

For example, much of the emphasis over the last several years has been upon the funding future of the Teaching American History Grants program administered by the U.S. Dept. of Education.

Integrated into this educational program will be an ongoing emphasis on the development of life long professional skills and Habits of Heart and Mind that will develop and empower students» and families» capacity to support sustained success through higher education, career, and beyond, helping families to recognize and build upon their assets so that they can obtain their future goals.

Sarah's practice has a particular emphasis upon advising on or mediating complex financial claims upon divorce together with future arrangements for children.

Strong emphasis is also placed upon systemic formulation, where a shared understanding of the problems is pulled together into a coherent narrative, open for exploring with families and for setting out clearly future intervention goals.