Sentences with phrase «especially in our cultural context»

Merely asserting authority and invoking the Magisterium is not adequate either, especially in our cultural context.

Not exact matches

I can not and will not deny that the Bible has great insight into human nature, especially when put in the proper historical and cultural contexts.

If he had continued until this day — in the new cultural context — his views would have evolved and undoubtedly swayed toward athiesm and this is especially evident in his posthumous memoires:

-- if he had continued until this day — in the new cultural context — his views would have evolved and undoubtedly swayed toward athiesm and this is especially evident in his posthumous memoires:

Given the likely cultural context (especially specifically in the water rite that may have been occurring at this time), I'm not sure nakedpastor is over analyzing.

The truths of Genesis 6 - 8 (and especially 6:7, 13, 17; 7:23) can be understood differently when we grasp the Scriptural and cultural contexts in which these texts were written, what other Old Testament authors had to say about the flood, and also what the Apostle Peter writes about it in his second letter.

Especially when we understand it in light of its historical and cultural contexts (which is the only way to read an ancient document like the Bible).

- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

Those with a soft patriarchy view generally believe that «the biblical context is cultural but the principles are permanent,» affirming the importance of submission and gender rules, allowing for women to work outside the home, but discouraging women from teaching or leading men in any way in the church — especially as senior pastors or preachers.

How can we help each other develop the capacity to make more conscious technology choices, especially when our cultural context is one where everyone is now connected and technology is in every aspect of our lives?

Dexter says she credits her time at HGSE with giving her the skills, especially around human development in cultural contexts and statistics training, to bring an academic focus to her work on the committee.

These will be highlighted in the presentation — the complexity of culture (the integration and validity of cultural norms within educational developments); the complexity of partnerships (the nature of the participants and their ability to obtain deep understandings of the unique contexts in which they work), the complexity associated with the work (especially the need to protect and survive in hostile environments), and most important, the complexity of consequence (the outcomes of the partnership work).

Absent the Postwar malaise, Existentialist angst, and Surrealist bent that shaped the cultural context of Action Painting for the New York School, the uniquely American reference of landscape in Abstract Expressionism is perhaps more visible on the West Coast, especially in the work of Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, and Charles Strong, the artists most heavily represented in the show.

I'm particularly drawn to Kiwanga's use in this installation of shade cloth as a material — especially since textiles are so often associated with the body and, in an African context, cultural appropriation.

In our local context, it's especially interesting to draw out the aspects of Ward's practice that reference his native Jamaica, the politics of immigration, and the search for cultural identity — issues of particular relevance to the city of Miami,» said Diana Nawi, the exhibition's curator and associate curator at PAMM.

We are very happy to offer this platform to young talents for the second time, especially in such an important cultural context as Asia», says Dr. Hjördis Kettenbach, Head of Cultural Affairs, HUGO cultural context as Asia», says Dr. Hjördis Kettenbach, Head of Cultural Affairs, HUGO Cultural Affairs, HUGO BOSS AG.

The precise mechanisms by which climate change affects Native communities are poorly understood, especially in the context of rapid social, economic, and cultural change.

Incorporation of foreign and international rules and principles will require skills of synthesis and distinguishing that are distinct from traditional domestic legal reasoning, and they may require appreciation of important differences in foreign / international legal, political, or perhaps even cultural context.63 International legal rules often play a complex role in domestic law, presenting issues of interpretation and enforceability that do not easily fit within traditional domestic United States legislative, administrative, and judicial legal structures.64 Integration or application of rules from foreign nations may be even more complex, especially where those systems are substantially different from our own.65 Additionally, there may be discrepancies between the form and function of foreign or international law that affect their proper application.

Phenomenological research with Russian - speaking male heroin addicts in an Estonian context (Downes, 2003) also highlighted issues of cultural conformity, especially among those with limited family and peer relationships characterised by distrust.

ITCT - A especially focuses on social and cultural issues, and has been used in a variety of inner city and socially marginalized contexts, and with a range of cultural and sexual minority youth, as well as unaccompanied minors from Mexico and southward and those exploited by the sex industry.