Sentences with phrase «established social institutions»

At the same time, the film deals with a variety of transgressive subjects and presents an intense criticism against established social institutions.

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Broadly, the idea is to establish a bank with local knowledge and local governance, using a social ownership framework, with support from key local anchor institutions.

But as a corporation, the Basij reportedly accumulated vast sums through so - called interest - free financial institutions that the Basij and the IRGC established in mid-1980s and the early 1990s to provide social housing and general welfare to their members.

The old certitudes seem less certain; the old privileges are under powerful challenge; the old dominations are increasingly ineffective and fragile; the established governmental, educational, judicial and medical institutions seem less and less able to deliver what we need and have come to expect; the old social fabrics are fraying under the assault of selfishness, fear, anger and greed.

Established institutions, inherited social forms, and traditional authorities have been subjected to a long season of criticism.

But apart from these there is also the fact that the Church in much of the traditionally Christian world is still on the way from being an established Church (that is, a social institution to which all more or less belong) to a Church of personal faith in a pluralistic society.

Since the gospel is always received and appropriated in a specific cultural form, and since the church is established and functions as a social institution, the changes that are taking place in global societies have profound implications for churches (as profound, some have suggested, as our initial transition from a regional Jewish Jesus movement into a global Gentile church).

The great state universities, particularly those that were established as agricultural and technical institutions, as well as the independent colleges and universities, are essential bulwarks of the social order.

In the past, we have usually done this through quiet efforts at social renewal, working in and through established institutions according to their rules.

By «social institution» I mean an established and relatively fixed arrangement of social status, roles, and various sorts of power among a group of people engaged in some sort of common activity.

(39) The basis for that model is rooted in the social history of ancient Israel and is evidenced textually in the Old Testament tension between the transformative vision of Moses, which belonged to the earliest voice of liberated Israel, and the stabilizing tendency of royal theology which sought to build institutions and establish a reliable social structure.

Because its inclination to claim absolute and exclusive theological truth so regularly, moves evangelical doctrine into dogmatism, it may be unable to establish the intellectual foundation which distinguishes a university from all other social institutions.

The nature of the church is so different from the nature of any other social institution that it is hardly correct to think of it as having been established by any person or collection of persons, even the apostles themselves.

Addressing accredited party supporters, representatives of established institutions, think tanks, the former president said the time has come for the NPP to take over the affairs of Ghana and reaffirm the vision and mission of the NPP to uphold the rule of law, good governance and social advancement.

To maximise productivity in S&T development, we will need to establish national systems of innovation that incorporate highly motivated scientists, adequately funded and functioning S&T institutions, and organisations and policies that will blend together in a constructive fashion with the aim of meeting common social and economic goals.

Though they were originally established as academic learning institutions, it's become clear that schools must now adopt a whole - child approach by including social and emotional learning (SEL) on an ongoing basis.

We are becoming increasingly cynical of long - standing social institutions like the media, the police, and certainly politicians, and a pernicious skepticism is establishing a strong foothold in our political systems and forums of democracy.

French artist Jean Dubuffet coined the term Art Brut, meaning «raw art», to describe unconventional art made outside of established art institutions by artists without formal artistic education, «where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere».

While Purifoy's approach to «art as a tool for social change» took him out of the art network and market for nearly two decades, Bradford has been able to leverage his profile within the art world to establish a non-profit, Art + Practice, in Leimert Park this past year with the full support of arts patrons and institutions, including the Hammer.

The Art Show kicks off the week on March 1 at a gala event that benefits another beloved institution: the Henry Street Settlement on New York's Lower East Side, which was established in 1893 and has offered a multitude of social service, arts, and health care programs to New Yorkers for over a century.

The research, conducted by an international team of scientists from a range of institutions, is presented in a series of seven academic papers that estimate change in land use and greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm expansion in the three countries, review the social and environmental impacts of palm oil production, forecast potential growth in the sector across the region, and detail methods for measuring emissions and carbon stocks of plantations establishing on peatlands.

In addition, the acquired rights of British nationals residents in other Member States and vice versa should be laid down in the Withdrawal Agreement (not just as regards rights of residence and employment, but also social security and health coverage and the recognition of diplomas), as should the conditions of departure of the senior British members of the EU institutions and bodies and the relocation of the EU bodies currently established in the UK.

«And so,» he continued, «what we are looking at right now is establishing an architecture of freedom that allows us to change the nature of social institutions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has welcomed the announcement last week that two of the Northern Territory's educational institutions will partner to establish the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Education.