The Kingdom values of freedom, justice, harmony, spirit of sharing, respect, etc. will have to
find social expressions in alternative structures.
Not exact matches
«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self -
expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the
social worker who had
found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»
One of the best
expressions of his views on the spaciness of mind is to be
found in Reality as
Social Process.
For this special type of
social unity Paul
found the fitting
expression: «the communion of the Holy Spirit» (a Cor.
The sexual instinct, not
finding normal and legitimate
expression, can be translated into artistic and
social creativeness, but it is not easy.
But as mainline denominations moved away from dependence on revivals and mass evangelism, they came to apply the optimism of perfection more to the arena of
social transformation than to the sphere of personal sanctification.17 The result was that Methodist devotion to entire sanctification had to
find expression outside the denomination in so - called Holiness groups.
Grace can be present and operative to an immeasurable extent in the world and its history, without everywhere in the course of history
finding tangible
social expression in the Church.
Then there is wisdom, human wisdom, man's intelligent ordering of his life, the serious employment of right reason, the attempt to
find the proper way of life, the whole enterprise that takes form in political action and personal morality, in
social work and poetry, in economic management and the building of temples, in the constant improvement of justice by changing laws, in philosophy and technology, the manifold wisdom of man which is also inscribed in the wisdom of God and which may be an
expression of this wisdom, the first of all God's works that rejoiced before him when he laid the foundations of the world (Proverbs 8:22 ff.).
And third, the way of love is to put the emphasis on a positive respect for one's body as the temple of God's spirit, on one's money as held in stewardship from God for constructive uses, on one's mind as needing to be kept clear and vigorous for God's service, on one's spirit and all one's
social contacts as best
finding active
expression with «relaxation and warm fellowship» through channels that require no artificial stimulation.
Or, to put it in other terms, the boundary between the ancient world and the modern is to be traced, not in the Aegean or the middle Mediterranean, but in the pages of the Old Testament, where we
find revealed attainments in the realms of thought, facility in literary
expression, profound religious insights, and standards of individual and
social ethics, all of which are intimately of the modern world because, indeed, they have been of the vital motivating forces which made our world of the human spirit.
On one hand, organized religion needs to
find expression in practical
social services and should encourage the development of these parachurch activities.
The vision of the American dream with its great ideals and dedication to the good of mankind has become clouded, not only by
social and political disorder and revelations of immorality, but by the prevalence of a self - centered hedonism which
finds expression in a feverish quest for enjoyment.
The Kingdom of God is a reality here and now, but can be perfect only in the eternal order... The primary principle of Christian Ethics and Christian Politics must be respect for every person simply as a person... The person is primary, not the society; the State exists for the citizen, not the citizen for the State... freedom is the goal of politics... Freedom, Fellowship, Service — these are the three principles of a Christian
social order, derived from the more fundamental Christian postulates that Man is a child of God and is destined for a life of eternal fellowship with Him... Love...
finds its primary
expression through Justice — which in the field of industrial disputes means in practice that each side should state its own case as strongly as possibly it can before the most impartial tribunal available...
Today, it
finds its most vital
expression in
social and economic fairness, concern for others and the vigorous defence of human rights.
The general community shock that followed these events
found expression in a strong suspicion that the media, particularly the television and video industry, contributed significantly to these and other
expressions of
social violence through the heavily violent nature of much of their news and entertainment programming.
He explores how Methodism grew from a barely perceptible impulse in the Church of England in the 18th century to a foremost
expression of Christianity in the modern world; how the mixing of Enlightenment rationality and evangelical enthusiasm resulted in Methodism's perennial doubleness of vision; how the Methodist message was heard, internalized and enacted in a bewildering variety of
social and geographic locations; how opposition from Outsiders fostered strength while conflict between insiders fostered weakness; how money was raised, spent and symbolized; how women and racial and ethnic minorities
found nourishment in the Methodist message; how the movement managed to circle the globe completely; and finally, how a gaggle of theories about secularization might help us understand Methodism's decline in the latter half of the 20th century.
A general sense of unease —
social, political and especially spiritual — was
found everywhere in Germany, and
found expression in Luther's periodic depressions in spite of his career advancements and popularity as a preacher.
In the new research, the UB scientists
found they could reverse those
social deficits with a very low dose of romidepsin, which, they
found, restores gene
expression and function using an epigenetic mechanism, where gene changes are caused by influences other than DNA sequences.
What we
found is that the ability of this chronic
social stress to produce maladaptive changes in brain and behavior — loss of pleasure, inability to sleep normally and so on — are mediated through epigenetic modifications of gene
expression, in particular, emotional centers of the brain.
The researchers
found that the gene
expression levels in immune cells changed in response to the macaque's new
social rank within 3 months of establishing the new groups, and the cells got better at fighting infection.
And since independent film is where
social progress typically
finds its earliest, least compromised
expression, we're now seeing more richly observant films like «Return,» a sensitively rendered drama that marks a promising debut for writer - director Liza Johnson, in rewarding collaboration with underrated actress Linda Cardellini.
When Advanced Placement and The National Writing Project surveyed teachers regarding
social media use in the classroom, they
found that 78 % agree (26 % strongly agree) that digital technologies «encourage student creativity and personal
expression».
They
found that most — 72 percent — of the participants, who were between the ages of 15 and 25, engaged in robust civic
expression on their
social media platforms.
By linking our contemporary moment to numerous
social histories, Lost and
Found fits within the mission of PAMM, a museum that forges connections between different cultures, nationalities, and forms of creative
expression.
Suggesting genetics and the resulting
social environment in which kids are raised may be more to blame than anything.Parents of Autistic Children Show Similar TraitsThe study, conducted by the California Institute of Technology looked at how parents of autistic children evaluated facial
expressions and
found that they gauged faces in exactly the same way as people with the disorder, despite the fact that they were not classified as autistic themselves.
«The Privacy Commissioner's
finding tells
social networking sites with teen users that these services must create spaces for
expression that are privacy - respecting and give real control to teens over their online privacy,» said John Lawford, co-counsel for PIAC on the complaint.
Find effective techniques to help children aged 3 - 16 with feelings
expression, anger,
social skills, self - esteem, plus activities to help families
Some heterosexual women report kissing other women as part of the college
social scene or for men's attention, while others do so to experiment or explore potential same - sex desires.1 A 2012 study
found that both women and men perceive women who kiss other women in heterosexual spaces (for example, bars that heterosexual individuals frequent) as more promiscuous than those who kiss a man, and that women and men perceive such women as more likely to be heterosexual than bisexual or lesbian.2 In some ways, this last
finding may suggest that women and men do not always perceive female - female kissing as necessarily an
expression of women's same - sex desire.
Find effective techniques to help children and teens with feelings
expression, anger,
social skills, stress, self - esteem.
Childhood experiences include the individual's failure to
find support and care in the face of traumatic attachment events, such as abuse or sexual trauma, loss or parental psychopathology [26; 50; 53 — 59], and are characterized by exhibiting
social difficulties [60 — 61], an unstructured
expression of inner distress, and the inability to regulate this distress in
social relationships [62 — 63].