Sentences with phrase «for cultures other than»

This is shown in students» lack of understanding and respect for cultures other than their own and the school is not doing enough to improve matters.

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The revelation, then, is that the Silver Snail is much better positioned for the future than HMV or a host of other pop culture purveyors — see Borders, Blockbuster and so on.

Conversely, a culture of «no - ego doers,» or a culture that focuses more on the craft than on the glory, tends to be one that invites candor, collaboration, and a sincere sense of pride for other team members.

For others, though, factors like academic culture, location or alumni networks may be just as, or even more important than pure finances.

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CNN has sensitivity for every religious culture other than Christianity.

These include a polity and a culture that nourish the moral habits that create wealth rather than merely consume it, and that instill ambition, discipline, and self - denial for the sake of future good, rather than merely indulging in what one receives from others.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

Others, more competent than I, could doubtless do the same for Eastern culture, whether it be Indian or Chinese or some other type.

-- some missionaries may have a lifestyle that is more common to their home culture than appropriate, but I know many others that have made financial and personal commitments that impress me and should not be ignored; I think we should continue to honor that — the reality of the $ 10K that we all would want to invest in local evangelists often is only available after a «loo - see - visit» (or more) from a Western missionary who returns «home» for fundraising; that maybe sad, but is the reality — one serious issue to address in the African churches is the «colonialism» that is imposed -LRB-!)

The most rebellious thing a person can do is NOT go along with prevailing culture, and by getting tattoos for no real purpose other than consanguinity with that culture is really to miss the entire point of the gospel.

On the other hand, Eastern Europe, although for a thousand years it had had a higher culture than the West, might never have developed modern science.

A monument to the importance of that achievement for the history of the Slavs is the very alphabet in which most Slavs write, which is called Cyrillic, in honor of Saint Cyril, the ninth - century «apostle to the Slavs,» who, with his brother Methodius, is traditionally given credit for having invented it... Not only among the Slavs in the ninth century, but also among the other so - called heathen in the 19th century, the two fundamental elements of missionary culture for more than a millennium have therefore been the translation of the Bible, especially of the New Testament, and education in the missionary schools.

Finally, for those dealing with a religion or a culture other than their own, there is the currently fashionable approach that might perhaps best be described as deferential.

The general position of these writers, whose contributions vary considerably in approach and quality, is that Jesus made no claim of divinity for himself and that the doctrine of the incarnation was developed during the early centuries of the Christian era as an attempt to express the uniqueness of Jesus in the mythological language and thought forms of the Greek culture of the time.While recognizing the validity of the patristic theologians» work, which culminated in the classical christological definitions of Nicea and Chalcedon, the British theologians question whether these definitions are intelligible in the 20th century, and go on to suggest that some concept other than incarnation might better express the divine significance of Jesus today.

Even though it feels like a drop in the ocean, Unpopular Culture (SPCK) was written for such a time as this — to help other young people trying to find their place in a world that is harder to understand than ever before.

If one culture or group of people looks at the laws of another culture or people, whether it is the 10 laws, the 600, the 6000, or the 60,000, and says, «It sort of worked for them; we'll do the same thing,» they will end up treating each other more miserably than any other culture.

The hookup culture also inhibits ethical development through a focus on private indulgence in which other people are used for pleasure, rather than on loving, committed relationships.

When consistently loving, humble people who clearly live for more than our culture offers are repeatedly, publicly bullied and harassed, when charities and schools are fined and marginalized, and when the good and the forgiving turn the other cheek and get slapped hard across that one too, this conversation will start to look different.

It means that the culture of this and other nations rather than the reality of Christendom is becoming the conditioning frame of reference for the Protestant church.

This is consistent with the research on Catholic and other faith - based schools, suggesting that religious instruction provides a better standpoint for critical engagement with the dominating culture than does a public school immersed in that culture.

«In the world in which we now live, with fears about «The Other» - whether that be Sunni, Shia, Jew, Christian, Yazidi, Hindu or Buddhist - stoked and spread through social media, and amplified by those who would seek to suppress understanding, rather than promote it, there is an urgent need for calm reflection and a genuinely sustained, empathetic and open dialogue across boundaries of faith, ethnicity and culture.»

This, too, is difficult in a culture in which it is more common to blame others than to accept responsibility for failure.

This tentative model for understanding the causes of problem drinking is offered in the report of the Cooperative Commission on the Study of Alcoholism: «An individual who (1) responds to beverage alcohol in a certain way, perhaps physiologically determined, by experiencing intense relief and relaxation, and who (2) has certain personality characteristics, such as difficulty in dealing with and overcoming depression, frustration, and anxiety, and who (3) is a member of a culture in which there is both pressure to drink and culturally induced guilt and confusion regarding what kinds of drinking behavior are appropriate, is more likely to develop trouble than will most other people.»

Some have advanced the theory that the strong family and in - group ties of the Jewish culture provide a more secure childhood than in other groups, thus producing less need for artificial escape.

Similarly, when one examines the treatment of slaves encouraged by the biblical writers, it is decidedly more generous than that of other cultures... although the categorization of slaves as property, the use of slaves for reproductive purposes, and leniency regarding beatings, remains troubling, or «needing further movement,» according to Webb.

The second reason for the inclusion of all in our predicament is the fact that Christian culture has penetrated other cultures much more than they have penetrated ours.

Especially offensive, it seems, are traditional Christian versions of such teachings, other than those Christian ethical teachings, such as special concern for the poor, that are already widely shared in the academic culture.

No; what makes one's pulse to bound when he remembers his own home under foreign skies, is never the rich man, nor the learned man, nor the distinguished man of any sort who - illustrates its history, for in all these petty products almost every country may favorably, at all events tediously, compete with our own; but it is all simply the abstract manhood itself of the country, man himself unqualified by convention, the man to whom all these conventional men have been simply introductory, the man who — let me say it — for the first time in human history finding himself in his own right the peer of every other man, spontaneously aspires and attains to a far freer and profounder culture of his nature than has ever yet illustrated humanity...

If we look at these two examples there is a common thread - the technology appropriated by the culture gives expression of that culture and, in the case of the Coke bottle, the technology may even be used for purposes other than its original intent that give expression to the culture in which it is embedded.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

View 1 is that of «colonial missions» in which missionaries see the gospel as «acultural and ahistorical»; or according to which missionaries recognize the need for some adjustment to culture but tend to look down on other cultures as primitive and inferior; to emphasize form more than meaning; and to introduce Western ways of living and worship.

«Clean label» has been a rallying cry for years, but in the Instagram age — where trends and preferences change more quickly than ever — it's difficult to pin down exactly how location, culture, age and other factors are shaping the clean label movement and creating unique challenges and opportunities.

The idea of culturing flesh for meat and other animal products is more than a gee - whiz moment for technology geeks — whoever can bring the food technology to market will take a major step toward alleviating one of the key factors fueling humanity's large looming crises.

Chelsea continue to offer the drama of the year, what next for the club who have no culture or history other than what money can buy.

I'm going to go for David James (actually an intelligible individual, with some interest in things other than football, such as art, culture, shock horror.

Sometimes kids can handle more expectations than we think they can, especially in american culture, so while it's probably a pain at times for others to expect more, it's not necessarily always a bad thing to have them.

This isn't to say I'd be thrilled to join other pumping moms in a communal Mothers» Room, but if work culture continues to skimp on providing supportive environments for raising a healthy family, including flex time, paid leave, subsidized quality care and just the basic humanity that allows us to see each other as more than just workers boosting a bottom line, I'd take the company of other moms like me so I wouldn't feel so alone as a working parent.

There are cultures where babies are constantly catered to, and there are cultures where babies are essentially ignored for the first three years of life (other than being fed).

It is essentially drinkable yogurt, but available in a quart size (so is more cost effective), has less sugar than most other brands, and has healthy active cultures that are good for your little one's digestive tract.

Furthermore the existence of a diverse, mobile, and fragmented society, containing groups sufficiently alienated to find identity in religion and a global movement of resistance rather than in the culture of their land of birth, represents a major source of vulnerability for France, as it does for Britain and others.

That's the goal — for all of us to participate in creating our culture for ourselves and each other, rather than having predigested media products and consumer crap rammed down our throats.

Of course, reality is a lot more complicated than this rough caricature — biology is NOT destiny for animals with a complex brain, and human instincts are filtered through layer upon layer of culture and other learned behavior.

De Blasio said it was a «generalized culture we have to address where people use the complaint process for reasons other than a legitimate complaint.»

Especially for Singapore, Otis stressed that an ability to understand other cultures well will be more critical than ever as international business becomes more important.

For those seeking to avoid disgust's influence, it's first worth noting that some people are more likely to be grossed out than others, and that the triggers vary according to culture (see «Cheese and culture»).

«Our research also indicates that cultures differ in their tendencies to socialize children to become defensive this way, and those differences account for why some cultures have children who act more aggressively than other cultures,» Dodge said.

For more than 25 years, scientists examining cultures of human cancer cells have occasionally spotted cells tucked within other cells.

«When women learn that their bodies are more capable than our culture has given them credit for and learn the tactics that can help them get out of a dangerous situation, they not only stand a good chance of thwarting the attack, but they send a message to others that women are not objects for men's abuse.»

Putterman [10], for example, suggested that the dominance of Western European cultures indicates the transmission of «civilization» traits (other than knowledge on agriculture) from regions of first domestication.