Sentences with phrase «for modern debates»

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So - called conservatism and so - called radicalism in these contemporary guises are in general mere stalking - horses for liberalism: the contemporary debates within modern political systems are almost exclusively between conservative liberals, liberal liberals, and radical liberals.

This is meant to set the stage for Chapter 6, which discusses the Enlightenment and the profound effect it has had on modern - day assumptions (and debates) regarding the Bible and biblical interpretation.

But whether it functioned as crisis conversion narratives function in modern Evangelical Protestantism is not a matter for debate.

For more recent theological debate, H. R. Mackintosh's Types of Modern Theology (Nisbet, 1937), and J. M. Creed, The Divinity of Jesus Christ (Cambridge University Press, 1938), both reprinted by Collins / Fontana, are useful, and also John Macquarrie's Twentieth Century Religious Thought (SCM Press, 1963).

The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a sign of a more authentic and scientific faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible with modern life.

But, as they both believed, the issues for which they contended were issues in which men's souls were at stake; and they would have agreed on this at least, that the urbanities of modern theological debate betokened a failure to appreciate how serious the issues were.

Most modern definitions of God are based on Platonic philosophy anyway, so maybe it is time for a reset on the entire debate about God anyway...

For in the earliest round of the debate, Griffin remarked on how forced, unnecessarily cautious, or simply unnatural are Ford's readings of relevant passages in Science and the Modern World and Religion in the Making — readings claiming that panpsychism is not truly found in either book, and that the appearance to the contrary is due to our reading into them ideas derived from the canonical portions of Process and Reality (REWM 194 - 201).

The surge of disposable capital in post-World War II consumerism gave impetus for the debate over modern society.

Their approval or disapproval alone distinguished their otherwise parallel interpretations of the course of modern history since the Renaissance, for the liberals ascribed all virtue to liberal Christianity and all vice to authoritarian Catholicism while their ultra-conservative colleagues in debate simply reversed the order.

It is a very modern and Westernized concept to have separate family beds for such young children, and while I do not want to engage in a debate on (safe) co-sleeping, it has worked for us from newborn to preschooler.

This has been reflected in our consistently providing platforms for Labour - LibDem dialogue, seeking to foster engagement between party politics and civic pressure, and in co-hosting the left and liberty session at the Convention for Modern Liberty, and in being significantly engaged in debates about the pluralist reform of party politics, the broader political settlement and the new «movement politics» of a pluralist left.

The pros and cons of Nolan chart vs the others listed in the Wiki is a topic for debate, but pretty much any of them is orders of magnitude better than «left - right», whose main purpose in modern politics is largely «how can I better equate my political opponents to some historical monster».

On the economy, Lancman supports creating jobs by investing in infrastructure improvements, which he called the «modern - day new deal» at a debate on June 21, and by making it easier for small businesses to get credit.

Jones pays particular attention to Cameron's years working for Norman Lamont and Michael Howard in the 1990s (when he was covering those politicians» activities for the BBC on a daily basis) and later in the book - after dealing with the 2005 Tory leadership election, Brown replacing Blair, the political attitudes of the Murdoch press and Expenses-gate - he devotes whole chapters to both the TV debates and the role of the leaders» wives in a modern British election campaign.

While flibanserin may not ever be prescribed for sexual dysfunction — and there is much debate over whether the «dysfunction» it targets is real or just marketing — the drug does show modern neuroscience's broader and deeper effects on our minds.

Seems petty now, especially if one forgets that Verne and Wells were fighting for the soul of an art form that would frame the great debates of the modern age.

But now that increasingly powerful genomic technology can definitively identify a species from a fragment of bone or uncover Neanderthal genes embedded in the DNA of modern humans, there is less room for debate.

In «Recipes for Thought: Knowledge and Taste in the Early Modern English Kitchen,» Wall explores the subversive, witty and largely undocumented ways that women of the period used recipes and food to do everything from read, write and treat illness to wax philosophic about issues still debated today.

For decades, human evolution researchers have debated whether Neandertals and modern humans interbred.

«There is a huge debate about how different Neanderthals were from modern humans,» said Shannon McPherron, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

Led by the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, researchers set out to settle the debate as to whether hominin remains in the Grotte du Renne, an archaeological site in Arcy - sur - Cure, France, date to Neanderthal ancestry or whether they indicate the first evidence of modern humans in Europe.

The dinosaur Archaeopteryx is widely regarded as one of the earliest ancestors of modern birds, but the question of whether or not it could actively fly has been debated for decades.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

It all sounds like a recipe for the most noxious liberal jerk - off movie since «Crash,» but in the hands of writer - director Richard LaGravenese, Freedom Writers turns out to be a superb piece of mainstream entertainment — not an agonized debate over the principles of modern education à la «The History Boys,» but a simple, straightforward and surprisingly affecting story of one woman who managed to make a difference.

So while Vernon, Florida has become something of a Medium Cool for a new generation of film brats (All the Real Girls director David Gordon Green cites the work as one of his all - timers), The Thin Blue Line has become the moment that many point to as the definitive modern reintroduction to the debate about the matter of degrees that separates fiction from non-fiction cinema.

Wright has been much praised for bringing a modern energy to period pieces (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement), and he animates the hothouse atmosphere of Churchill's gilded cage with thoughtful debate and vigorous visuals.

At least it contains what passes for debate in our modern era of talking points and sound bites.

I suppose some modern readers would find their opinions on this matter up for a vigorous debate.

Modern Portfolio Theory concepts such as Alpha and Beta, Standard Deviation, the Sharpe ratio, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Regression, and R - squared have provided a foundation for debate that has continued to provide additional insight into the relationship between investment risk and returns.

And while giving animals as gift may still be up for debate, these pieces of pottery are perfect for the animal lover with more modern taste.

As modern pet anesthetics have become a lot safer, with fewer side effects, the debate about the recommended age of canine neutering has been reopened in the veterinary world with some vets now allowing their clients to opt for an early - age spay or neuter, provided they appreciate that there are greater, albeit minimal, anaesthetic risks to the very young pet when compared to the more mature pet.

Yes, it's time for the annual debate on whether or not modern shooters are finally going to kick the -LSB-...]

While there was a great deal of debate as to whether the futuristic combat of Infinite Warfare is the right direction for the Call of Duty franchise to be headed in, traditionalists were pleased to hear that Modern Warfare Remastered would be bundled with the release.

Tate Modern director Frances Morris noted that her work is regarded for «the highly original and compelling way in which she addresses major political concerns of our time, not only within debates about art and art history, but also in the hope of effecting real change in the world around us,» the Guardian reported.

Tate Modern's director Frances Morris commented: «Tania Bruguera is well known for the highly original and compelling way in which she addresses major political concerns of our time, not only within debates about art and art history, but also in the hope of effecting real change in the world around us.»

Modern Mondays is a weekly program that brings contemporary, innovative film and moving - image works to the public and provides a forum for viewers to engage in dialogue and debate with contemporary filmmakers and artists.

As for its modern - day efficacy, there is plenty of debate about the theory.

Frances Morris, the director of Tate Modern, said Bruguera was well known for «the highly original and compelling way in which she addresses major political concerns of our time, not only within debates about art and art history, but also in the hope of effecting real change in the world around us.

«But at least for the first time in many years there's a real serious debate about modern architecture on the streets of Wakefield.

Kim Howells Turner Prize Row: Passion for Art Based on Expertise Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); November 1, 2002; 469 words UNLIKE many of those who wade into debates about the Turner Prize or modern art, Dr Kim Howells at least has a good claim to know what he's talking about.

I was somewhat involuntarily thrust into the center of the public debate over climate change at this very time, when the «Hockey Stick» temperature reconstruction I co-authored, depicting the unprecedented nature of modern warming in at least the past millennium, developed into an icon in the debate over human - caused climate change [particularly when it was featured in the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) of the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC in 2001].

At a September 27, 2014 panel discussion at Queens Museum titled «Climate Wars: Propaganda, Debate, and the Propaganda of Debate,» Hoggan revealed that he was inspired to start DeSmogBlog by the work of Ross Gelbspan, a retired journalist who helped launch the modern environmental movement and spread the slanderous narrative of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance (page 160) that skeptical scientists are paid shills of fossil fuel companies hired to neutralize public support for government climate programs.

Here, in the wake of the first presidential debate, the media skewered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for denying his prior Twitter claim that «the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese» — even as Trump's surrogates continued to bluntly advance positions contrary to modern scientific understanding on the subject.

If they were truly interested in finding realistic answers to the dual challenge of providing energy needed for modern life and protecting the environment, they would welcome debate and open discussion.

Others, such as Confucius, had talked about ideal populations, but it was Malthus» notion of too many humans for too little food that galvanized the modern debate.

Our CEO, Alex Hamilton, was delighted to be invited to join the panel at a recent debate on modern contract drafting, organised by Ken Adams, author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, and hosted by UCL Faculty of Laws.

I get your point, and it might ring true for many people, but if $ 100 makes such a difference in your life, I doubt you should be out there debating over the merits of modern technology on a tech site.

• In this statement, John Singer, the chairperson of NACCHO, calls for «Community leaders across the states and territories to lead a national inclusive discussion and debate on why we need to change and nominate a new day for modern Australia to truly celebrate our diversity».