Sentences with phrase «forms of public discourse»

These people wanted to move more quickly into direct forms of public discourse, demonstration and political formation.

What allows it to be a form of public discourse?

Preaching to the church is a form of public discourse in which God is recognized as being related to human beings not just individually but in the full context of their existence.

Not exact matches

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Indeed, I still believe that the question of an adequate paradigm for theology as a public form of discourse remains the most important item on the contemporary theological agenda.

But in the end we must try to think together in the mode of a public theology: that is, a form of discourse which uses symbols of ultimacy but also seeks publicly negotiable warrants for its assertions.

The debate tournament segment of the class was probably the one that formed me most — it caused me to join Pacilio's debate team for a couple years, and it was the first, and probably last, time that I and my peers were treated to full - throated political discourse in the public school classroom.

What I find disappointing about many studies of public rhetoric is (a) their tendency to focus only on content, rather than the form or structure of discourse, (b) their tendency to thematize this content, and (c) their tendency to regard these themes as reflections, or reinforcements, of collective values — which apparently lie hidden somewhere in the subjectivity of the collective conscience.

What forms of shared European history and identity exist in public discourse, and what experiences and expectations are woven into this?

In order to shift the public and professional discourse that shapes early childhood policy and practice, the Center on the Developing Child follows a three - stage knowledge translation process to 1) Synthesize the research; 2) Translate the knowledge; and 3) Communicate the translated science to our target audiences using a variety of media forms and formats.

MIPFS organizes grassroots lobbying efforts and direct lobbying of state policymakers on education issues; it also works to help parents form local organizations to support their schools and to change the current public discourse about public schools through education efforts.

Most of these things have been mentioned before in public discourse in some form or another, and I have to emphasize the examples aren't from any one specific console manufacturer either, and might be hypothetical, modified or altered to avoid mentioning things too specifically.

In this I inherit a discourse of «public art» and spectacle that I must negotiate, but also a history and trajectory of work that uses the city as material, context, and form.

Key to the artist's confrontational and participatory forms of art making, these epistolary interventions are works of conceptual art and can be interpreted in the spirit of open debate and public discourse that is central to Piper's thinking.

With this take on his own technique, Bradford is showing the public an aspect of himself in the form of bright color, wry wit, and his personal gift for maintaining grace and humor in his engagement with the full range of social discourse.

Of course, including religious people and using religious language will not answer all questions, and we do not seek a public policy formed by religious people or a scientific discourse answerable to faith statements.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

to me this is a form of Liberal political discourse — Liberal in the sense of embodying and evincing a desire to find grounds for public decisionmaking that don't require people to see the outcome of democratic deliberations, whatever they might be, as hostile to their core, defining commitments.