Sentences with phrase «from religion in general»

That monument has come under fierce attack these days — from postmodernists (to whom truth is subjective and cultural), from creationists (to whom truth is biblical), and from religion in general (where faith is often seen to compete with reason as the fount of ultimate answers).

It is a turning away from religion in general to a special religion, and then finding, incidentally, that the general is freshly illuminated as it never was before.

Not exact matches

In that same general pattern, Islam wanted to claim Yahweh from their neighbor's religion as the same deity as Allah.

In his view, the Holocaust and the Jewish return from exile, as well as the general opening of the Church toward non-Christian religions, had exploded the old, supersessionist view.

But in taking the term «civil religion» from Rousseau's Social Contract I was also bringing in a much more general concept, common in America in the eighteenth century but by no means specifically American.

Roger Williams, for example, for all his insistence on the separation of church and state, believed that such general religion was essential for what he called «government and order in families, towns, etc.» Such general religion is, he believed, «written in the hearts of all mankind, yea, even in pagans,» and consists in belief in God, in the afterlife, and in divine punishments.2 Benjamin Franklin for all his differences from Roger Williams believed essentially the same thing, as indicated in the quotation from his autobiography in my original article on civil religion.

The theoretical tradition initiated by Max Weber nearly a century ago has remained a popular perspective from which to examine religion, ideology, and, in general, the processes of change in these cultural systems.

In conclusion to this sketch of Altizer's affirmations we must say a word about his affirmation of the eschatological quality of Christianity which, he holds, most definitively and radically separates Christianity from «religion» in general, and Eastern mystical religion — the essence of «religion» as such — in particulaIn conclusion to this sketch of Altizer's affirmations we must say a word about his affirmation of the eschatological quality of Christianity which, he holds, most definitively and radically separates Christianity from «religion» in general, and Eastern mystical religion — the essence of «religion» as such — in particulain general, and Eastern mystical religion — the essence of «religion» as such — in particulain particular.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

So I doubt he did it from some hatred at religion in general.

The secular community with some justification has resisted insights which appear to come from religion and theology, since so much of this has been clearly antithetical to the facts of human beings and their development and to mental and social health in general.

I would say that it's more that she's figured out that the bible and religion in general is bull but like a child with a security blanket, she doesn't want to believe what she's figured out (like the child not wanting to believe that they've outgrown the blankie) and is desperately trying to rationalize clinging to her faith when the best thing she could do is free herself from what she deep down inside knows is untrue and silly ancient myths.

(Look at the women in Ireland and The Dominican Rep. who died because of being denied an abortion recently) You are SO correct about Hitler being a xstian, google away... «Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith... We need believing people.»

To set the stage for considering religion from a cosmological point of view, Whitehead writes, «The most general formulation of the religious problem is the question whether the process of the temporal world passes into the formation of other actualities, bound together in an order in which novelty does not mean loss.»

In the midst of scandals, intra-ecclesial ideological battles, and a widespread attitude of indifference — if not scorn — toward religion in general and the Catholic faith in particular, a steady stream of courageous souls continue to convert from other confessions — or no confession — to the Catholic faitIn the midst of scandals, intra-ecclesial ideological battles, and a widespread attitude of indifference — if not scorn — toward religion in general and the Catholic faith in particular, a steady stream of courageous souls continue to convert from other confessions — or no confession — to the Catholic faitin general and the Catholic faith in particular, a steady stream of courageous souls continue to convert from other confessions — or no confession — to the Catholic faitin particular, a steady stream of courageous souls continue to convert from other confessions — or no confession — to the Catholic faith.

Whereas in early modernism it was generally supposed that a rational religion of some form is needed to maintain social order, in late modernism religion in general is typically seen as an oppressive and distorting force from which the human spirit needs to be freed.

This admixture appears based upon the conjunction of revealed religion with the natural law as set in creation by its Creator, at the head of which is the mind of man — law which defines nature's constitution from the physical to the structure of human society, including the general moral precepts by which it must be governed.

We may end up with some generalizations, but we should move from the particular to the general, not from ideas about religion in general to the understanding of and response to particular traditions.

«These and many more evil customs which had sprung up in the night of darkness and general apostasy from the truth and true religion were now, by the inshining of this pure my of divine light in my conscience, gradually discovered to me to be what I ought to cease from, shun, and stand a witness against.»

Schweitzer was firmly convinced that one of the shortcomings of all world religions is that they regard ethics as ultimately separated from spirituality, as is the general rule in Eastern religions, or as myopically identified with the total meaning of religion, as is the case generally in the West.

She had some public instincts, it is true; she hated the Lutherans, and longed for the church's triumph over them; but in the main her idea of religion seems to have been that of an endless amatory flirtation — if one may say so without irreverence — between the devotee and the deity; and apart from helping younger nuns to go in this direction by the inspiration of her example and instruction, there is absolutely no human use in her, or sign of any general human interest.

They borrowed extensively from one another, for the general temper of the age was syncretistic; in the search for truth the assumption was that no one religion or philosophy had all the truth but hopefully each had some of it.

Since nearly all of my Bible Institute work was in religion and I needed general education subjects for graduation, I hold a baccalaureate in religion from a college at which I did not take a single course in the field.

The singular nature of this moment may be that it provides the opportunity for a less inhibited engagement of Catholic teaching and democratic theory — less inhibited from the Catholic side because of the historical ascendancy of democracy in the framework of the Anglo - American experience, rather than the French revolutionary framework with its powerful animus against religion in general and Catholicism in particular.

Sadly, the vast majority of the world is forced to live in fear from various propaganda's that are put across in our media about all things, including religion, government, and beliefs that are in conflict or against our own personal belief systems or the belief systems of the masses that are in our general sphere of influence.

TAKING GOOD FROM BAD The comedian Bill Maher recently delivered himself of some rather decided views on religion in general and Catholicism in particular.

Yugoslavian political theologian Marko Orsolic, O.F.M., a professor at the Theological Faculty in Sarajevo and general secretary for the Council of Priests and Religions in Yugoslavia, told me that the country's bishops have prohibited all Yugoslavian priests from leading pilgrims to Medjugorje.

In general, we'd ask you to be civil towards other readers and refrain from obscene language and any comments on religion, ethnic groups or politics.

An answer to a parliamentary question has also revealed that the BHA has received a further # 35,000 from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to to deliver «increased understanding of issues of religion or belief in the context of equality and human rights within the voluntary sector, media and general public».

The threat posed by extremists to society therefore ultimately derives from our tolerance of religion in general.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

Whenever an action has been commenced in any court of the United States seeking relief from the denial of equal protection of the laws under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution on account of race, color, religion, or national origin, the Attorney General for or in the name of the United States may intervene in such action upon timely application if the Attorney General certifies that the case is of general public impoGeneral for or in the name of the United States may intervene in such action upon timely application if the Attorney General certifies that the case is of general public impoGeneral certifies that the case is of general public impogeneral public importance.

A remarkable conclave of leading figures from nine of the world's major religions is under way at Windsor Castle in Britain, under the auspices of Prince Philip and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki - moon.

Congress passed RFRA in 1993, which required that» [g] overnment shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that application of the burden to the person --(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest».

Among other things, I took a course in constitutional interpretation with Mike Dorf, a general course in legal interpretation with my friend and mentor Kent Greenawalt (as well as a life - changing course from Kent in law and religion)-- and a course in statutory interpretation with John Manning, who was then teaching at Columbia, a few years before his repatriation to Harvard.

Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General) 2015 SCC 12 Administrative Law — Civil Rights Summary: As part of the mandatory core curriculum in schools across Quebec, the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports required a Program on Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC), which taught about the beliefs and ethics of different world religions from a neutral and objective perspective.

(a) Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).

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