Sentences with phrase «from social rituals»

It was said that many girls would gain 15 pounds their freshman year of college from this social ritual.

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Thus, he moves away from merely representing Hinduism as a religious phenomenon confined to rituals, myths, deities, and social norms.

The threat to this idea of secularism arises form religious fundamentalism which is afraid of insecurity through change in traditional religious dogmas, ritual practices of purity and impurity in social laws; the threat also comes from communalism which seeks political power for one's religious community or in the case of Hindutva wants to establish a Hindu state.

Now this tendency, through the influence of grace, is not often exhibited in matters of faith; for it would be incipient heresy, and would be contrary, if knowingly indulged, to the first element of Catholic duty; but in matters of conduct, of ritual, of discipline, of politics, of social life, in the ten thousand questions which the Church has not formally answered, even though she may have intimated her judgment, there is a constant rising of the human mind against the authority of the Church, and of superiors, and that, in proportion as each individual is removed from perfection.

Religion and its rituals afforded a creative «anti-structure,» a great «time out that was distinguished from the rigid maintenance of social orders and hierarchies.

With the erosion of religious, ethnic and social connections and the rituals and practices they provide to confront mortality and bereavement, more and more of us must reinvent, from the leftovers and borrowings of our various traditions, the wheel that works the space between the deaths that happen and the deaths that matter.

These interactions included «lateral display» — when one fish interrupts another by displaying their body side - on, sometimes as a mating ritual — as well as ramming, tail quivering, and «mouth fighting»: a social display in which fish lock mouths to challenge each other over everything from food to mates.

This nonlinear, seemingly intuitive middle stretch is where the film could most use some tightening, rich as it is with social and sensual detail; its rheumy - eyed gaze takes in everything from bizarre spider - racing rituals to tender declarations of love on the town scrap heap.

But even from the director of The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, and Silence, this film stands out for its grace and nuance in its portrait of social intercourse as formal ritual.

Cowritten by Brooks and Monica Johnson, this satire of Hollywood is embellished with sharp, frequently hilarious observation of its ritual humiliations and shallow social and professional interactions, with notable contributions from Jeff Bridges as a self - absorbed Oscar - winning screenwriter friend, Steven Wright as Stan Spielberg («I'm Steven's cousin»), and Martin Scorsese in a self - parodying cameo.

Mommy dearest is on the same wavelength as headmistress Beulah Bondi: it's not a matter of behavior but appearance and this school teaches nothing but surface appearances and attitude, from empty social rituals to appalling displays of class arrogance.

FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Native Americans of the Southwest reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order thinking question • Answer Key for graphic organizer Students will research and analyze the lives and culture of the Native Americans of the Southwest region of the United States: present - day areas, groups, geography / climate, adaptations, cultures / spiritual rituals / roles of men and women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

Fascinated by the shared social ritual of collecting, arranging, and presenting objects, Steinbach originally culled used goods from flea markets and yard sales for his art works.

Rituals, whether spiritual or social in nature, all share a common purpose and can be described as a practice that allows an individual to pass from one fixed situation to one equally fixed.

Drawing on avian physiology, rituals of mating and territorial display, and the social phenomenon of flocking, she has assembled a fantastical procession of species all fashioned from modest materials such as clay, wire, and painted canvas.

Nikki S. Lee submerges her own identity by resembling women from other ethnicities, and documenting her participation in their social lives and rituals.

This exhibition brings together the work of artists from the early 1970s to the present, to investigate food as a conduit for ideas of social ritual, commerce, pleasure and visual representation.

The exhibition brings together the work of artists from the early 1970s to the present, to investigate food as a conduit for ideas of social ritual, commerce, pleasure and visual representation.

I am deeply concerned about the world around me, and my work reflects my reactions to social issues such as war and consumerism by contrasting images from American advertisements and popular culture with images of rituals from around the world.

Golden Kingdoms features works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico and explores artistic practices as well as the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions.

The exhibition, which will now travel to Aspen, was restrained and ebullient, with selections from a few salient series tracing an evolution in his use of specific materials as hand - and - machine - tools, wood, bone, fabric, and hair in witty, emotional objects recalling old - timey toys, ritual charms and artifacts, totems of social experience, and items of ordinary household magic.

The program includes two days of workshops, presentations, rituals, film screenings, interactive installations and special performances from local and national artists, scientists, social activists, filmmakers, writers, poets and more at Icebox Project Space.

Events from the turbulent history of Albania, from Ottoman times to the communist period, social rituals, folkloric costumes and sociologically interesting group portraits can all be found in the collection.

The emphasis this film places on the seemingly mundane ritual of cleaning shoes transforms the artist's own footwear into another contemporary object of worship deserving of meticulous attention and care, the modern equivalent to the traditional artistic «attribute» (an object conventionally associated with a particular figure from classical mythology or Christian hagiography): the social signifier.

Lewis» art derived energy from his vast interests in music — both classical and jazz - as well as nature, ancient ceremonial rituals, and social justice / equality issues central to the civil rights movement.

The museum's exhibition will also cull from its permanent collection with art works that focus on food's social role in art, ritual, community, and human relationships.