The changes in social structures of moral action, which previously were strongly linked to and supportive of Christian faith, has important implications both to how we conceive our relationship as Christians to our host society, and how we nurture ethical behaviour within adherents of the Christian faith who also participate
fully as members of this society.
Not exact matches
Given this, it is nothing less than our obligation,
as fully participating
members of civil
society, to continue alerting Canadians to these cuts and their impacts, all too often hidden from view through omnibus budget bills and government «feel good» misinformation.
One was the work
of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid
of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis
of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns
of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry
of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition
of education to envision the congregation
as a «primary
society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old
members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more
fully the nature
of the culture encountered in the local church.
We stand behind the concept og gays being
fully members of society wiithout being looked down upon
as wrong or deviants, which they are not.
«The ECS
fully endorses the March for Science's non-partisan, non-violent, educational, and diversity goals and encourages its
members to adhere to these values
as they get involved in one
of the numerous marches taking place throughout the world,» reads a statement on the
society's website (more than 8,500
members).
As the Education Chair
of the NAACP Muncie Chapter, Unit 3063, DiLynn Phelps states, «The membership recognizes that Muncie Community Schools has made, and is making, extraordinary contributions to the education
of children thus providing them the platform from which to become
fully productive
members of society.