Sentences with phrase «give the document contemporary»

This seems glib to me, a strained attempt to give the document contemporary political relevance.

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On the other hand, to celebrate the integrity of the tradition, its documents and declarations, to give impetus to the continued reflection of the church on issues of contemporary meaning and value, is to experience the renewing power of being a part of a community of faith, of having an identity which transcends the anomic character of «doing your own thing» and going it alone.

This profound change from our previous order of government is often hidden by political and judicial rhetoric that gives honor to and even cites the written Constitution; yet, in contemporary theory and in practice, the document is really an authoritative occasion for, rather than a norm of, judicial interpretation.

Bringing these documents into the gallery, Holzer gives them a public hearing, at the same time questioning the normalization of violence in the contemporary political discourse.