Sentences with phrase «given our culture meaning»

All wonderful things — but, for me at least, they don't negate the worry that the Smartphone also threatens some important and beautiful things that have given our culture meaning, and promoted human fulfillment, for centuries.

Not exact matches

So mind the gap means give the power to the individual, it is important and that culture is really strong in Denmark.

The proximity with other countries give some Chinese provinces the ethnic ties, culture advantages, which mean they could serve an important role in the grand initiative.

Compliance and the means by which companies seek to ensure it give rise to interesting issues of corporate culture.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, J. as he then was, expressed himself thus in Ramsharan vs. Union of India, (AIR 1989 S.C. 549, paragraph 13): «It is true that life in its expanded horizons today includes all that give meaning to a man's life including his tradition, culture and heritage, and protection of that heritage in its full measure would certainly come within the encompass of an expanded concept of Article 21 of the Constitution».

We wish to God that baptism were meaningless, because it proclaims and gives a meaning which cuts to the core the selfish, materialistic values of our consumer culture.

What Scripture says, it is argued, is to be determined by the cultures in which it was given and what it means is to determined by, and not merely related to, our own modem culture.

Nature for him (be understands too late) is mere chaos, without form and void, until given meaning by human culture: «This used to be real estate / now it's only fields and trees.»

As with Murray and those who insist that the founders «built better than they knew,» what the founders may have meant is less significant than what they actually gave us and how that gift was destined to be received in an emerging culture infused with voluntaristic, nominalist, and mechanistic assumptions about God and nature.

He also understood that, if religion can not find expression in a way that gives meaning in the mainstream of the culture, it will burst out in sometimes violent ways among those who have despaired of the culture.

Another source of confusion in interpreting the Bible, or any text that originated in a culture different from our own, lies in the different social conditions of that different time and the ways those conditions give terms different meanings.

More generally, Berger has argued that, given their shared concern with meaning, solidarity, and the transmission of culture from one generation to the next, and their social proximity to one another in the private sphere, religion and family in the West have been inclined to work together, and reinforce one another.

First, in every domain of teaching the following essentials of religious faith should be emphasized and demonstrated in the teacher's own outlook: That the world, man, and his culture are neither self - sufficient nor self - explanatory but are derived from given sources of being, meaning, and value.

† Just because a Blind Christian has the need to feel as if they posses a traditional family lifestyle, religious holidays where the give their kids chocolate eggs, dvd gifts on christmas of movies full of women acting as the equals of men (Against the bible), a lack of understanding culture, and the feeling of belonging, does not mean all people need / want / or feel that way.

But the person who insists she is a Catholic, but finds the Trinity «patriarchal and oppressive», Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross «just so bloodthirsty», lesbian and homosexual relationships «a lifestyle to be celebrated», and the Pope «a ridiculous figure»......... such a person's contribution to dialogue lacks integrity and meaning Pro's And Con's Of The Ghetto Culture Of course, the reasons for wanting to emphasise one's Catholicism are pretty obvious: it gives status, enlarges one's importance, and is, at present, very fashionable.

Each one of us understands the world and interprets events from a particular perspective — and that perspective is profoundly shaped by our nonhuman and human environments, culture, socio - politico - economic location, and the myths and symbols that organize and give meaning and significance to our lives.

By folk culture I mean to highlight what T. S. Eliot and Christopher Dawson understood to be the interrelated nature of family, region, and religion as elements that give rise to cultural forms.

It means asking hard questions of yourself and your culture, resolving to intentionally do away with those things that are not life - giving, important, and meaningful.

Just as we depend for physical existence on the forces of the natural world, so to find meaning, fulfillment and purpose in life, we depend on the culture which continues to shape us, on what we receive from one another and on what we are able to give back in return.

(24) Structuralism, the critical theory that asserts that meaning is a function of the structures of a cultural system, presumes communities that give rise to and nurture the structures of that culture.

Their resolution of these conflicts becomes a kind of universal drama that gives meaning to many people in their cultures.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

I mean, communicated from a divine source by Jesus Christ as God, through inspired prophets and wise men, apostles, teachers, the writers of the books of the Bible, councils of church leaders, popes, and so on, in such a way that the message has been transmitted in human language, clothed in the external forms of human thought, given, indeed, in the characteristic language and thought - forms of particular nations and cultures, but at the same time in such a way that its essential content has been unaffected by the human mind's fallibility, ignorance and feebleness of apprehension.

Today this mistrust is reinforced by the conviction that the understanding of the self is always indirect and proceeds from the interpretation of signs given outside me in culture and history and from the appropriation of the meaning of these signs.

Culture has many complicated meanings, but I use it here simply to describe a system of beliefs (about God or reality or ultimate meaning), of values (about what is true, good and beautiful), of customs (about how to behave and relate to others), and of the institutions which express the culture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it mCulture has many complicated meanings, but I use it here simply to describe a system of beliefs (about God or reality or ultimate meaning), of values (about what is true, good and beautiful), of customs (about how to behave and relate to others), and of the institutions which express the culture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it mculture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it meaning.

But when you read the Bible, you most assuredly will need historical context of the regions, culture, and different meanings when read on the surface may only give a surface message.

A religious faith gives culture categories of ultimate meaning, purpose and hope.

Giving every deaf person cochlear implants, for example, would mean the end of sign language and «deaf culture.»

A culture of courtship in which sex was given form and meaning was taken down and replaced by a rudderless, sexualized campus.

The prize is a tribute to the energy of thousands of women who have created a countrywide network of education and have been given back our dignity, identity, and culture by means of the chocolate trade.

«That means we want to continue to give chances to young players and build the players from inside our club with our culture.

Barefoot Books started in 1993 with the beliefs that it's never too early to teach children about other cultures, that kids should be given the opportunity to appreciate high - quality art just like adults, and that children should be able to enjoy the music and meaning of language from an early age.

It's understandable that any given country has a vested interest in maintaining their culture and traditions; but surely, limiting the kinds of names families can choose from is not the only means of achieving such ends?

Critics see it as a culture - of - corruption breeder that turns public servants into Pez dispensers and gives the competitive edge to those willing to curry political favor by any means necessary.

Feargal and Rena are working to transform the Irish dating culture and give people safe, authentic, and effective means to get in a relationship.

Do not be shy to say «not clear» about your interracial partner's culture, it does not mean you are out and leave behind, but it gives both the opportunity to know each other's cultures and bring both together.

So traveling in his footsteps meant giving myself a crash course in Latin American history, culture, politics, and ecology.

Sick of popular culture, Frank Murdoch (Joel Murray) gives his life meaning by going on a killing spree, to end the likes of «American Idol `, talk back radio and all of life's bullshit.

There's no point into going into much detail about the plot as it gives new meaning to the word «perfunctory» (not to mention the one big «twist» should be plainly obvious)-- all one needs to know is the new locale is Paris, thus opening a new can of culture clash comedy.

For another, viewing these events from the perspective of our changed Time's Up culture gives them new meaning.

There is no golden mean of outside culture to let into the school just like there is no ideal discipline strategy that will give every child just what he or she needs right when he or she needs it.

None of these characteristics by itself represent the essence of culture, but collectively they reflect and give meaning to the concept of culture.

This has built a culture where expertise is not tied to the position you hold or the numbers of years you have been part of our school community, but rather the standards and specific demonstrations of what «Highly Accomplished» and «Lead» practice means, have given us a common language to not only value expertise, but to be able to collectively recognise it.

You will understand that boosting poor kids up the ladder to and beyond college means giving them schools with a «middle class» culture as well as heavy doses of basic skills and fundamental knowledge.

In particular, students should develop critical media literacy skills to give them power over popular culture and to create their own meanings (as in Kellner & Share, 2006).

The analysis concluded the District's schools are plagued by a culture that encourages educators to hand out diplomas to meet lofty graduation goals, even if that means giving a high school degree to a student who missed half of the academic year.

This work clearly defines «representation», and gives the reader an understanding of how various elements (language, culture, gender, genre, etc.) act as variables in affecting and altering the meaning and concept of «representation».

This means I'm going to cover many different areas (as you can see from the above menu) giving a honest opinion and not just a glossy one, which other culture vulture blogs do.

Spending two days in Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, gives us time to fully appreciate the Aboriginal culture and spiritual meaning this area has to the traditional owners.

In the summer the long warm days give rise to a wonderful cafe culture, and the cities waterfront location means there is a lot of scope for water activities — everything from stand up paddle boarding to wilderness canoeing through to just visiting the beach.