Sentences with phrase «gives material expression»

It most clearly transmits its truth when it gives material expression to their beliefs, when it effectively facilitates their worship.

After visiting a Lutheran church in New York in 1908, Stevens would complain, after the fashion of Santayana, at how «impoverished» its interior seemed in comparison «with the wealth of symbols, of remembrances» the Catholic Church has created to give material expression to its spirit.

Not exact matches

What gives the house its zest is the way the architects put these common materials into a very contemporary expression.»

Both the predella and the triptych give visual expression to Luther's deep conviction that God, who is hidden and invisible, accommodates God's self to our finite and fallen nature by revealing God's disposition toward us through material things: in the incarnation, in the sacrament and in the Good News of scripture received, above all, through hearing (a material reality, but not visual, to be sure).

In the Koran there is very little in the way of story material, most of it is made up of the forthright commands of Ali, or directives for the conduct of human affairs in the Theocracy, or poetic expressions of religious insight given to the prophets.

The entire story is given to us in the Old Testament material, including as it does much genuine history as well as a good deal of legend and myth, not to speak of poetic expressions of the relationship between Jahweh and humankind but with reference also to non-Jewish races and nations.

Through exciting weekly classes, quality supporting materials and parent involvement, Music Together inspires families to bring music - making back into daily life, giving children the foundation for a lifetime of musical expression and enjoyment.

Through exciting weekly classes, quality supporting materials and parent involvement, Music Together inspires families to bring music - making back into daily life, giving children the foundation for a lifetime of musical expression and enjoyment.An innovator in the field, Music Together began as an educational project of the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ.

The theater director sees it from the actors» perspective, telling the father, «Your expression becomes material here to which the actors give body and form, voice and gesture... [I] f it should manage to hold up on stage, the merit, you can believe me, belongs entirely to my actors.»

The honesty of the building's material expression allows users to see how it was put together, which really chimes with the school's idea of creating an educational instrument, especially given the school's interest in «hands on» building construction.

She says that she was working on the cheap, but the materials give visual expression to opacity and translucency.

Eichenberg has been leading the Metals Department at CAA into new directions, turning it into a research lab where students learn to give expression to their ideas through the rigorous exploration of a wide range of materials and techniques.

It is Xu Wei's freedom of expression, coupled with his emotional relationship with his materials that gives him his reputation as the founder of modern Chinese painting.