Sentences with phrase «great cultures of the world»

We need at least a significant minority who have tried to understand the deep history of the great cultures of the world.

Analysing the isolated success of science in the other great cultures of the world, he demonstrates how their long - term failures (or «stillbirths») were invariably connected to the dominant philosophical or religious mindset of the given culture, especially the pervasive influence of eternal cycles and other tendencies towards fatalism.

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Founded in Dublin in 1950, the Chester Beatty Library is a museum and library housing the fine collection of rare illuminated manuscripts, drawings, miniature paintings, prints and decorative arts from the great cultures of the world, assembled by Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875 - 1968).

Not exact matches

In this candid conversation, Shopify's Harley Finkelstein — one of the most influential and innovative young business leaders in Canada today — shares his experiences scaling Shopify from a scrappy startup to a world - leading provider of commerce solutions, covering, among other things, the key operational, strategic and culture components that differentiate truly great businesses from those that are merely good.

Instead of being out of this world, the next wave of offices is down to earth — and, to a greater extent, designed around employees» needs and specific company cultures.

Truly one of the greatest cities in the world, San Francisco is overflowing with world - class culture, cuisine, and charm.

«One of our core values is putting people first — so having our own associates provide feedback for this award is a testament of our great culture and unique programs that appreciate and help open doors to a world of opportunities.»

The lay vocation, as understood by Evangelical Catholicism, is primarily one of evangelism: of the family, the workplace, and the neighborhood, and thus of culture, economics, and politics, bringing the gospel into all of those parts of the world to which the laity have greater access than those who are ordained.

A greater awareness of the political culture of the Middle East makes less plausible the claim that Israel serves as: he vanguard of democracy in that part of the world.

I learned this not from a class in feminist studies, but from Jesus — who was brought into the world by a woman whose obedience changed everything; who revealed his identity to a scorned woman at a well; who defended Mary of Bethany as his true disciple, even though women were prohibited from studying under rabbis at the time; who obeyed his mother; who refused to condemn the woman caught in adultery to death; who looked to women for financial and moral support, even after the male disciples abandoned him; who said of the woman who anointed his feet with perfume that «wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her»; who bantered with a Syrophoenician woman, talked theology with a Samaritan woman, and healed a bleeding woman; who appeared first before women after his resurrection, despite the fact that their culture deemed them unreliable witnesses; who charged Mary Magdalene with the great responsibility of announcing the start of a new creation, of becoming the Apostle to the Apostles.

«Thus an environmentally enlightened development process necessarily demands a new culture, which will be: egalitarian, with reduced disparities between rich and poor and power equally shared by men and women; resource - sharing; participatory; frugal, when compared to the current consumption patterns of the rich; humble, with a respect for the multiplicity of the world's cultures and lifestyles; and, it will aim at greater self - reliance at all levels of society.»

We were not meant to adopt the world of Luther's Reformation or the culture of the Great Awakening or even 1950s America as our standard for righteousness.

The great contest is over the culture, the guiding ideas and habits of mind and heart that inform the way we understand the world and our place in it.

Coontz ranges widely over the cultures and societies of the world, discussing a great variety of marriage practices.

The marvel is that this one small book — a collection of still smaller books — survived the fires of persecution and the changing patterns of culture to remain, after nineteen centuries, the world's most significant literature and greatest spiritual treasure - house.

Now it would be a great mistake to attribute this difficulty solely or even primarily to so - called Muslim «fundamentalism» (which is probably a pejorative misnomer in any case); in a more basic sense, the difficulty is due to the intense integration of religion with every aspect of culture and society in the Islamic view of the world.

He will include all that is known of ancient and medieval and modern Oriental cultures and societies (Near, Middle and Far East) and extend his examination of Western society and cultures back beyond the classical world finally to include the successive types developed in the various great periods of the Christian era down to this day.

The Judaism of that time, however, had no other arm than to save the tiny nation, the guardian of great ideals, from sinking into the broad sea of heathen culture and enable it, slowly and gradually, to realize the moral teaching of the Prophets In civil life and in the present world of the Jewish state and nation.

The great cultures of the ancient world lay at the two ends, Babylonia near where the sweep of the Zagros Mountains terminates its length of eastern bulwark and barrier to the Semitic world, and Egypt nestling among her brooding deserts at the northeast corner of Africa in the perennial delight of her sunny clime and her life - giving river.

The story of the great Flood of Noah, God's judgment on the ancient world, is found in many cultures in various stories.

For over a century students have been coming here because they have the fortitude to risk all sorts of collisions: of world cultures in a great city, of religions and churches in an ecumenical cloverleaf, of church and academy in a theological school related to a great university but independent of it.

The real antagonism that characterises today's world is not that between various religious cultures, but that between the radical emancipation of man from God, from the roots of life, on the one hand, and from the great religious cultures on the other.»

He challenged all Americans in the church, academy, and every segment of the culture to face head - on the great moral crisis of racism in the U.S. and the world.

Platonic and Pythagorian modes of thinking spread Greek ideas and culture throughout the Hellenic world, introducing the mideastern peoples conquered by Alexander the Great to many of the concepts that were unique to Greek thinkers of the time (and vice versa).

It engages people of different races, cultures and languages, from a wide variety of backgrounds, all committed to bringing about a world in which there is more solidarity and greater harmony.

So fruitful that, according to John Paul II, it points to the agency of Divine Providence: «In engaging great cultures for the first time, the Church can not abandon what she has gained from her inculturation in the world of Greco - Latin thought.

The characteristics of the particularistic religion generally can be extrapolated from Levis description: It is emotional and intense in contrast to the ascetic rationalism of high Italian culture; it is fiercely closed to the outside world (there is not one such religion but as many as there are groups), as opposed to the universalism of high Italian thought; and it is presided over by a woman, an epiphany of the Great Mother of the Mediterranean world, only partially and uncertainly articulated with the Virgin of Nazareth.

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

He represented in himself the fusion of two great cultures, the Hebrew and the Greek, so that he was well prepared for leadership in turning Christianity into a world religion, rather than allowing it to remain as it might otherwise have done, a Jewish sect.

Besides in there day and in ALOT of cultures around the world today Men hang with Men, Women with Women please don't deflect your gay tendencies to others much GREATER THAN YOU.

Stepping up into the ranks of the great meat - free metropoli of the world, Barcelona has declared itself «a friend of vegan and vegetarian culture» — and has pledged to join the MFM campaign.

Born and raised in Venezuela, Lorena grew up with a great passion for cooking and through years of travel, she has absorbed influences from many countries around the world expanding her knowledge of flavors and cultures.

Asour Great Leader Sir Arsene said that the best way to create an identity with the way we play football, to get players integrated into our culture, with our beliefs, our values that we felt it would be an interesting experiment to see players grow together with these qualities, and with a love for the club, it was an idealistic vision of the world of football.

Cazzete pursuit means serious business as Our Great Leader Sir Arsene said that the best way to create an identity with the way we play football, to get players integrated into our culture, with our beliefs, our values that we felt it would be an interesting experiment to see players grow together with these qualities, and with a love for the club, It was an idealistic vision of the world of football.

As our Great Leader Sir Arsene said that the best way to create an identity with the way we play football, to get players integrated into our culture, with our beliefs, our values that we felt it would be an interesting experiment to see players grow together with these qualities, and with a love for the club, it was an idealistic vision of the world of football.

It's really great to have them supporting us and, but I am a part of this broader culture that we live in our community and so I do feel like the whole thing I mentioned about kind of not really liking to breastfeed in public and Rose you mentioned how you don't tell people often how you breastfeed until four and it kind of makes me sad because I think you know, if everyone else in the world is doing it until 4, maybe everyone else here is doing until 4 and we just, we are all too ashamed or maybe we would kind of be, if I would be a little more brave about it, I would find a different circle of people that I am not so different from.

Now, I'm not going to go into great detail about how I think you might just be missing the point, though I will suggest that perhaps you'd be more persuasive if you considered the question of whether anyone ASKED those «black folks» whether or not they wanted to be brought in chains to the New World, kept in servitude for centuries, stripped of their cultures and their very names and forcibly converted to an alien religion.

«We truly are «The World's Borough,» so it is great that we have a community board membership that reflects our borough's incredible array of cultures and perspectives.»

«Ms. Lisella must now commit to the task of expressing, both to our borough and to the world, the great beauty that lies in Queens» diversity of cultures, languages and peoples.»

«To employees,» Jallal says, «MedImmune has the best of both worlds: an entrepreneurial, nimble culture that allows us to do great science and move fast, with the footprint, maturity, and resources of a big company.»

We see great cultural diversity and large numbers of cultures per unit area in regions of the world in which the environment is really rich.

Here are just a few of the world's many indigenous cultures which eat a diet rich in saturated animal fats.The interesting thing about these indigenous cultures is that they carry literally NO body fat, have great muscle tone and in addition have exceptional cardiovascular fitness.

Baobab fruit has been eaten by traditional cultures all over the world for thousands of years as a daily food, and medicinally in greater amounts to reduce acute dysentery, as well as chronic diarrhea and constipation.

Living like a local in another country is not only a great way to immerse yourself in the culture of one place, but yet again provides a nuanced, fresh way of looking at the world — and your place in it.

The Filipina is a great partner in life and one of the proofs for this statement is that you can find Filipinas all over the world married to men of different races that come from different culture.

A great merit of the Internet is that you can meet people around the world, meet new cultures, speak a new language, etc..

If you want to make your world larger, dating someone from another country is a great way to experience the wealth of emotions and cultures different to yours.

Islamic culture is one of greatest in the world.

Gary Oldman blurted out the eagerly - awaited news at the world's greatest celebration of proper pop culture.

The costumes are surprisingly good, the set - decorating less so: bookshelves here have copies of the Grolier's Great Books of the Western World, some years before it became a fixture in every culture - vulture's house.