Sentences with phrase «great upheavals»

Gustav explains: «Here we have three decades, which have seen great upheavals at all levels — political, social and cultural — that have changed the country and its people forever... Shirley experiences and reflects all this as a committed and emancipated actress with left - leaning politics.

It was her mother's partner who first introduced Liang to the great upheavals a drinker brings to the family home, yet the book closes with a welcome hopeful turn.

The last factor I would mention is monasticism, which throughout the great upheavals of history continued to be the indispensable bearer not only of cultural continuity but above all of fundamental religious and moral values, of the ultimate guidance of humankind.

The messages to the seven churches in Revelation 2 - 3 give a picture of great upheaval.

Putting the time - machine into reverse, we may find our first stopping place at the great upheaval of the sixteenth century which changed mediaeval Europe into the Europe that we know — or did know until the great wars once again moved the old landmarks.

There was not only great upheaval and changes within the church and theology, but these changes also took place along with the Renaissance, the scientific revolution, and eventually, the Enlightenment.

To take only one example of this failure, why is it that our denominations seem ready to engage in this great upheaval over gay and lesbian ordination all alone, with hardly a reference to the struggles and decisions of other parts of the ecumenical church?

Sea shells on mountain tops do act as evidence of a great upheaval, but the orderly arrangement of shells by type and age is not indicative of a violent flood.

Human habitation a mile below sea level is also indicative of a great upheaval.

As we all know, the church is in a period of great upheaval.

The Arab conquest of Persia brought about great upheaval in the empire but it did not adversely affect the Christians much; they were not persecuted or massacred.

This would be the equivalent of Reading moving to Southend and a far greater upheaval than our recent relocation from Upton Park to Stratford.

At a moment of great upheaval, this country welcomed her in and let her call it home.

Besides a course of antibiotics to treat an ear infection, the introduction of peas and formula milk caused the greatest upheavals, Ley says.

At this time of great upheaval when lesser folks would just be trying to get by, Bobbi turns herself inside out, letting the art of vulnerability be the language that she uses to communicate with the world.

Publishing is in the greatest upheaval since Gutenberg.

Feebee, my first cat and the love of my life for almost sixteen years, who got me through a period of great upheaval in my life in the mid-90's when my marriage of thirteen years ended and my mother died, all within a four month period, developed bladder stones (most likely, as a result of trying to absorb some of my stress).

The years between the composition of Schiller's poem and Schubert's song saw great upheaval and profound change in Europe, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Napoleonic Empire.

For nearly 60 years, Knox Martin has produced a singular visual language with roots in both the Old Masters and that great upheaval in mid-20th-century American art known as Abstract Expressionism.

In «Cadillac I», the orange ochre from a hypothetical ground occupies the superior part of the painting whereas the celestial blue occupies the inferior part; as its latest act of thumbing its nose at the visitor in search of meaning as well as a symbol of the great upheaval the artist has operated over the artistic landscape of the last fifty years.

The Great Upheaval: Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Collection, 1910 - 1918 showcased the dynamism, creativity, and innovation of art produced in Europe in the years leading up to and during the First World War.

This is a serious problem for us, because these are times of great upheaval, and if we do not choose change, change will be chosen for us and applied to us.

In the wake of the Great Recession, law is in a period of great upheaval.

The underlying fundamentals of the legal market — clients, competitors, tools, regulations — are changing so quickly that a new climate now surrounds us, a new landscape has emerged under our feet, and even greater upheaval is on the way.

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«The greater risk to the market this year, in my opinion, is not economic, it is political,» Miller said, referring primarily to upheaval within the Trump administration.

After much organizational upheaval, he says, they emerged with leaner workforces and a greater ability to innovate.

But most of the memoir is concerned with the mechanics of the ad trade during a period of great creative upheaval.

The economic and social upheaval stemming from both the Great Depression and World War II forced the United States to seek out a source of inexpensive labor to meet its manpower needs in both agriculture and railway maintenance.

But he continued to believe that the great religious upheaval in the Christian West at the dawn of the modern era had involved both the necessity of reform and a division at once scandalous and tragic.

There is a great mystery here, but The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that «God permitted such painful upheavals as the angels» fall and man's sin only as occasions and means for displaying all the power of his arm and the whole measure of the love he wanted to give the world» (CCC 760).

We stand at the threshold of Great Waves of environmental, economic and political upheaval and change which will alter the face of Earth.

Great forms are characterized by their ability to outlive the age in which they emerge and to pursue their path through all history's hiatuses and upheavals.

Today we are perhaps more disappointed in life than former generations, and the repeated upheavals in the life of society and of individuals may be explained by this mood of despair, because there is so much colourless boredom in life despite its great possibilities.

It began with a return of fear and ended in a triumph of hope, an unusual trajectory for great historical upheavals.

Ahmad lived at a time of great religious upheaval, said Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic Studies at American University.

Tickle explains that, in reaction to the gathering center, many Christians will retreat to their respective corners, or religious traditions, which isn't an entirely bad thing because it serves as a sort of ballast to keep the boat of Christendom from tipping during the upheaval of the Great Emergence.

The Kauai children, like other Americans of their generation, were born just in time to experience the great demographic upheavals and the ambitious social programs of the 1960s.

A great many internal and external portents (political and social upheaval, moral and religious unease) have caused us all to feel, more or less confusedly, that something tremendous is at present taking place in the world.

Great social upheaval and dislocation accompanied this transformation.

It is generally regarded as being post-exilic in origin, and may stem from the late fourth century when Alexander the Great was causing such upheavals on the international scene.

But many Arsenal fans believe that we blew a great chance last season when all the other big clubs were in various phases of upheaval and transition.

This verse describes a great volcanic upheavals where the earth's crust was fractured.

The changes in your body and its chemistry are great in number and your life has had a major upheaval, even if a planned upheaval.

Recognize that it will take time to establish an effective «working relationship,» but it is one of the greatest gifts parents can give children of divorce during a time of uncertainty and upheaval.

Pregnancy after a loss can be a time of great emotional upheaval — but also, a time of healing and hope.

If Scotland votes to remain within the United Kingdom, there will be no great political upheaval to provoke a reassessment of the value of the British constitution.

«We fear that yet more upheaval in the Home Office may result in greater casualties among those suffering from the brutalities of the government's increasingly draconian immigration policy,»

But he says Cuomo's record is that of a traditional politician, in a time of great political upheaval.

Brodsky said the governor has a solid record on legalizing gay marriage, gun control and offering free tuition to some middle - class students at state universities, but Cuomo's record is that of a traditional politician, in a time of great political upheaval.

Now, those herders are being driven rapidly into cities, and there could be greater future upheavals.