Sentences with phrase «great wisdom traditions»

More than any explicit reference to the kingdom come, Dreher refers throughout the book to Russell Kirk's «permanent things» — «those eternal moral norms necessary to civilized life and which are taught by all the world's great wisdom traditions.»

Might the gospel occasionally be foolishness to the Greeks and the world's great wisdom traditions?

Written toward the end of a long career dedicated to the study of religion» his The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions has been a staple on college syllabi since it first appeared in 1958» this book has a definite valedictory feel.

The title, then, should be understood as Smith's own highly personal understanding of how Christianity is true within the frame of his larger understanding of the world's religions as great wisdom traditions.

Not exact matches

In all the great spiritual traditions and all the great wisdom schools, part of the journey of becoming more human is often totemed against this notion of sort of waking up and coming out of these illusions.

This global compilation of traditional wisdom shows that none of the great, classical religious traditions conceived of God as a mere intelligent Designer, or as a First Cause within nature, or as a highly moral Personality who happens to be divine as well, or any kind of all - powerful agent that has a primus inter pares relationship with other, less powerful Superbeings and Incredibles.

Driven by her conviction that «the practices of living religious traditions have great wisdom to impart,» Dorothy Bass examines Christian practices in «both their ancient grounding and the fresh and vibrant forms they take today.»

In some ways more shocking than the renewal of the demand to take other great religious traditions seriously and appreciatively, is the awareness of the truth and wisdom in the supposedly «primitive» religions.

Many people gain ego support by identifying with the preacher as he proclaims the great themes of wisdom and faith, courage and hope as understood in the group's tradition.

Imagine a world in which the deepest wisdom and values of the great spiritual traditions touch the critical questions of the age, and in which religious communities are in deep and thoughtful dialogue with experts on all those critical questions.35

The author compares Old Testament wisdom tradition with parallels in the Telugu tradition, including proverbs, sayings, maxims, epigrammes, and books of fables, and concludes with great appreciation of the Indian wisdom tradition.

My own conviction is that the historic religious traditions have greater wisdom and more capacity to deal with the deepest issues facing humankind than do the newer ways.

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I found deep wisdom (and errors) in all of the Great Religious Traditions; but nowhere did I find as great an affirmation of the human person as the Judeo - Christian Tradition and especially in Christian mystery of the IncarnaGreat Religious Traditions; but nowhere did I find as great an affirmation of the human person as the Judeo - Christian Tradition and especially in Christian mystery of the Incarnagreat an affirmation of the human person as the Judeo - Christian Tradition and especially in Christian mystery of the Incarnation.

It is said by some that the religion of the greatest sages of the East transcends, in its contemplative vision of God, the tradition of the Hebrews, at least until the writing of the «Wisdom» literature some two hundred years or less before the birth of Christ.

While asking the child to take the perspective of another who would be hurt by a harmful act, a teacher could draw the student's attention to the great moral traditions that have proclaimed the importance of doing so, connecting the student's personal sentiments with the earlier wisdom of civilizations.

As the Chinese empire was crumbling, Confucius used his erudition and great wisdom to establish order amidst the political and social chaos.He believed in the integrity of law and tradition, and that inner knowledge had to be activated so that virtue, order, and harmony could be suffused into society.

At its heart, Ericeira is a fishing town, abounded of traditions, aromas and sea flavours... the sea offers great variety of fish and seafood, captured during the morning and consumed in the afternoon; the land, good meat, good vegetables and fruits that the fishing people's wisdom transforms into appetizing delicacies.