Sentences with phrase «historical context when»

Given the volatility of this income, this is a low value driver of NIM and should be looked at in a historical context when projecting into forward periods due to the likelihood of mean reversion.

Burning, hanging, torture, animals bouts... so quick to limit historical context when it fails to benefit you.

Indeed, one of the harmful things about our post-September 11th mindset has been the abandonment of historical context when it comes to airplanes and terrorism.

Not exact matches

When discussing the impact of student debt on the ability of millennials to save for homeownership, it is important to consider historical context.

I can not and will not deny that the Bible has great insight into human nature, especially when put in the proper historical and cultural contexts.

Similarly, mistranslation of the greek and quoting out of historical, cultural and topical context has turned Paul into a misogynist when in fact he, like his Messiah, were revolutionary in their teachings, establishing in the church God's original design for man (including the restoration of gender equality and proper relations) which was restored through the redemptive work of the cross.

Just like any other historical or literary text, there's a lot more to uncover when context is accounted for.

historical Jesus, lmfao... show me any historical evidence of jesus... let's start with his remains... they don't exist - your explanation, he rose to the heavens... historical evidence - no remains, no proof of existence (not a disproof either, just not a proof)... then let's start with other historians writing about the life of Jesus around his time or shortly after, as outside neutral observers... that doesn't exist either (not a disproof again, just not a proof)... we can go on and on... the fact is, there is not a single proving evidence of Jesus's life in an historical context... there is no existence of Jesus in a scientific context either (virgin birth... riiiiiight)... it is just written in a book, and stuck in your head... you have a right to believe in what you must... just don't base it on history or science... you believe because you do... it is your right... but try not to put reason into your faith; that's when you start sounding unreasonable, borderline crazy...

When properly understood in it's historical, cultural, grammatical, and contextual contexts, Ephesians 2 is a chapter which does not defend the Calvinistic system of theology, but disproves it at every turn.

Polanyi places this idea in historical context: «when the supernatural authority of laws, churches and sacred texts had waned or collapsed, man tried to avoid the emptiness of mere self - assertion by establishing over himself the authority of experience and reason.»

My belief is that the Scriptures have been carelessly ripped out of their cultural and historical contexts, but when properly understood, they are not so cut - and - dry.

So the Supreme Court, when it practices judicial activism, undercuts democratic participation not only by substituting its own assertoric judgment for democratic deliberation, or by ignoring the plain letter of the constitution in favor of its own political inclinations, but also by understanding itself as a council of philosopher kings (versus really good lawyers) prudentially adjusting the fundamental nature of American democracy to fit the ever changing historical horizon that provides the context for its expression.

Especially when we understand it in light of its historical and cultural contexts (which is the only way to read an ancient document like the Bible).

It would not be unreasonable to see the Bible's changing perspective on God as due to the historical context... with God's most ruthless actions taking place in the distant path when, perhaps, natural disasters had greater impact on civilization.

When evolution produces an intelligent social being on the order of homo sapiens, it thereby brings into existence a creature equipped with the intellectual resources to enter into the realm of communication process in a way that enables it to transcend the historical concreteness of its particular spatiotemporal context of existence.

Hating and criticizing the Bible when it is evident, most have not read it, studied it, researched topics historical, spiritual, and cultural content and context.

Should we go a step further in put it in historical context, or is this line only reserved when atheists cherry pick lines out of the bible?

Thus to say that a philosopher, even when he is Heidegger, all by himself sees what the New Testament says, is to appear to have no sense of historical context; certainly not the kind of contextual sensitivity which the cultural anthropologist has come to understand and value.

To what extent will they take the historical context into account when trying to understand the meanings of Hebrew or Greek words?

It may be pertinent to say that Bultmann, when he is speaking of myth, appears to be speaking solely within the context of classical philology and of the historical study of religions that has rested upon its research.

When the Scriptures are put in historical and cultural context and read using reason, we realize the Bible was not intended to condone slavery in modern society but acknowledge it as a reality of the culture when the Scriptures were writWhen the Scriptures are put in historical and cultural context and read using reason, we realize the Bible was not intended to condone slavery in modern society but acknowledge it as a reality of the culture when the Scriptures were writwhen the Scriptures were written.

The Bible does not condemn h o m o s e x u a l i t y when it is put in historical and cultural context and is read using reason, as Jesus did.

But when we set it in its true historical context, compare it with the literature of its time, then we realize the sheer incredulity of its having arisen in such an age.

This inquiry received a sudden jolt when Albert Schweitzer wrote The Quest of the Historical Jesus, a book which showed, first of all, that the attempt to rediscover the historical Jesus had largely failed, and secondly, that the life of Jesus was set in a context largely foreign to us, this being marked by the expectation of the imminent end of the knHistorical Jesus, a book which showed, first of all, that the attempt to rediscover the historical Jesus had largely failed, and secondly, that the life of Jesus was set in a context largely foreign to us, this being marked by the expectation of the imminent end of the knhistorical Jesus had largely failed, and secondly, that the life of Jesus was set in a context largely foreign to us, this being marked by the expectation of the imminent end of the known world.

Instead, we need to study the words of those Bible verses in their historical and cultural contexts to see what was meant when they were written.

We use our reason to discuss things as the historical context, when the disciples worked and Jerusalem fell, etc., but it does not give us the gift of faith (certainty / ceritutde of God's mercy in Christ.)

Study not just the grammatical context, but also the historical and cultural contexts, and when you study the Greek words (as I have done), make sure you study the way the words were used in the time when James wrote James 2.

One knows that when people in churches today resort to the buzz - word «inclusivity,» they are intending something right and good — especially when it is heard, as it must be, over-against the militant «exclusivity» that characterizes, not only so much historical Christianity, but the Christianity of our own North American context.

All you are doing Spoc aka Bob is showing how much you don't know about reading comprehension 101 because when the scriptures are put into historical context, nowhere does it condemn the saved loving long term relationship of a gay couple as we know and understand it today.

The Bible does not condemn h o m o s e x a l i t y when it is put in historical and cultural context and read using reason, as Jesus did.

The Bible does not condemn h o m o s e x u a l i t y when it is put in historical and cultural context and read using reason, as Jesus did.

Earliest Christianity began as a renewal movement within Judaism brought into being through Jesus.22 The examples of Jesus, his radical and revolutionary action against the Jewish social and religious norms, indeed became a challenge to women and for women in their ministry.23 His attitude to women is one that is radical particularly when viewed in the light of his historical context.

If you bother delving in to any degree of anthropology or historical studies, when keeping all of that in context in the consideration of specific religious tenants, they are impossible to reconcile.

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.

Sehat's reliance on individual «rights» as protectors of religious freedom is unpersuasive when these «rights» are divorced from their historical» largely Christian» context.

As a Presbyterian PK, my dad studied both Biblical Greek and Hebrew and when you and I do Bible study at First Presbyterian, we do look at the historical and cultural context of scripture.

«The historical mission of our times is to reinvent the human — at the species level, with critical reflection, within the community of life - systems, in a time - developmental context, by means of story and shared dream experience... The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner.»

When any figure is as shrouded in myth, undoubtedly as JFK is, it can be hard to create an account that can both place the person in their wider historical context and also help us appreciate that person's character and humanity.

Third, the softness of the party's positive polling in historical context becomes more deeply worrying when we look at our leadership polling in historical context.

Cuomo, when announcing his joint proposal on ethics with the Assembly, sought to place corruption in a historical context, and says he's been battling it ever since he began as governor.

But Tuesday's results are less surprising when viewed in historical context.

But mostly, A Royal Affair is content to allow its story fit the proper historical context, especially when the stakes include the future of an entire nation.

As always, Techine is excellent at exploring «tiny» personal flashes that assume larger meaning when placed against the broader historical context.

So when Moonlight won three Oscars last year, or when 12 Years a Slave did the same in 2014, those weren't modern outliers, but rather fell squarely into the historical context for Best Picture winners.

One other bit of historical context: Copley's character, like Copley himself, is South African, which means that apartheid is still going strong when this movie takes place, and it is therefore highly unlikely that Vernon has a black man like Martin (Babou Ceesay), funny, cool and collected though he may be, as his # 2.

When done right and in a proper historical context like these two titles, it feels like there's actual cultural value and relevance in revisiting these titles as is so often the case in other mediums.

And when such links can not be ignored (as, for example, in the cases of the horrendous treatment of women by the Taliban or the rulers of Saudi Arabia, the clear calls for holy war against the infidel by many Muslim clerics, or the widespread dissemination of Nazi - level anti-Semitic propaganda throughout the Arab world), students are still exhorted to tolerate the intolerable by «understanding» its cultural or historical context to the point of excusing it all away.

Professors should explain why they are using those quotations for academic purposes and acknowledge that those words can still hurt students, even when placed in their historical context.

During a discussion held at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on Wednesday, the panelists said that a broad cultural and religious literacy, a historical context, and a focus on empathy are all important elements when bringing the sensitive topic to the classroom.

Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Recall the main events that occurred between 1912 and 1945, through an interactive group activity; - Remember some key information about J.B Priestley and his beliefs; - Read and understand the opening of the play; - Make links between the opening of the play and the historical context - both in term of when the play was set, and when it was written; - Analyse how Priestley links historical context to his characters, in order to get his messages across to the audience; - Peer / self - assess learning attempts.