Sentences with phrase «historical role they have played»

Using the public space of SCCFM farmers» markets, FSP orchestrates a free event each month in which tastings, talks, music, cooking demonstrations, and family - focused activities spotlight seasonal food items, the vendors growing them, the cooks using them and the cultural and historical role they have played in this region.

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Many may not agree with me, but religion has played a crucial role in keeping order in the society historically that is a lot more in magnitude than historical violence in the name of religion.

For this reason we probably ought to distinguish between anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish thought — the former being that modern phenomenon all democratic persons are eager to combat; the latter the expressions of hostility or dislike found in earlier periods as a result of the specific religious and historical role the Jews and their antagonists have played.

The first non-Italian pope in 455 years, John Paul II has become a figure of world - historical importance, having played a pivotal role in the fall of communism.

And this is connected with the way many of us understand ourselves as having some small role to play in that ever - changing historical scene.

As Johann Baptist Metz and John Cobb have seen in correspondence, it is the memoria of the Christ - event that plays a crucial role in the theological notion of revelation.10 In this view a certain historical tradition of narration and reflection recalls the experience of a unique revealing event by memory.

Afro - centric interpretation has drawn attention to the historical role played by African countries (especially Egypt and Ethiopia) and by Africans in the biblical text.

It also marks a major historical change — an impoverishment, indeed even a disfigurement — for Catholicism, which has for two millennia played a hugely formative and inspirational role in the arts.

The Supreme Court Justices have strongly encouraged instruction in the Bible as a literary and historical document, use of the Bible as a reference book, and study of the role religions have played in the development of civilization.

History and nature, nature and history, are inter-related most intimately and directly; and although much may be wrong with Professor Toynbee's discussion of history, he is surely right in insisting that climate, situation, and natural phenomena in all their great variety have played a genuine role in what he describes as the «challenge - and - response theme which for him is the basic historical motif.

By affirming their spirit and capacity for innovation, populism has a positive implication: it teaches us to pay attention to the historical role played by people.

Two stand out as having played particularly important historical roles: the transit and the sextant.

I'm also curious about historical references and the role worry and wonder [have] played in our humanity's evolution.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Although Black Panther is a fictional character, the role is ostensibly of no less significance than the historical figures Chadwick has played in the past.

Given the historical role education has played in the origination and celebration of Flag Day, it is only natural that Education World observe this day by visiting some Web sites devoted to Flag Day and to the American flag.

The newly developed Citi Money Gallery secondary education programme delivers financial education in a historical context through objects in the collection, emphasising the development of money in society, various cultural relationships with money and the role money has played in the creation and destruction of entities.

Scholars in historical sociology and political economy have stressed the paramount role ideas and morality played in the global shift to market - based reform since the 1980s, a process that incrementally subjected traditionally de-commodified social spheres, such as education, to market rules.

What role does fiction play in helping us to understand the historical and political events that have shaped our world?

An examination of the historical performance of fixed income in the periods during and immediately following a rate rise has revealed a potentially more favorable outlook for investors who were committed to the long - term role that bonds typically play in a portfolio.

I agree with you that though we can't rely on past performance to predict what future may look like when it comes to a fund's return, I feel historical return does play a quite important role in fund evaluation because that's only what we have.

While there are historical criteria that play a role in making this determination, it is primarily a value judgment about where a species comes from, and whether it has a positive, neutral or destructive impact on the environment.

The interlocking networks of rivers, creeks, and lagoons have played a key role in the historical geography of Belize.

One of the most successful mobile role - playing games ever in Japan, Fate / Grand Order has players summon powerful allies or Heroic Spirits, who are based on historical figures such as King Arthur, William Shakespeare, Hercules, and Joan of Arc.

To provide a bit of a challenge to this historical epic, Omega Force has implemented a leveling system that draws influence from Assassin's Creed Origins with enemy levels playing a much more important role in combat.

Their body of work reflects significant historical sociopolitical events that have played a critical role in shaping our collective identity.»

They both connect the two regions, reflecting on the materials» properties and the role that they have played in historical, political events.

Museum - quality historical shows have also always played a major role in the gallery, with rigorously curated exhibitions focusing on specific moments in art or thematically arranged groups of work, and featuring pieces on loan from a variety of institutions and private collections (which are very often not for sale).

Climate scientists have been examining different aspects of the drought, from the role that ocean conditions in far - flung places such as the tropical Pacific Ocean and even the Atlantic Ocean may have played in triggering it to how it falls into a broader historical context.

«The book should be of interest not only to those fascinated by historical events, but also those interested in arbitration and the important role it has played over the decades in promoting peace.»

Viewing these reforms in their historical context helps to highlight the role that the judiciary has played in both changing the rules of the game — for example, in eliminating bars on non-citizens in Andrews and interprovincial law firms in Black — and in setting the stage to prompt the legal profession to pursue their own reforms.

About Blog The National Maritime Historical Society is the national voice for America's maritime heritage, helping to raise awareness of our nation's history & the role seafaring has played in shaping the United States of America along with the rest of the worlds civilization, through publications, educational programs, & the preservation of historic ships.

Emphasizing that the United Nations has an important and continuing role to play in promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, Believing that this Declaration is a further important step forward for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples and in the development of relevant activities of the United Nations system in this field, Recognizing and reaffirming that indigenous individuals are entitled without discrimination to all human rights recognized in international law, and that indigenous peoples possess collective rights which are indispensable for their existence, well - being and integral development as peoples, Recognizing that the situation of indigenous peoples varies from region to region and from country to country and that the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration, Solemnly proclaims the following United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a standard of achievement to be pursued in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect:

Module 9 celebrates the historical and contemporary contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Australian society and provides an insight into how these contributions have played (and continue to play) a valuable role in shaping our national identity.