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Its image of God is not the strong Father intruding into human affairs by his mighty acts, but is rather the nurturing Mother, Sophia, who embraces stability and enhances relationships (Wisd.

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He refused to believe that the false ideas of the human person and human history embodied in communism could divide Europe indefinitely; and by igniting a revolution of conscience behind the iron curtain, the man the last president of the Soviet Union called «the world's greatest moral authority» became an agent of liberation for his Slavic brethren and the precursor of new possibilities in international affairs.

That biblical vision helped form the bedrock convictions of the American idea: that government stood under the judgment of divine and natural law; that government was limited in its reach into human affairs, especially the realm of conscience; that national greatness was measured by fidelity to the moral truths taught by revelation and inscribed in the world by a demanding yet merciful God; that only a virtuous people could be truly free.

Each of the eleven essays in On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs reflects upon an important, but all - too - often overlooked, fact: «It is only when we realize that human affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent destiny» that we can relax about what we are, indeed, become what we are.&rHuman Affairs reflects upon an important, but all - too - often overlooked, fact: «It is only when we realize that human affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent destiny» that we can relax about what we are, indeed, become what we are.Affairs reflects upon an important, but all - too - often overlooked, fact: «It is only when we realize that human affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent destiny» that we can relax about what we are, indeed, become what we are.&rhuman affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent destiny» that we can relax about what we are, indeed, become what we are.affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent destiny» that we can relax about what we are, indeed, become what we are.»

Though physical force in human affairs is largely replaced by rational and purposive controls, the connection of these higher forms of power with direct compulsion remains.

With a certain simplification of the state of affairs, which however brings out more clearly the decisive factor without falsifying it, we might say that formerly the object and situation of a man's action were simply data supplied by nature with which he was in contact and by simple human realities which recurred from generation to generation again and again.

This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public.

Our deepest longing is to see the day when the triumphant, sovereign lordship of you our loving God will no longer be a mere hope clung to desperately by faith, but a manifest reality in all human affairs.

But Methodist dogmatics had been plagued by the predicament of reconciling contingency in human affairs with the traditional doctrine of God's absolute foreknowledge — a reconciliation that Calvinist necessitarians gleefully declared impossible.

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

Furthermore, it is obvious that this shift in strategy has been facilitated by his change of view on the relation between the historicity of natural processes and human affairs.

When this happens, the aggressively masculine stance and the dislike of women's having their part and place in the affairs of the world — and in religious communities, the refusal to give women a full share in the communities» life and in their ordained ministry — are taken to be supported by the cosmic order and hence given a divine force in human affairs.

But this was a dim and vague affair, presumably taken to be a way in which the «spirit» breathed into human life when God shaped the «dust of the earth,» as the legend in Genesis tells the story, would never be utterly destroyed — after all, it had been breathed by God and hence must be indestructible even if largely irrelevant to whatever the future, beyond death, held for men and women.

Fifthly, the Eucharist as action is given an imperative quality in that it results in a «sending out» or a mission received by the worshipers, which they are to carry on in their daily life of witness and work in the world of human affairs.

Last week in Rome, scholars — gathered by the University of Notre Dame's Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs — presented their findings at the Under Caesar's Sword conference.

Neither shall I here attempt to examine the economic and political problems created by the intrusion of nuclear energy upon human affairs.

Four recent major studies of human problems support a measure of optimism in human affairs: Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History; Quincy Wright's Study of War; Gunnar Myrdal's study of color caste in America, entitled An American Dilemma; and the essays edited by the cultural anthropologist, Ralph Linton, entitled The Science of Man in the World Crisis.

«Providence» suggests that our affairs are in reality guided by something above or greater than human reason, while «fortuity» implies that the controlling agent is something beneath or less than reason; but either view renders illusory the notion that we are controlling our own affairs through the exercise of our own reason.

Again, the Bible tells of the visits to Abraham and others by supernatural beings known as angels; however, they were really messengers from outer space who were trying to influence the course of human affairs according to God's interplanetary directives.

It does not mean, either, that God can not or does not intervene in human affairs, as though the universe was a sealed machine, set and started by the Creator ages ago and running ever since in ways Immutably determined at the beginning.

At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.

Preceded by a tremor, a wave of «shared impulse» extending to the very depths of the social and ethnic masses in their need and claim to participate, without distinction of class or color, in the onward march of human affairs, the final act is already visibly preparing.

In A.D. 1500, Islam, supported by the Turks and by various peoples of Central Asia; Confucianism, the system on which the Chinese Empire, larger and more populous and apparently more highly civilized than all of Western Europe, was based; Hinduism, the faith of the majority of the peoples of India, a subcontinent more varied racially and probably more populous and wealthier than fifteenth - century Western Europe; and Buddhism, with extensive followings in Southern, Central, and Eastern Asia, all loomed larger in human affairs than did Christianity.

, still God would have brought the world of human affairs into such a relationship with Him as in Christ He did do, so that He might crown His many comings and revealings and workings among us by this supreme and definitive act.

Today, when our very planetary civilization is endangered by human irresponsibility, I see no other way to save it than through a general awakening and cultivation of the sense of responsibility people have for the affairs of this world.»

Recall that animal protectionists by - in - large adopt a minimalist view of human intervention into the affairs of wildlife.

The human mind influences the human body by desiring and choosing certain states of affairs.

The conduct of human affairs is entirely determined by our recognition of foresight determining purposes which we pursue consciously.

As time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human will.

This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume godlike powers over human affairs.

Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, human affairs in the West have been dominated by the nation - state.

The conduct of human affairs is dominated by our recognition of foresight determining purpose and purpose issuing in conduct.

The Poverty of Historicism by Karl Popper - by far the best reminder that all dogma is suspect and that all models, theories and doctrines concerning human affairs become flawed if pressed too far and should always be treated with healthy scepticism.

For that decision, President Lincoln came under sustained attacks and media condemnation, as well as litigation, all orchestrated by some American human - rights activist groups and public affairs commentators.

The three came under pressure over a letter in May 2007 prepared by Harbottle & Lewis on the instruction of Jon Chapman, the former director of legal affairs, and Daniel Cloak, the head of human resources, suggesting phone hacking had not been widespread.

There is something fundamentally wrong with a state that is so grossly overcentralised (above all, when it comes to the affairs of England) and has such an overmighty executive, restrained only by judges implementing the Human Rights Act, unelected lords and journalists.

By the end of the 20th century, «many countries, especially in the more developed regions, had already achieved population structures older than any ever seen in human history,» says a report, World Population Ageing: 1950 - 2050, from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations.

But in previous ripostes to the book's critics, most notably in a 19 June Huffington Post article titled «Five Critics Say You Shouldn't Read This «Dangerous» Book,» Wade charged that his critics were «indoctrinated in the social - science creed that prohibits any role for evolution in human affairs» and contended that the book's central argument «has not been challenged by any serious scientist.»

Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects, and the study was approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Minnesota Committee on Human Subjects.

The TV spot is a much more conventional affair featuring more action shots of the human characters while poor Godzilla gets shot in the groin by quite a lot of tanks.

Sure, the movie threw out some of the novel's human subplots, especially those involving an adulterous affair between the Oceanographer character (played in the movie by Richard Dreyfus) and the Chief of Police's wife, but this is all for the better ultimately.

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia ’s

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia's One Percent More Humid.»

Jones» character seeks solace from GTX and his spend - happy wife, through an affair with GTX's head of Human Resources, Sally Wilcox, (played by Maria Bello).

Jaamac Maryan Aweeys, Interview by Ifrah Ahmed, Personal interview, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Women, and Humanitarian Affairs,

High - quality early education has a strong, positive impact well into adulthood, according to research led by Arthur Reynolds, co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative and professor of child development, and Judy Temple, a professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

But when that stranger, Hunter, an ancient dragon spirit, is viciously attacked and forced to transfer his spirit into her body, Anaea's life takes a new terrifying twist.Hunter should have known by now not to get involved with human affairs, but there was something about the woman that drew him to her, and he just couldn't help himself.

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Speech titled: Women In Engineering: Creating A Professional Workforce For The 21st Century, by Eleanor Baum, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union, The Second Annual Elvera and William Stuckenberg Lecture in Technology and Human Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University, St. Louis: April 23, 1991 Link

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