The interest of traditional religions, including Christianity, in
human community becomes far more pertinent and helpful than Enlightenment individualism.
The human community becomes sacred through its participation in the larger planetary community.11
After all, one or more individuals may prefer political participation, in which case
human community becomes constitutive of happiness, until those preferences change.
Not exact matches
In a conversation Tuesday with Inc.com executive editor Christine Lagorio at SXSW that swerved from the
human genome to space plumbing (which Dyson mastered while training to
become a cosmonaut), Dyson challenged the investment
community to look deeper, to find entrepreneurs solving real - world problems.
Getting machines to
become «superhuman» at certain tasks without feeding them
human data has been a long - standing challenge in the AI research
community, which is held back when
human data is too expensive, too unreliable, or simply unavailable.
What are some appropriate ways for us to
become more
human in our
communities and parishes?
As
human rights lawyers, independent writers, journalists, and Tiananmen survivors joined us aboard our vessel, our
community of faith also
became a thorn in the regime's side.
A good Catholic school, then, prepares its students «for service in the spread of the Kingdom of God, so that by leading an exemplary apostolic life they
become, as it were, a saving leaven in the
human community.»
His attitude was proper, granted his presuppositions, and, without the kind of legalism his presuppositions represent, the conduct of
human affairs and the regular business of living in family or
community would rapidly
become impossible.
Therefore, communication must be expressed as»... God's unique gift to humankind, through which individuals and societies can
become more truly
human» (Manila Declaration, 1980) and be constructed as a forum for dialogue with all those who are working to build that
community in solidarity.
In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the
human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has
become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian
community To be sure, «any
community which
becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.
Therefore it can
become one potent source of inter-communal
community in society outside the church also, a sort of secular koinonia and of the development of the ideology of a genuine secular
human community at local, national and world levels in the modern pluralist context of many religions and cultures.
What seems at first like an expansion of our compassion — for those who lack these capacities — very quickly
becomes a restriction of the scope of
human community as they
become candidates for elimination.
Nonetheless, according to Paul, Abraham wrestled with his doubts, discounted his own experience, rejected skepticism, and clung to the promise of God: «No apistia, no suspicion, made him waver Thus, Abraham
becomes the prototype of the
community of faith, which interprets all
human experience through trust in God's word.
He acknowledges that even the «preembryo» has «biological membership in the
human community» and must be respected for its «profound potential» to
become «an individual in the fullest sense, an undeniable person.»
However, the doctrine that
humans as rational and / or spiritual beings «have ends and loyalties beyond the state»,
community and nation to which they belong,
became part of the «civil religion» or civil culture, which gave moral reinforcement to this whole process of democratization and secularization.
Azariah who later
became Bishop of Dornakal argued that the church in accepting the position of a communal political minority with special protection would
become a static
community and it would negate its self - understanding as standing for mission and service to the whole national
community, that in any case the Indian church is not a single social or cultural
community since it consists of people of diverse background, each of whom would have its own political struggle to wage in cooperation with the people of similar background in other religions; and therefore theologically and politically Christians should ask only for religious freedom for its mission and service to all people, not as a minority right, but as a
human right (ref.
Through Christian education the fellowship of believers (the church) seeks to help persons
become aware of God's seeking love as shown especially in Jesus Christ and to respond in faith and love to the end that they may develop self - understanding, sell - acceptance, and self - fulfillment under God; increasingly identify themselves as sons of God and members of the Christian
community; live as Christian disciples in all relations in
human society; and abide in the Christian hope.
It would be impossible to give men freedom of choice when the social organization has
become so sensitive and delicate that every choice, even the most commonplace, is liable to react on the
community, and every opinion or feeling Is treated as a serious matter because it may affect the Individual's productivity or social adjustment, or his
human and public relations.»
Zarathustra looks forward to the time when men themselves will be godlike, blissfully innocent in the creative sport of
becoming existence, freely marching to their own individual wills, seeking a
community based on individual differences, and enjoying the vicissitudes and machinations of
human life, including the spirit of gravity, in good cheer (TSZ 215).
It is the Reason of Plato at work, freeing us from old, stale habits of thought in the expectation that out of the resulting conversation, from the very turmoil and confusion of interpretations at war with one another, can emerge in good time a better understanding and a better practice of what it is to
become and be within
human communities.
«2 Somehow we must continually revitalize the educational establishment, organized religion, and
community agencies so that they respond to changing
human needs —
becoming (in John Gardner's words) «self - renewing institutions.»
Within
human history we may not see the kingdom of this world
become the kingdom of God, but we may see among them many places and at many times
communities, institutions, and corporate acts of justice which truly embody the grace and power of that kingdom.
But the vision of a more humanizing
community can
become a reality only as these institutions function more fully as
human growth and development centers!
The interpretation of the present nature of
human beings in any situation, as «made in the image of God» and as «brothers for whom Christ died» should be as Persons - in - Relation and destined to
become Persons - in - Loving -
Community with each other in the context of the community of life on earth through the responsible exercise of the finite human freedom reconcile
Community with each other in the context of the
community of life on earth through the responsible exercise of the finite human freedom reconcile
community of life on earth through the responsible exercise of the finite
human freedom reconciled to God.
In fact one has the feeling that the New Testament sees realms of society and state as both capable of being transformed by the ferment of the church, the
community of Divine forgiveness and the hope of the coming Kingdom, to
become foretastes and signs of ultimate
human destiny, namely the Kingdom of God.
The
community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit
becomes the prototype of the
human community dreamed of by those who wish to improve society and build it in such a way as to make it into the image and likeness of the Trinity.
Clearly, the negative reality over which the Nicene ecclesiology sets the confession of the church's «catholicity» is the tendency of all
human communities, including religious as well as national, racial, sexual and other
communities, to build protective walls against «the outsider,» and so to
become parochial, provincial, chauvinistic, narrow.
My concern is to show that in each of the several topics to be considered — Christianity as an organic whole; the fact of evil known to every one of us; the meaning of
human personality in itself, in its familial, and in its social aspects; and the religious
community —
becoming and belonging must be taken with utmost seriousness.
In the Christ event, «
human structures, already impregnated with the seeds of Redemption through antecedent events,
became articulate and responsive with a sensitivity and receptiveness that literally thrust upon the social
community a new level of consciousness, a new center of consciousness and concern» (RE 258).
It isn't about
human rituals but about believing the Holy Messiah, Jesus Christ by name to the Christian
community did bear the sufferings for our sins, so that we, by repentance (turning away from our sins) and following in the teachings of the Messiah to
become the «new man in him» can be forgiven, and given the great mercy and grace that we all need, in order to be saved, and not destroyed with all that is evil.
As the apostolic Church it is the function of the Christian
community to proclaim to the great
human societies, with all the persuasiveness and imagination at its disposal, with all the skill it has in
becoming all things to all men, that the center and heart of all things, the first and last Being, is utter good.
The problem arises when religious practices and doctrines that are intended to bring life and health to the spirit and
community become barriers to reaching out to others with the love, justice and mercy of God — or when «
human traditions» are substituted for «the commandment of God.»
Humankind, the crown of that creation, is especially in His image, because in
community humans can
become an icon of His Divine Nature.
St John's account of the resurrection and encounter of Jesus with Mary of Magdala in the garden where Jesus calls Mary by name
becomes for Vanier a sign of hope for us all, and when the disciples react with disbelief and ridicule at Mary's good news Vanier is reminded of the tensions in all
human communities that can only be transformed by living in the Spirit who is sent by Jesus as a sign of his undying love for his followers.
For the affluent,
community has
become another consumer item: you can buy it in weekend chunks at
human potential centers, or you and your friends can have it by purchasing a stretch of rural property.
For once the
community becomes large enough, and if consciousness keeps pace, that process is fulfilled whereby the study is no longer an objective inquiry carried on from the outside, but a
human study carried on from within.
The dilemma
becomes unbearable when you realize that doing Christian theology is an act of confessing Christian faith, an engagement with the life outside the church as well as inside it, and interactions with the people of God not only in the Christian
community but in the wider
human community.
If God did in fact make a unique and supreme revelation of himself in that event; if God was actually in Christ reconciling the world unto himself; if something of decisive importance for humanity really happened in connection with the life and death of Jesus, however different may be the theological terms in which we attempt to express that meaning — if this is our faith, the church
becomes immeasurably the most significant of
human communities, for it was within its experience that the revealing event first occurred and it is in its experience that the meaning of that event has been conveyed from one generation to another.
Practicing the art of play is essential to
becoming a highly functional
human and a positive member of any
community.
Prompted by the lack of convenient healthful snack options available on - the - go for their two competitive - soccer - playing young boys, the Van Lentes knew they had to be the change they wanted to see in their
community, so they
became franchisees of
HUMAN Healthy Vending.
BY PAUL SCHINDLER At its annual New York City Gala this month, the Washington - based
Human Rights Campaign presented a program that focused just enough attention on the dangers created since Donald Trump
became president to press the urgent need for the
community to engage in productive resistance to the now one - year old administration.
However, much more can be achieved when the science, engineering and health
communities embrace
human rights as an area suitable for and deserving of robust inquiry, and
become an influential voice in the defense of
human rights.
Within five years
Human Dx aims to
become available to all 1,300 safety net
community health centers and free clinics in the U.S..
The project focused on the rights to health and to food, and the background research on the environmental factors affecting the realization of particular
human rights
became a resource for the
human rights and environmental
communities undertaking the development of standards, benchmarks, and indicators.
I
became more interested in
human communities, not just animals and air.»
Dubois» «Java Man»
became a lightning rod for debate at a time when many in the scientific
community still resisted the idea that
humans evolved from anything.
«Our colleagues in the
human medical
community are
becoming much more aware of the many diseases shared by our respective patients and how together we can learn from each other.»
While many people have
become familiar with the
community of microbes that live on us, with us, and within us — the
human microbiome — the soil microbiome is lesser known but crucial for the fate of our planet.
The Project The Raising Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the role of
human - induced climate change in the risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and
communities to
become more resilient in a warming world.