Not exact matches
Niebuhr said that if «biblical thought seems to neglect the
creative aspect of the extension of
human powers in its prophecies of doom upon proud nations, this is due only to the fact that it is more certain than is Greek thought that, whatever the
creative nature of
human achievements, there is always a destructive element in
human power.»
But the analogy of divine
creative achievement to
human mental
achievement seems to be harmonious both with the logic of emergence and with numerous religious symbols of God's power and love.
Indeed, «the primary theological understanding of
human institutions is that they are among the crowning
creative redemptive
achievements of God» (50).
the lifetime
achievement award from the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards in 2008 and the Václav Havel Prize for
Creative Dissent from the
Human Rights Foundation, New York in 2012; he was made Honorary Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 2011.
He represented Germany at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, and he has won numerous international awards, including an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, the St. Moritz Masters Lifetime
Achievement Award by Cartier, and the Václav Havel Prize for
Creative Dissent of the
Human Rights Foundation.
The Bogliasco Foundation Fellowships Bogliasco, Italy Deadline: January 15, 2016 Located in the fishing village of Bogliasco near Genoa, in a region of extraordinary beauty whose landscape has stimulated
creative expression for centuries, the Bogliasco Foundation offers one - month residencies to individuals who can demonstrate notable
achievement in the Arts and Humanities: those disciplines that seek to understand our place in the world, shaping and defining what it means to be
human.