Sentences with phrase «imaginative world as»

«Explore a colourful and imaginative world as the lovable, witty and above all intrepid Izzy.»

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Rather than being frightened by the terrors of a Darwinian universe, they embrace its abiding otherness by way of fantasy, creating imaginative worlds that are altogether as surreal as the elephantine and hippopotamic products of the natural process itself.

While cosmology may mean several different things, the theologian's contribution is concerned with «accounts of the world as God's creation,» and, within that broad compass, one specific enterprise especially needed in our time involves «imaginative perceptions of how the world seems am where we stand in it» (Tracy and Lash, vii) 5 In other words.

Is it better to accept an imaginative picture of God as the distant ruler controlling his realm through external and benevolent power or one of God so intimately related to the world that the world can be imagined as God's body?

If the entire universe is expressive of God's very being — the incarnation, if you will — do we not have the beginnings of an imaginative picture of the relationship between God and the world peculiarly appropriate as a context for interpreting the salvific love of God for our time?

Its imagistic character means it stands as a corrective to the bias of much constructive theology toward conceptual clarity, often at the price of imagistic richness.11 Although it would be insufficient to rest in new images and to refuse to spell out conceptually their implications in as comprehensive a way as possible, the more critical task is to propose what Dennis Nineham calls a «lively imaginative picture» of the way God and the world as we know it are related (Nineham, 201 - 2).

«The term can refer to theological accounts of the world as God's creation; or to philosophical reflection on the categories of space and time; or to observational and theoretical study of the structure and evolution of the physical universe; or, finally, to «world views»: unified imaginative perceptions of how the world seems and where we stand in it» (Tracy and Lash, vii).

He goes on to say that people «find it hard to believe in God because they do not have available to them any lively imaginative picture of the way God and the world as they know it are related.

Wherever we turn to the fullest and most total expressions of modern imaginative vision, as, for example, in Blake, Proust, and Joyce, we find that a new and total world of vision is established and maintained only by way of a dissolution or reversal of our given selfhood.

If what is needed in our ecological, nuclear age is an imaginative vision of the relationship between God and the world that underscores their interdependence and mutuality, empowering a sensibility of care and responsibility toward all life, how would it help to see the world as the body of God?

William Blake, who had a profound imaginative sense of the meaning of America in the Context of the revolutionary situation in the Atlantic world, saw Albion as «aged ignorance» clipping the wings, or trying to, of youthful America.

Science in the Modern World can be read as an exercise of the process of imaginative generalization, as it has just been described.

To ask this, I must imagine myself into those circumstances as the other person; to answer it I have recourse only to my values — but these are grounded in the next, Kantian extension of the imaginative habit: what kind of world would this be if everybody were to behave / react in this manner under the same, possibly mitigating, circumstances?

This invited those engaged in government, business, education, arts and media, science and medicine, intergovernmental organizations and the organizations of civil society, as well as those in positions of religious and spiritual leadership, to «build new, reliable, and more imaginative partnerships towards the shaping of a better world.»

The figure of Don Juan is an imaginative impossibility in our time because he comes from a period in which the human being was understood not merely as a biological machine, generated randomly out of the incessant flux of an aleatory universe, but as a radiant and terrible enigma, dangerously and daringly poised between beast and angel, hell and heaven, the elemental abyss and the infinite God: a period in which it was still just possible to believe that human freedom was not merely the all - but - illusory residue of a random confluence of mindless physical forces and organic mechanisms, but a glimpse of the transcendent within the world of matter.

But as I urged above, it would be wrong (in my judgment) to try to interpret all this too literally and logically; Prof. Hartshorne was right, I said, in saying that the symbol of the divine Triunity, like the «incarnation» and «atonement» as symbols, is much more appropriately retained as a symbol, as imaginative proclamation; it can then retain its indicative and suggestive value without our seeking to phrase it in the idiom of some particular philosophy or world view.

And here, I think, we come to a question that challenges the viability of a theology conceived as imaginative construction: Granted that religious symbols and frameworks function to orient people in the world, could they do so if we believed that this were their only meaning?

However, he does recommend more reliance upon imaginative diplomacy than upon weaponry; and he also decries the use of terror bombing of civilian populations, as was sometimes employed by the United States in World War II, in even the fiercest of wars.

Both «symbolic reference» and «propositional feelings» have receptive and imaginative aspects; but, whereas Whitehead emphasized the former, cognitive aspect in his discussion of «symbolic reference,» as a rebuttal to Hume and Kant, he emphasized the latter, creative aspect in his discussion of «propositions,» an emphasis needed to counter «the interest in logic, dominating over-intellectualized philosophers,» among whom «aesthetic delight» is eclipsed by «judgment» (cf. PR 184 - 86 and WH 33) In «symbolic reference» a dim, but indirect, mode of perception («causal efficacy») is combined with a clear, but indirect, mode of perception («presentational immediacy»), which produces a sense of the external world.

In a world of war and violence, for example, equilibrium is not objectively true, but is in fact an imaginative act of interpretation that has been established and accepted as true.

Pending that development, it would appear that it is only Buddhism which provides an immediate entry into Whitehead's imaginative world, for it is only Buddhism among our historical traditions which we today can imagine as a totally nondualistic mode of vision.

Some become so wrapped up in their imaginative creations that they are no longer able to experience the world as it is.

But the symbols discover this meaning for us (S 57, emphasis added), 21 a remark that recalls Wittgenstein's famous conclusion of his Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus: «Not how the world is, is the mystical, but that it is»; except that the how of world - making, if it is ultimately dependent on imaginative interpretations of signs or symbolisms, becomes every bit as mysterious as the fact that it is.

Hence the aptness of another of Whitehead's maxims: «As we think, we live» (MT 63), which could serve as a guide for natural philosophers bent on sailing into the stormy intersection of nature and culture — «As we think about the imaginative dimensions of our world - makings, so we will live.&raquAs we think, we live» (MT 63), which could serve as a guide for natural philosophers bent on sailing into the stormy intersection of nature and culture — «As we think about the imaginative dimensions of our world - makings, so we will live.&raquas a guide for natural philosophers bent on sailing into the stormy intersection of nature and culture — «As we think about the imaginative dimensions of our world - makings, so we will live.&raquAs we think about the imaginative dimensions of our world - makings, so we will live.»

Unfortunately, a large part of its potential impact on our overall world view has been lost sight of, because it is generally treated as being nothing more than a calculus, for which no general imaginative conception is thought to be possible.

It is the tendency to take our mental constructs and imaginative models of the world, such as those of the machine, wave or particle, as though they corresponded exactly to the world itself.

Once again, if we are to have any imaginative grasp of what is being said, we must shift our attention away from the tables and stones and books that we so often employ as illustrative of the things in the world.

Beginning to imagine the world as if religious solidarities were more important than national ones would inevitably divert imaginative effort from depicting and ornamenting the glories of the nation and of citizenship.

The VR experience showcases the 24 - 7 availability of the Brunchfast menu by transporting viewers into different imaginative worlds inspired by popular Brunchfast menu items such as the Bacon & Egg Chicken Sandwich, Southwest Scrambler Plate and Brunch Burger.

The «Only in Queens» Summer Festival will also offer a wide range of activities for people of all ages, including: • Guided tours of the New York State Pavilion's Tent of Tomorrow, the Queens Library Mobile Unit, the Queens Theatre and the Queens Museum; • Family - friendly fun including cultural performances, face painting, inflatable bounce houses, a Delta Air Lines Scavenger Hunt, activities run by the United States Tennis Association, and an appearance by Mr. Met; • Food and craft vendors offering a variety of international cuisine and merchandise for sale; • Exhibits of memorabilia from the original 1939 - 40 and 1964 - 65 World's Fairs, classic cars and a boat from the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival; • Virtual reality demonstrations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the group People for the Pavilion and Queens - based RPGA Studio as part of the international ideas competition currently underway to solicit imaginative and creative public input for how the New York State Pavilion can best be adapted for public reuse.

Each episode is designed and written with soundscapes and imaginative storytelling to make listeners feel as if they have walked into another world.

In Miyasaki's imaginative world, human-esque beings live under the water as well.

Players become rockers as they embark on a journey to stardom that the whole family can enjoy as they work their way through local venues, stadiums and fantasy locations on Earth and beyond that mimic the imaginative settings that the LEGO world offers.

The styles of post-apocalyptic sci - fi and dustbowl Western collide in Jake Paltrow's Young Ones, a tragic, imaginative story of a family struggling to survive in a dry world where water is as hard to find as virtue.

Bird's proven hand at creating spectacular and imaginative set pieces (a chase in a raging sandstorm; an insane parking garage fight that's Pixar - ready) is in full effect here as well as a heretofore unseen skill at nailbiting suspense (a sequence of Cruise — not a double — scaling the side of the world's tallest building is by far the best non-documentary use of large format IMAX photography to date).

Surprisingly and despite all the imaginative bullshit that goes on as far as «saving the world» is concerned, the film lacks creativity in providing the humor.

The retro pixel - filled world is far from imaginative and it all just comes across as generic stuff.

The dynamic between Ginnifer Goodwin's go - getting bunny and Jason Bateman's sardonic fox is excellent, while the vibrant world that directors Byron Howard («Tangled») and Rich Moore («Wreck - It Ralph») have created is incredibly imaginative, opening up numerous possibilities for sequels that would not only be warranted but welcome as well.

As the imaginative author of his own tale (narrated to be «Chapters of my Life»), Kitten recalls the lifelong company of tight - knit friends (one, with Down's syndrome, mirrors Kitten's grown - up childishness), dreams of his long - lost mother (said to have looked like Mitzi Gaynor), and condemns «this stupid serious world» for its wanton violence.

The rest of the story is fleshed out with mostly forgettable NPCs and a range of side quests — you'll solve criminal mysteries, be sent out to kill specific enemies, and help characters find what they need for recipes and artisanal work — that serve more as motivation to keep exploring the game's huge and captivating realms than meaningfully expand our understanding of this imaginative world or the people who live within it.

As the years went on and Wright continued to create equally wonderful cinematic gems in Hot Fuzz, The World's End and the criminally underseen and underrated Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Wright would further cement himself as one of the most imaginative and hilarious directors working not only today, but throughout the history of cinemAs the years went on and Wright continued to create equally wonderful cinematic gems in Hot Fuzz, The World's End and the criminally underseen and underrated Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Wright would further cement himself as one of the most imaginative and hilarious directors working not only today, but throughout the history of cinemas one of the most imaginative and hilarious directors working not only today, but throughout the history of cinema.

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress (Unrated) Culinary documentary offering a behind - the - scenes peek at the chefs as they prepare the imaginative array of succulent dishes on the menu at El Bulli, the critically - acclaimed gourmet restaurant with a view of the Catalonian seacoast which is slated to close after 50 years despite just being dubbed the best bistro in the world by the New York Times.

The Kittens Who Colored My World I think everybody poops, while something we should certainly all remember as a piece of undeniable truth, should not be considered the basis of a work of imaginative fiction... My favorite book as a small child, hands down, was The Color Kittens.

Students understand it not as words on a page but as a live medium, newly interpreted by actors, director and designer, each night creating an imaginative world shared with its audience.

Fantastic elements seamlessly integrate with the mundane to create a world much like, if not quite like, our own... Pulp fiction, indeed, but on a grand scale — as ambitious, quirky and imaginative as only Murakami can be.»

Grounded by Megan Morrison The classic Rapunzel fairy tale takes off in a fun, imaginative direction, as our naive heroine discovers her safe little world in the tower may not be all it seems.

For traditional epic fantasy readers, we have A HERO BORN by Michael A. Stackpole, ECHOES OF A SHATTERED AGE by Ramon Terrell, THE FEATHER AND THE MOON WELL by new author Shean Pao (the first «Farland Discovery» specially chosen and mentored by New York Times bestselling fantasy author David Farland), HEART READERS by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL by Brandon Sanderson, as well as a host of imaginative stories in the Fiction River anthology UNNATURAL WORLDS.

Ever since Martin Vargic's amazing «Map of Literature» made the rounds on social media, I've been coveting Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps, an atlas of wildly imaginative, infinitesimally detailed geographic renderings of themes such as foods, disasters, paranormal activity, and stereotypes, as well as nongeographic worlds like music, the Internet, literature, and YouTube.

Still, for those who truly relish Eco's mix of philosophical rumination and intellectual intrigue, this wildly imaginative novel about the invention of longitude and its effect on the Renaissance world of international espionage is every bit as deserving of attention as its more famous predecessor.

Jumping on the Brontë bandwagon, British director Dominic Murphy is working on an untitled project «about the imaginative worlds invented by the Brontës as adolescents.»