Whether she's
imagining the history of an ancient manuscript, as in People of the Book, or an English town determined to survive the plague in A Year of Wonders, Pulitzer Prize - winning novelist Geraldine Brooks is a master at bringing history's little - known but fascinating stories to life.
Just
imagine the history of this home!
Not exact matches
Not long ago, we would never have
imagined enduring Hurricane Harvey, one
of the most tragic national disasters in recorded
history.
Imagine answering the same kinds
of questions you'd see on a basic medical
history form at a doctor's» office and you're there, minus the pen and paper.
«Even if volatility falls notably from here which
history says is likely after such a spike, we find it difficult to
imagine the market being prepared to drive it down to the record low levels
of [the second half
of] 2017 anytime soon given the shock seen this week,» they say.
It is wishful thinking to
imagine that the most extreme economic, debt and investment bubble in
history was corrected by a mild economic downturn, a market decline that leaves stocks at 21 times peak earnings (higher than at the 1929 and 1987 peaks), and just a few large - scale defaults from a corporate debt position which continues to claim a record share
of operating earnings to finance.
It had not occurred to me that anyone would
imagine that the only alternative to a boundless confidence in reason's competency to extract moral truths from nature's evident forms, no matter what the prevailing cultural regime, is the belief that moral knowledge is the exclusive preserve
of «revelation,» narrowly conceived as a body
of inscrutable legislations irrupting into
history from on high.
If we have a million years
of history on this planet I
imagine there are vast libraries recording our way
of life and accomplishments throughout that period.
Throughout
history, across faith traditions, I
imagine the fantasy
of a more «convenient» religion is universal.
It is not hard to
imagine the common sense reaction to the news that a distinguished historian had attempted to cover the
history of human suffering in a little over two hundred pages.
Does he
imagine God actually interposing himself in the events
of history?
Imagine what the world would be like today if human
history had been one
of cooperation to improve the human condition instead
of one
of advancing self - interest.
Centuries
of separation and polemics have led Protestantism in some quarters to
imagine that the biblical witness could be disentangled from the Church's
history, tradition, and teaching office.
Instead
of imagining fantasies and terrors, may we not
imagine ourselves alongside Mary, seeing
history's hard cruelty give way to hope and gracious surprise?
It's an important read because a lot
of Christians like to
imagine that people
of faith were on the «righteous side»
of history on this, but the fact is, Christians were split.
Obviously it is much more difficult for us to
imagine the first appearance
of reflective thought at some point in the
history of a phylum or race made up
of different individuals than at some point in the series
of states making up the life
of one and the same embryo.
When God is omnipotent, one can read
history as the will
of God, and
history is way too full
of evil, suffering, and violence to
imagine it as revelatory
of God's will.
Inference and imagination can go astray, but the laws
of nature and logic are reliable enough, in Hartshorne's view, to guide us in making inferences and
imagining «the other» as it really is; otherwise the knowledge
of nature, God, and the self could not increase through
history, as Hartshorne is convinced it does.
Christians «have a vested interest in the creation
of public memorials and public art that redemptively evokes our
history and enables us to
imagine what we might, with God's help, become.»
Such «stories» regarding the old - times within our
histories of religious understandings are indeed plagued and remitted many controversial
imaginings» garnishments that are hindrances yet for good reasons.
Only recently have we even had the tools to test our guesses (like the big bang), so I
imagine our understanding
of the world, it's
history, our origins, and evolution will radically improve over the next century.
He certainly was delivered to become one
of the most emancipated and triumphant characters in
history, but one can not
imagine him attributing his victory primarily to trying hard.
Thankfully, church
history records mercifully few instances
of this particular debate, but
imagine that there was a great one.
Imagine that: an American with nuanced views, who grew up steeped in the rich
history of sportsmanship and individual freedom that runs deep in our country but who also advocates for responsible gun policy reform.
If you have difficulty seeing just how loaded this knowledge - belief distinction is, try to
imagine the reaction
of Darwinists to the suggestion that their theory should be removed from the college biology curriculum and studied instead in a course devoted to nineteenth - century intellectual
history.
Nietzsche's
imagined overman quits the
history of the spirit
of revenge for the more cheerful play
of a protean natural organism.
I shall attempt to express the consensus
of much recent theology (Jewish, Protestant and Catholic) that the idea
of revelation in
history does not imply a magical intrusion
of foreign information, as is often
imagined in popular piety.
Had
history turned out somewhat differently, one could
imagine the presence
of Wilhelm Himmler, chancellor
of Germany and grandson
of the other Himmler who, as Time might put it, was the mastermind
of Germany's «controversial population policy in the 1940s.»
The author attempts to express the consensus
of much recent theology (Jewish, Protestant and Catholic) that the idea
of revelation in
history does not imply a magical intrusion
of foreign information, as is often
imagined in popular piety.
Yes, I think it is... exactly how accurate, can not, will not, hazard a guess, but the recordings
of our human
history annotated in the Bible have to have some factual basis... I can not
imagine it is all fiction.
I mean, at the end
of the day, could you ever
imagine that the non-functionality
of a website for a few weeks could ever approach having the status
of an inflexion point in American
history.
Some intellectuals in every age would like to
imagine that theirs is the unique moment
of history's ultimate reckoning.
But the idea that every human law is imperfect, and therefore unjust to some extent, does indeed make sense, because we can
imagine a perfectly just judge who administers perfect justice» who assesses a person's talents, motives, opportunities, weaknesses, ideals,
history, and everything else about him, and then judges all his actions against the standard
of what he is able to do.
Imperceptibly, but far more rapidly than we might
imagine, we are entering a period in American
history when the issues
of work and organized labor may again become paramount.
This promissory and storied character
of reality allows it to unfold in such a way that novelty and surprise can continually come into view and thus render the universe and
history both more complex and more intelligible than we could ourselves
imagine on the basis
of previous patterns
of occurrence.
For the rest
of us,
imagine what might've happened if someone along the way decided that poverty, race, mental illness or criminal
history disqualifies someone from having biological children.
Kierkegaard conceived
of faith as the product
of a dialectical negation
of time and
history,
of the «universal,» and
of «objectivity»; however, his twentieth - century successors have
imagined that faith is isolated from
history, that faith is independent
of an historical ground, and thus is totally autonomous.
Imagine in a few hundred years, children will study
history of the 21st century in disbelief that so many people were victim
of mass delusion.
While the writer may have been doing
history, it is «an
imagining of history that is analogous to what Shakespeare did with his historical figures and events in his historical plays.»
Try to
imagine that some or all
of the Bible narrative is not necessarily true
history, but is myth
of one sort or another.
Some fell more deeply into the trap
of imagining that pluralism could be written out
of the script
of history than others; some remained mired in that trap longer than others.
Imagine, he suggests, that the two - billion - year
history of life on earth is represented by the height
of the Rockefeller Chapel at the University
of Chicago — a distance
of 200 feet.
Our understandable human impatience for meaningful fulfillment has led us time and again to
imagine that a particular conception
of social order is the ultimate stage in
history's movement.
Yes, it is a natural experience encountered by millions and millions
of women throughout
history - but it is worth remembering that many have also died for want
of the basic medical care that some in the West fondly
imagine we can do without.
In «The Tale
of the Anti-Christ,» Vladimir Soloviev
imagines his own version
of globalization and the end
of history.
Nonetheless, the gesture
of bread making allows me to
imagine the invisible women
of my distant, yet meaningful
history.
The most important piano to be offered from Elvis Presley's
history will join Hard Rock's priceless collection
of invaluable memorabilia pieces including handwritten lyrics, clothing and instruments from new and legendary music stars like Taylor Swift,
Imagine Dragons, Motley Crue, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jimi Hendrix and many more.
Imagine how different the
history of the Giants and the NFL might have been if Landry had been the new coach instead
of Ray Perkins.
TCU can play the sort
of man coverage that can disrupt Baylor's offense a bit, and I can't
imagine Baylor, which just lost one
of the biggest games in program
history, will be up for this one like it was for last week.
Can you
imagine a team
of Arsenal's calibre only reaching the finals
of UCL once in out
history.