Sentences with phrase «in a political sense at»

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Just brilliant and in total agreement with the leading philosopher / political theorist of the 20th Century, Eric Voegelin, who opposed pathological ideologies (Socialism, National Socialism, Communism, Fascism), though I doubt he considered «localism and traditionalism,» at least in the FPR «sense,» to be radical pathologies.

There's some irony in the title, it seems, because much of what Harris suggests is that she was actually raised wrong, at least in a political sense.

That is, many contemporary theologies tend to believe that we can derive the normative content of faith, truth and justice directly from the immediate contexts of our social, economic and political situations; at the same time, other contemporary theologies have abandoned even trying to argue that theological claims are in any sense normative.

Any plan that proposes to recapture one at the expense of the other is not wholly political in the most useful sense of the term.

But that objection to historicist conservatism was raised, as Muller notes, by Leo Strauss, certainly a conservative thinker, at least in the sense that classical political philosophy is a major source of modern conservatism.

«In an age when secularism is more common, too many politicians - through a misplaced sense of political correctness or embarrassment at «doing God» - seem to shy away from discussing any matters related to faith,» he said.

The use of and appeal to religious communalism is effective (at least in the short run) precisely because increasingly more people are finding a greater sense of common purpose in traditional religions than in political parties or secular ideologies.

Almost every Christian is at the same time a citizen of a national state, and those few who are not citizens in the official sense of having explicit political rights and duties are still required to obey laws.

By the end of the Assembly, as Kenneth Slack pointed out, «most of the members felt that there was more danger from undue stress on the evangelism of individuals than the other way round, despite widely expressed anxiety, given expression by Stott, that liberation in political, social and economic sense was in danger of replacing salvation from sin at the heart of the redeeming gospel».73 There was no doubt that, despite the narrowing of the range of disagreements, important differences continued, especially with regard to the meaning of salvation and the program of dialogue with people of other faiths.

At least as important, though, is that the under - appreciated dignity and honor in political compromise, in not demanding one's whole ideal, is on eloquent display here, deepening our understanding of the secession crisis and enriching an otherwise simplistic sense of it.

It was a time when TV first flexed its muscles to bring down a towering political figure — the telecast of the McCarthy hearings and that riveting moment when the defense lawyer, Joseph Welsh, faced Senator Joe McCarthy and said in exasperation, «Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?»

In the same way, torah which is unquestionably aimed at conditions of monarchic political existence in Canaan (for example, instructions as to the appropriate conduct of the king himself in Deuteronomy 17:18 - 20), or at the control of problems demonstrably presupposing settled agricultural life (for example, the oft - repeated limitation on the gleaning of fields and vineyards, as in Deuteronomy 24:19 - 22 and Leviticus 19:9 - 10)- such torah can hardly be Mosaic in the literal sensIn the same way, torah which is unquestionably aimed at conditions of monarchic political existence in Canaan (for example, instructions as to the appropriate conduct of the king himself in Deuteronomy 17:18 - 20), or at the control of problems demonstrably presupposing settled agricultural life (for example, the oft - repeated limitation on the gleaning of fields and vineyards, as in Deuteronomy 24:19 - 22 and Leviticus 19:9 - 10)- such torah can hardly be Mosaic in the literal sensin Canaan (for example, instructions as to the appropriate conduct of the king himself in Deuteronomy 17:18 - 20), or at the control of problems demonstrably presupposing settled agricultural life (for example, the oft - repeated limitation on the gleaning of fields and vineyards, as in Deuteronomy 24:19 - 22 and Leviticus 19:9 - 10)- such torah can hardly be Mosaic in the literal sensin Deuteronomy 17:18 - 20), or at the control of problems demonstrably presupposing settled agricultural life (for example, the oft - repeated limitation on the gleaning of fields and vineyards, as in Deuteronomy 24:19 - 22 and Leviticus 19:9 - 10)- such torah can hardly be Mosaic in the literal sensin Deuteronomy 24:19 - 22 and Leviticus 19:9 - 10)- such torah can hardly be Mosaic in the literal sensin the literal sense.

From Dawn: Given all the nasty rhetoric that has been aimed at the LGBT community — and in that sense, at you personally — by Christian and Christian political leaders, what is it about Christianity itself that's so compelling that you haven't been turned off completely by so many of its messengers?

And all the more, such a duty as that of paying poll tax to the foreign government of occupation is not regarded as a duty at all in the moral sense, but merely as the consequence of political fortune.

Mr Chaney, who will pass the chairman's reins to Richard Goyder at the end of the meeting, told shareholders that the stand - off over corporate tax in Canberra is «symptomatic of a polarisation of political debate that jeopardises common sense outcomes».

At the final moments of the 2016 electioneering campaign when all parties should be deploying their best arsenals to win over undecided voters, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), sensing defeat, has taken political decency a notch lower and sprung up what could best be described as the most ridiculous story in the 2016 electioneering season.

It might make sense that, say, technology bloggers would be disproportionately male, since many more men than women work in high - tech (and obsess about it), but politics is a different animal — women may still be underrepresented in top elected offices, but at least as many women as men work as political activists and political staff or as volunteers.

There is an overwhelming mass of noise from certain quarters easily betraying their political allegiance as they invoke the name of the Supreme Deity (God) and their local «gods» (conceived and characterized in diverse senses and guises) to sustain the NPP's Akufo - Addo that he is divinely destined to defeat President Mahama at Election 2016.

In today's political climate, it's important for New Yorkers to get a sense of how much funding is at stake and what programs might be at risk.»

«Real Life Lesson's» Tend to erode idealism at a fast rate and in the political spere, where we most need a sense of idealism to be longer lasting, it erodes at the speed of light.

The sense that conservatism has a moral purpose, that the Conservative Party is its political expression, and that it is for everyone who agrees with that purpose is indispensible not only if that party is to win in 2015, but if it is ever again to become Britain's natural party of government (which, at present, is Labour).

New York State must drop two seats in the House of Representatives as a result of the 2010 census, and some political operatives, sensing Mr. Weiner's vulnerability, are taking aim at his seat.

Party leaders, even when their candidates are beaten at convention, do not like primaries that pit brother against sister (in the political sense), cost money better spent on electing candidates.

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Aggrey Darko, has argued against calls for an extension of Ghana's presidential term limits According to him, a longer tenure in office might give persons in power a sense of entitlement which could translate into the inappropriate use of presidential authority.

The highlight of Coates's writing in Black Panther isn't the way he skillfully laces the comic with broader political themes about power (though he's very good at that); instead, it's his ability to give the book's intimate character relationships a sense of humanity and dignity.

We sadly find ourselves at times shifting from the pursuit of our best teaching to the pursuit of whatever is required for political cover, bureaucratic expediency, and even, in a nearly literal sense, necessary for our survival.

Gedi Sibony's third solo show at Greene Naftali was a relatively conservative one, though not in any political sense of the term.

This installation, one of Brisley's most potent political works, has resonated over the years in the work of younger artists such as his former student at the Slade, Mona Hatoum, who has also used cage structures to create political and psychic boundaries, and questioned the sense of safety and comfort assumed implicit in the concept of «home».

Please take a look at our website for further details: http://www.momentaart.org/momenta-art-past-projects-2015.html Reviews of our exhibitions or events in a traditional sense are welcome, but we also encourage cross-disciplinary approaches that expand and engage with the themes explored by artists and other participants through our programs, possibly addressing broader socio - political phenomena of the year.

In a sense the IAE question recalls a similar debate over abstract art at mid-century, hinging on whether abstraction could truly be free of political values.

Solar Catastrophe continues the artists» engagement with the political and socio - economic forces at play in their native Puerto Rico, which their exhibition at Lisson Gallery London, «Foreign in a Domestic Sense», expands upon (until 11 November 2017).

The work here is powerful and, by simply assembling it in a few interconnected rooms, I get a sense of what is at stake in the increasing social and economic inequity of our political reality.

Following on from the exploration in Late America, at a time of political turmoil, of a society whose misplaced values gives rise to a lack of fulfillemt, the paintings in Presence of an Absence continue to engage with this sense of detachment and with universal existential questions.

His work is both meaningful in historical terms, reminiscent of Roman civilization ending right there at Hadrian's wall, and in a contemporary political sense, provoking a thinking on what this border means for England and Scotland today.

«Brexit isn't affecting sales here, though there is a general political ethos that's affecting the market in general, and a general sense of unrest,» said Jayne Johnson, the director at Peter Freeman Gallery.

; or maybe in a sense we do, but they could be of either the political / social or technological sort; the more the better, but just political / social could work okay (although that would work partly by boosting R&D to continue technological progress, but I'm not sure if that's necessarily breakthroughs (it wouldn't surprise me if someone got a zinc phosphide, CZTS, or pyrite solar cell to work economically at some point in the future, or used light - trapping to make c - Si cheaper and more efficient, or... — it would surprise me if it happenned tomorrow, but...).

(Yes, there are emotional wackos out on all spokes of the political wheel, no question, but there's good sense among those willing to engage in politics at all.)

On political views, Dr. Pielke has stated «If you want to know what I think about things that I have some expertise in, just have a look at our blog and my publications and you'll get a pretty good sense of my views on particular subjects.»

Back at Lakeside, the miners dabble in macroeconomics, trying to makes sense of a market that keeps changing and political tides that will define their jobs.

One of the points I have made before on various occasions is that fundamentally totalitarianism isn't really political — at least not in the sense that people mean the term «political.»

Partly that is because a political consensus of some standing has been that damage below this level might be in some sense acceptable, or at least reasonably survivable.

Unless a termination is deemed to be unfair in the sense of the law (based on political opinion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) an employment relationship can be terminated at will, only subject to the observance of the statutory or contractual notice period.

«In a time of political division, these survey results remind us of something most Americans share: the sense that owning a home is a big part of living the American Dream,» says Dr. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow.