Sentences with phrase «in civil»

Since so many evangelicals have traditionally resisted involvement in secular politics — most notably in recent years during the Vietnam war and in the civil rights struggle — it is a reassuring sign to see this development in the Middle East discussion.

Richard's political interests and abilities were called forth, while he was still a pastor in Williamsburg, during the 1960s, in his participation in the civil - rights movement and, even more so, as a leader in the antiwar movement.

More than 35,000 civilians must participate in civil defense.

Men have endured bitter public ridicule because they believed in civil liberties for others.

Kohlberg acts as though King's race, southern heritage, generational moment, Christian faith, and theological training — all the inconvenient particularities that bore on his leadership in the civil rights movement — were utterly incidental to his vision and his moral courage.

Although the Cape Parliament formally disestablished the Anglican Church in 1875, both it and the Dutch Reformed Church have a history of ecclesiastical leadership in civil affairs.

We'll be shoved back a hundred years in civil liberties.

Or an atheist that engages in conversation in a civil manner.

American feminism of the 19th century was born of the abolitionist movement, and of equal significance with Friedan's book as impetus for the current women's movement was the experience of women in the civil rights and antiwar protests of the «60s.

In a secular society, LGBTQ folks can be married in a civil ceremony or in a church that has its own rules and regulations outside of the Holy Christian Bible.

Not only did they play a prominent role in the imperial court, they also rose to positions of high standing in the church, in the army, in civil administration, and in wealthy private families.

He was progressive in many ways and was obviously groundbreaking in civil rights movements, which now, includes gays.

They may reject the pleasures of sex and of wealth, renounce learning and the fine arts, and refuse to participate in civil government or warfare, but they inevitably adopt some other cultural forms, such as language.

While I agree with your basic sentiment, no significant strides in civil rights have happened in this country without federal action.

He already had behind him an impressive history in the civil rights movement (he knew Martin Luther King Jr. and had been to Selma).

He is a theist who constantly engages atheist in civil discussions about the nature of such matters.

Aside from some involvement in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s» and even that was pretty marginal» Percy's life was almost entirely inward.

I also knew I wanted to help people who were struggling; my grandmother was active in the civil rights movement, and my parents made sure that working for justice and mercy was in my bones.

This is of course a huge number, 10 million killed in civil war and purges, another 20 million from famine, but just randomly doubling that number to sound more important just makes you look like a lying fool.

A free press is basic to the health of democratic culture in the civil sphere because it offers one line of public accountability for those in public office.

The dilemma of the Protestant Churches in America as they seek to serve the American people and American society is most clearly revealed in the civil rights struggle since World War II.

If the Church is deeply engaged in the civil rights movement, if it is struggling against right - wing misrepresentation of Christianity and of civil life, if it finds itself in a new phase of the Church - State relationship, if it is deeply involved in urbanization and in the passing of previous forms that once marked the so - called Christian epoch, then all these factors must have a profound impact upon theological education and the preparation of men for the ministry.

The role of the Churches in the civil rights struggle has been peculiar.

So sorry also Mr. POTUS and NAACP but NO, is NOT a Right as in civil rights.

As a result, he was unaware of the profoundly radical interpretation of Christianity expressed in his civil rights activity and proclaimed in his sermons.

CANON 799: Christ's faithful are to strive to secure that in the civil society the laws which regulate the formation of the young, also provide a religious and moral education in the schools that is in accord with the conscience of the parent.

Many of the groups operating in civil society are in fact extensions of the state.

A brief period of activity in the civil service did not prove satisfactory to Humboldt.

She, a self - proclaimed non-runner and lover of butter, was going to run a race to benefit Living Hope, an organization that pays for reconstructive surgeries for women whose faces had been mutilated or cut off in civil war torn Africa.

He stated that he didn't believe any of the nonsense he posted and thanked all those who took the time to honestly debate him in a civil manner, or words to the effect.

The president's job is to make sure all humans get treated fairly and you said you where in the civil rights movement.

Also, what you are engaging in here is akin to what is known as respectability politics in the civil rights movements.

As one Telegraph columnist who is in a civil partnership wrote recently.

How many died in the Civil War to free you??

It is baffling to me that Rev. William Owens, who was an activist in the civil rights movement (which was a fight for equal rights), chooses to now preach and take a stance against Equal Rights.

MLK carried himself with dignity and faced strong criticism from the more militant in the civil rights movement.

I would love to have seen you in the civil rights era complaining about all those articles about black people.

Minor premise: The science which is and should be taught our children «must be explanatory [and] rely exclusively upon the workings of natural law» (ACLU's witness Michael Ruse, a Canadian philosopher of science, as quoted in Civil Liberties, February 1982).

Some activists, particularly in civil rights, still upbraided him for fecklessness.

The development in the civil rights movement of doubts about the full effectiveness of non-violence may represent in part a yielding to emotions less disciplined by ethical considerations; but it also reflects the discovery of some complexities of effective social action.

This has been shown in the civil rights struggle.

your right not to believe is just as fundamental as my right to believe — so its OK to have your view in the civil discourse but not others that don't agree with you — thats very fair of you!

The historian of non-violence, William Robert Miller, says that the first explicit reference to non-violence in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott came from a white librarian, Juliette Morgan, who compared the boycott to Gandhi's salt march in a letter to the Montgomery Advertiser on December 12, 1955.35 The development of non-violent strategies in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's arose partly from belief in pacifism as an expression of love in the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Society of Friends from whom many leaders of the movement for racial justice came.

He fears that «coming generations of community leaders» may be less committed to congregations» unique role in civil society; consequently, faith communities will have to be «even truer to their mission than they have been in the past.»

There are an awful lot of gay clergy in the C of E, especially at the high church end and t he church has had to allow for them to be in civil partnerships with their same sex partners and share church accomodation, whilst never explicitly acknowledging that these are sexual relationships — a typical Anglican compromise and a very English, «we won't mention it» way of dealing with a situation.

The influence of Gandhi on American pacifism and the development of non-violent strategies in the civil rights movements deserves careful study.

What Martin Luther King sad was explosive likewise in the civil rights movement.

We like to think that when men in Civil War prisons played the game, it was very much like what we play today.

I would love for an Athiest to prove me wrong and educate me about that organization's efforts in civil services.

In one sense, the music lives in our civil religion — in our celebration of sacred days, sacred places and revered leaders.