Sentences with phrase «in common human experience»

In our common human experience, God is often «the void», as Whitehead once said, although he said it in a very different context.
At the risk of even greater brevity but in the hope of a clear capsule view, I set forth my own model: fundamental theology is that discipline which consists in philosophical reflection upon the meanings present in our common human experience and in the Christian fact.

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Berger wishes to speak of «a God who is not made by man, who is outside and not within ourselves,» but he limits his act of faith in such a God to projections outward from common human experience, i.e., to signals of transcendence70 The result is that Berger is left finally with his own experience alone, a consequence that weakens his understanding not only of Christian theology but ultimately of play as well.
But yet, the fact remains that in man's «common» experience, in those very human and historical — and sinful — limitations we know so well, we have the right to find in parabolic fashion creaturely representations of that which God is, and that which God has done, and that which God purposes to bring to pass in and for and through and with and to this his world and the men and women whom he has placed in it.
If innocence and experience, the two contrary states of the human soul, must culminate in a common vision, then that vision must act upon that which it portrays.
Some metaphors readily lend themselves to high development because they belong to a metaphor system, i.e. a group of metaphors linked together by their common origin in a single area of human observation, experience or activity, which has generated its own peculiar sublanguage or jargon.110
But he believes that such images and concepts can acquire fresh meaning if considered in terms of the Whiteheadian understanding of Jesus as our model of what it means to overcome the common divergence that we as humans experience between that course of action which God presents to us and that course of action we find ourselves naturally wanting to follow (104).
Rather, it is in the very manner in which he develops and emphasizes the distinctiveness of the Christian story — focusing on its own internal criteria for truth without reference to publicly accessible criteria of common human experience and rational inquiry — and the relation between the church and the world.
But in terms of foundations for dialogue the Cardinal talks about human dignity, rights and fundamental moral values, whilst also encouraging the «sharing» of «knowledge» and «experience», as well as «promoting» common values.
Pregnancy and birth can be a faithing experience, one that makes women aware of what they hold in common with the greater human family.
Along with common human experience, the behavioral sciences provide much data that can only be explained in terms of the individual's fundamental desire to be valued.
Up to this point, I have spoken of theology's concern with the credibility of the Christian witness, which concern arises from the fact that Christian faith itself claims to be credible in terms of common human experience.
The best way to come to such an understanding of prayer is by thinking of the common human experience of being loved by another and of loving that other in return.
In this task they share a common vision that recognizes both the fluidity of human experience and the futility of our attempts at systematizing them into rigid and monolithic systems.
That the narrowness of the «lower experience» has been often considered the meaning of happiness by common sense while security and order in life are extolled as virtue is itself a tragic testimony to the folly of human timidity, as analyzed below.
Therefore, if we could abstract those most general and common features of human experience from the welter of their vastly varied details, the residuum thus obtained would be metaphysical truth or truths; and, if our process of abstraction were sufficiently thorough and accurate, the resultant truths could be generalized as applying to all experiences in all possible universes.
In spite of the common understanding that process theists limit God to persuasive action and evangelicals affirm that God acts coercively both sides agree that God ordinarily works in human experience through mutual interaction, or persuasion (Hasker, «Response» 41In spite of the common understanding that process theists limit God to persuasive action and evangelicals affirm that God acts coercively both sides agree that God ordinarily works in human experience through mutual interaction, or persuasion (Hasker, «Response» 41in human experience through mutual interaction, or persuasion (Hasker, «Response» 41).
In recent decades they have preferred to explore the experience of faith itself as a universal human experience that exhibits common stages of development through the succeeding phases of human life.
While HIV / AIDS has been pushed into the shadows of North American experience, the larger challenges to sexual health unite young people in Africa and the West, which is not surprising given that sex and intimacy are common human realities.
(I might say in this context that I find Muray's apparent criticism of Hauerwas on the point that the latter focuses too much on Christianity's «internal criteria of truth without reference to publicly accessible criteria of common human experience and rational inquiry» (87) somewhat ironic.)
The detached statistical world of counter-terrorism and the angry grandstanding world of politics have little in common with the human experiences of those who've actually been affected by political violence.
The most common stress experienced by humans and other animals is social stress, and this stress can trigger or worsen mental illness in humans.
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have induced this all - too - common human experience — or a close version of it — permanently in rats and from what is observed perhaps derive clues about why strokes and Alzheimer's disease can destroy a person's sense of direction.
Although increasing illumination was more common in MPAs associated with human activity, even those designated as strict nature reserves or wilderness areas, which have limited human intrusion, experienced increasing light — about 9 % are experiencing increases in artificial light intensity, the team reports online before print in Conservation Letters.
Rather than inheriting big brains from a common ancestor, Neandertals and modern humans each developed that trait on their own, perhaps favored by changes in climate, environment, or tool use experienced separately by the two species «more than half a million years of separate evolution,» writes Jean - Jacques Hublin, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, in a commentary in Science.
Pain is certainly a common denominator in the human experience.
The one turn - off most mortals have in common is someone who looks determined to start a human relationship without making to experience the other somebody better.
We provide that space for organizations, institutions or independent volunteer staff where you can find, discuss and enrich themselves through common experiences in the past, allowing a mutual aid for the progress of the various activities implemented through international collaboration between educators who don't know one other but with a common goal, human development.
Modern neurotheology uses brain mapping techniques to investigate the premise that humans have a common trait, possibly located in the brain, that is definable as spiritual or religious experience.
Disorientation is a common sign in human dementia patients, and PedMD explains that dogs experience this, too.
Artists are the central protagonists in the overarching picture that Macel gives of human experience, which she has broken down across the Giardini's Central Pavilion and the Arsenale into several themes: the Pavilion of Artists and Books, the Pavilion of Joys and Fears, the Pavilion of the Common, the Pavilion of Earth, the Pavilion of Traditions, the Pavilion of Shamans, the Dionysian Pavilion, the Pavilion of Colors, and the Pavilion of Time and Infinity.
Recorded in Nashville, the new collection is his homage to the music that he calls «the commonest of human experience, perhaps the only thing that we all truly share,» and a record he has wanted to make for a long time.
Dinah Maxwell Smith works from black - and - white snapshots of common motifs of everyday life to capture fleeting moments of the human experience in her paintings, including Beach Picnic, 1993, and Five Suits Redux, 2016 that will be on view in the exhibition
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A Bachelor's Degree in human resources or psychology is common experience on Talent Acquisition Specialists resumes.
The most common career that users with Human Resources degrees have experience in is Human Resources Manager, followed by Recruiter, Career Counselor, Executive Assistant, Office Manager, Compensation and Benefits Manager, Administrative Assistant, Bill and Account Collector, Drug & Alcohol Counselor, and Customer Service Representative.
A Bachelor's Degree in accounting, IT, business administration or human resources is common experience in Health Unit Coordinator resume samples.
The result was a resume that clearly brought out his experience and competencies in terms of the KSAs common to the career fields of human resources, administration, logistics, and resource management.
On a practical level, however, recent decades of research in human bonding, neuroscience, and the study of living systems have revealed common behaviors that we practice when we experience love in our daily lives.
If you have trouble finding anything in common, remember that all human beings have experienced suffering.
«We all share a common human desire to love, be loved, feel gratified by and successful in our work, and experience a strong sense of connection to the people in our lives who are most important to us.
(Some would say this is also a common issue when human appraisers have little or no experience with the area, or in cases where home values are based on school districts that vary widely in quality within a tight geographic radius.)
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