Sentences with phrase «in cultural matters»

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That's no longer the case, as social movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo have thrust the power dynamics that she highlights in her own New York City classroom onto a cultural main stage, and made her work more accessible and understandable.

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.

It's the flagship publication of its sort in the Evangelical world and the major magazine in which Evangelicalism's peculiar genius is applied to cultural matters.

They do not eschew politics entirely, but they recognize that «[n] o administration in Washington, no matter how ostensibly pro-Christian, is capable of stopping cultural trends toward desacralization and fragmentation that have been building for centuries.»

Hence, he didn't want to express the denial of the existence of God in the cultural context of his time and due to his sincere sensitivies to those around him who he loved and were religious, but he personally did not believe in a God and certainly had abandoned Christianity or any religion for that matter.

The economic and political issues raised by the Latin Americans have relevance everywhere, but in much of the world they are closely intertwined with cultural matters.

[3] Fasting in Cardinal Heenan's eyes had plainly become a matter of cultural etiquette.

Of course it does, but to state matters in that way implies that there is something else with which cultural phenomena could be contrasted, such as a metaphysical reality.

The law is thus being interpreted and applied in line with the canons of political and cultural discourse that have emerged over the last fifty years, where oppression is increasingly a psychological category and ethics is increasingly aesthetics, a matter of taste.

The fact of the matter is this: in every missional cultural engagement, some go too far and some don't go far enough.

However we approach the question, it remains true as a matter of simple history that Christianity in its development represents what we might describe as the marriage of Jewish realism and of cultural forms which are not Jewish at all.

Since the fundamental principle of the mechanistic philosophy — all bodies are externally related within instantaneous configurations of matter — is not universal in scope, its cultural dominance throughout several centuries created two types of intellectual difficulties.

Again, she didn't have to matter in 2017, but it was significant that she chose not to, and that decision could mean the end of Swift's cultural queenship.

Yet it is also the case that such groups frequently come into being in the first place out of a desire to strike back at what their members perceive as America's bullying tactics (in cultural as much as military matters).

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

Indeed, with regard to the historical development of philosophy and science we know it to be the case that it was the doctrine of the Fall, which is peculiar to the Judeo - Christian faith, which enabled the Christian culture to maintain an ontological distinction between matter and evil in the face of cultural opposition.

But even Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum makes reference to a panoply of earlier encyclicals that furnish the larger social, political, cultural, and religious context for tackling any of these economic matters.

In each case (1965 and 1981) it is evident (and somewhat embarrassing) that my sense of theological dislocation is hardly a matter of my own new insight or innovation, but one of a somewhat panicky, sloppy and inept reaction to external events, to massive and threatening cultural and historical changes that, quite against my will, force on me a different procedure, a different viewpoint, a different set of questions — a different theology.

The reality of the matter is quite the opposite: Juan is not familiar to us at all today, and the reason our cultural imagination no longer has much room for him — and would certainly be incapable of producing another figure like him — is that he, far more than the buoyantly eternal Quixote, is a figure fixed in a particular cultural moment.

Now, Frogist... I «know» that you know me well enough by now, from the multi-tude of postings over the last year and a half with you, and... from looking up at what I wrote above, in terms of my cultural melting - pot group of friends, and by taking each person individually, no matter what their religion, etc...

Yet inasmuch as it seems bereft of any consistently reasoned and integrative perspective on its subject matter, Romanticism is unlikely to satisfy the demand for critical demystification of past cultural formations that has long been prevalent in the contemporary academy.

Webb writes, «When it comes to cultural assessment, it matters little where our culture is on any of the issues discussed in this book!

On the contrary, political and cultural efforts to rationally solve the problem of man and woman — and we are, to be frank, in the midst of such Utopian spasms — will almost certainly be harmful, even dehumanizing — to man, to woman, and especially, to children — not least because the matters are so delicate and private, and their deeper meanings inexpressible.

(2) Freedom of choice should be allowed in those matters on which a plurality of views are held — views based on well - articulated principles rooted in cultural tradition or widely recognized moral, philosophical and religious beliefs.

I also indicated that the state should permit freedom of choice on matters where a plurality of views are held, based on well - articulated principles rooted in cultural tradition or widely recognized moral, philosophical or religious beliefs.

Yesterday, perhaps, it was still possible for us to wonder whether Mankind as an ethnic and cultural whole could be said to constitute a finally stabilized group: today, overtaken by the rush of events, there is no longer room for any uncertainty in the matter.

Rightly understood, faith and justice are in principle different because, while faith is a matter of human existence, of authentic self - understanding in trust and loyalty in response to God's love, justice is a matter of human action, whether right action toward all others (its generally moral sense), or right structures of social and cultural order (its specifically political sense).

In response to Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas, they argue that it is middle American families who most acutely reap the consequences of our cultural breakdown» and this explains their inclination toward the social conservatism of the Republicans.

At a later cultural stage a sharp distinction is usually made between two kinds of existence which, it is supposed, may occur separately as mindless matter and as disembodied mind but, at least in man, in an association of body and soul.

Decisions that affect people's daily lives are taken in such matters as the quality of information, the diversity of cultural products, or the security of communications.

In my view the curriculum matters because there is real cultural knowledge, handed down by a process of natural selection.

Cultural aversion to those of other races, whether in the form of depreciating their ability or in more offensive matters of name calling and the attaching of uncomplimentary labels, eventuates from the common tendency to commit the fallacy of hasty generalization.

In every cultural context, no matter how benevolent or hostile the governments and societies around it, the church is called to demonstrate an alternative culture and an alternative politics, an alternative ethics, in dialogue with the surrounding cultureIn every cultural context, no matter how benevolent or hostile the governments and societies around it, the church is called to demonstrate an alternative culture and an alternative politics, an alternative ethics, in dialogue with the surrounding culturein dialogue with the surrounding cultures.

The fact of the matter is that many societies in East Asia proceeded with democratization, with or without cultural prerequisites.

The youngsters from St Polycarp's Catholic School had previously taken part, and excelled, in classroom sessions which include discussions on cultural and religious matters and how these impact day - to - day life as well as a club like Chelsea.

And yes, where I think that titling this birth method «orgasmic birth» might be a cultural shock for some, it gets the attention of the current birthing generation and that's all that matters in my book.

If you liked this article you can learn more about the history and cultural aspect of baby sleep in my upcoming book «Why Your Baby's Sleep Matter's».

Some societies have deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the gendered division of family responsibilities, with men focusing on financial matters and women focusing on household matters, even when those women work in the formal sector or outside of the home, as documented by Nkwake [26] in Uganda.

Transracial Parenting Workshop The decision to adopt across racial and cultural lines is a lifelong commitment to exploring matters of race, confronting racism in all its forms and constantly developing new skills and aptitudes.

«It doesn't matter the political stripe anymore — we're all taxpayers, we're all fed up and we wall want a cultural change in Albany.»

Many islands which are close to only one continent are frequently associated with the continent they're close to, for example Great Britain is considered «Europe» and Japan isles are considered «Asia», but this is due to purely cultural matters and in no case geographical matters.

Admittedly, even in the face of their stances on social and cultural matters, some have tried to defend UKIP's liberal credentials.

The Heritage Area Commission is charged with the responsibility of advising the Mayor and the Common Council on all matters related to the Kingston Heritage Area and its programs in a manner consistent with the concepts, goals and objectives set forth in relevant state and local legislation regarding New York State Heritage Areas and in the Urban Cultural Park Management Plan.

I don't know if Germany has any unusual rules or cultural norms on the matter, but in the US, you are allowed to vote however you want for whatever reason you want.

«Not only will we have cultural sensitivity, but that our officers will understand the importance of consistent policing — no matter whether the area is black, Asian Latino, white, it's the consistency in the enforcement of the law,» he said.

Our data has already shown us that UKIP voters appear to have a different worldview to both Lib Dem and Labour voters, strongly disagreeing on cultural matters such as gay marriage and the role of Christianity in society.

The first includes those that put a higher value on cities based on economic - financial prowess, and strong global agenda - setting power in political and cultural matters.

It provides unrivalled opportunities for scientists in the exploration of materials and living matter in a very wide variety of fields: chemistry, material physics, archaeology and cultural heritage, structural biology and medical applications, environmental sciences, information science and nanotechnologies.

It provides unrivalled opportunities for scientists in the exploration of materials and living matter in many fields: chemistry, material physics, archaeology and cultural heritage, structural biology and medical applications, environmental sciences, information science and nanotechnologies.

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