Sentences with phrase «in local traditions»

Our trainings foster local leadership and steep learning in local traditions to yield powerful activism, such as the Pacific Warrior Training Program, which has mobilized hundreds of Indigenous activists across many Pacific islands to engage their communities on the impacts of climate change and participate in mass actions confronting the coal industry in Australia.

A renaissance in local traditions and, in turn, the rise of a new contemporary Chinese identity is becoming a key issue among many young creatives living in the capital.

For many historians Rome is the cradle of Western civilization and this is evident not only in local traditions that persist in many towns in America by way of immigration but also through the ancient architecture of the city that has inspired contractors like All Professional roofing.

This is the perfect environment in which to immerse yourself in the local traditions and is where you will meet the indigenous Sami people and be welcomed into their village.

And young Mexicans, exhibiting renewed pride in local traditions in this huge, rapidly changing city, are flocking to pulquerias new and old — including La Risa, which dates back to 1905.

This grounding in magic rather than pseudo-science mirrors the larger difference between the two films, that He Ain't Heavy is steeped in local tradition and culture (however made - up for the purpose of the film the plot is, the Mid-Autumn Festival is surely a thing) while Future values the present above all else, about instant gratification.

Tea houses and bars line well preserved historic streets, beckoning you to delight in local tradition and culture.

However, for extended stays of two weeks or more, it is recommended as this is a beautiful island and driving around it rich in local tradition, and there is excellent sea kayaking to be experienced.

In local tradition, the Moai are also described as possessing «mana» or a beneficial power.

They represent the full scope of the region's culinary achievements and specialities, ranging from authentic «home cooking» to truly gourmet food, always rooted in local tradition and based on the strengths of the area's produce.

This is a majestic eight bedroom oceanfront villa in Costa Rica nestled among the lush, tropical treasures of Costa... in local tradition and luxury, this Cosrta Rica villa features the absolute finest in designer furnishings and appointments....

Not exact matches

Lasch reminds us that the corrosion of our democratic way of life and especially our public discourse has its roots in widespread distrust of our institutions and the traditions around which they have developed and of which they are the expressions — whether the family, church, and local communities, or private enterprise and all the various levels of government.

The «leaders» are either rulers of dictatorships, politicians with power agendas or local clerics with their own version of islam that is rooted in the traditions of their region.

With scant grounding in constitutional text or tradition, court majorities took it upon themselves (usually over strong dissents) to remove a number of matters from legislative and local control.

In our tradition, authority remains at the local church level.

A critical challenge of liberation theology is its rooting in local praxis and base communities, and here the main British version has been a multifaceted urban theology which has built on a tradition of pastoral, political and community - building activity in cities.

Volf joins a widening cadre of Christian theologians who seek to anchor the nature and mission of the local church in trinitarian thought rather than the shifting sands of cultural practices or the muddy bottoms of tired cultic traditions.

Such a defense seems to come down to this: the local church is preserved from suffocating provincialism when it intentionally engages in dialogue with other churches and when it remains steadfast in appropriating and witnessing to the «apostolic tradition.»

A sense of the deep roots in our tradition of passion for personality wholeness can help the mental health concern catch fire in a local congregation.

The existence of an old local tradition and of families whose ancestry seems ancient and indigenous, rather than of foreign immigrant trading stock, are factors which suggest the possibility of an early evangelist in the country, but the dependence of all traditions on the Edessene Church prevents us considering those factors conclusive proof that this early evangelist was St. Thomas.

With the group there is a distinction between those members who will engage in religious activity from personal choice or in deference to tradition such as converts and parishioners of a local congregation, and those who are actively religious — temporarily or consistently — such as lay - deacons or the participants in a procession.

If he knows it and lives in it as the tradition of the great Church he has an authority in the local and the contemporary Christian community which the man who represents only the tradition of a national or denominational or localized community can not have.

Evangelicals stand in continuity with the Great Tradition of Christian believing, confessing, worshiping and acting through the centuries, while not discounting the many local histories that must be written to give a full account of Christian communities in any given era.

It's time honored tradition for the conquering empire our country to absorb the local population by desecrating their temples, and twisting their gods to fit in to the ruling empires pantheon or in the holy roman empire's case, to fit into the jesus story.

We've been volunteering at a local health clinic in an attempt to be a blessing to the community and we've been observing the church calendar in order to stay grounded in the great tradition of the universal Church.

There are things that are beautiful about holding to tradition, but it's also important for a church to be in the local culture.

The United States has a strong tradition of welcoming the persecuted, from its founding when people were fleeing religious persecution in Europe to now where we've resettled refugees from over 40 nations in partnership with local communities.

It has been the tradition through history in Orthodox missions to translate the worship and Scriptures into the local language right away (as opposed to Western missions, which kept everything in Latin).

Common as they are in several religious traditions, congregations have never dominated the totality of the world's local religious organizations.

Otherwise, members can be trapped in repetition of whatever local traditions they associate with what it means to be the church.

A tradition of local governance that resists both a supine dependence on Washington, D.C. or dominance by remote corporate interests; a patriotism that believes in the noble possibilities of the American experiment; vibrant churches and church leaders who remind us that life is more than our economic or political self - interest» it's not surprising that Lauck finds these features of Dakota life attractive.

Landry then helped the committee match its own story with its denominational heritage, noting where the people at Faith Church had cherished its sacred deposit from its total past and where it had gone its own way in the shaping of its local tradition.

Some of them still carry old denominational convictions; for instance, about continuity in the Anglican Church, the rejection of a set - aside ministry in parts of the Society of Friends, the parity of the ministry in the Reformed tradition, and no ordination without a call from a local church as in much of Lutheranism.

Rather, most pastors will face the temptation to conform to the culture of the congregation, to be shaped by the local tradition rather than to lead that congregation in new directions.

When a group convenes on the first evening, it is made up of twenty men and a few women who are usually strangers to each other; who come from different parts of the country or even of the world; who represent the doctrine and tradition of from eight to twelve different churches, Protestant and Catholic; and who are engaged in different kinds of ministries — education, local church, seminary leaders, denominational executives, and others.

Apparently they are not following he 12 traditions to the letter while it is also obvious that the local AA service board is violating at least 4 traditions in taking the group off the list.

Those who study Indian religions will affirm that this ability of local communities to participate in more than one religious tradition is not unique to Dalit Christians!

There is no local tradition or historical evidence connecting Thomas with the Parthian empire proper; but it is very probable that Thomas worked in Basra and its neighbourhood on his way to India and the first contact of the Indian church was with the church in Basra (Fais), the name of Thomas linking them together.

Clearly, our church members should have a sense of their Christian identity rooted in the local church and in their own confessional traditions, but that is insufficient.

Unfortunately there was a radical break in the history of Jerusalem in the second century, which to some degree interrupted the local tradition of the sacred sites.

Diverse topography leads to diverse food traditions, there is lots of variety in the form of fresh seafood, delicious local saffron, truffles and unique kinds of pasta, to only name a few.

It has become my tradition on these ski trips to have a day or two by myself to head to the local market, cook up a new recipe, sip some wine and simply enjoy the day in the house while the others are on the slopes.

Vlad has grown as a chef in the Southern tradition and his philosophy is to only use the freshest of Gulf ingredients, including hyper local products from the farmers markets and neighboring farms.

December is also the time to take advantage of Reveillon, a revered French tradition still ensconced in New Orleans culture and available at many local restaurants throughout December.

Considering the large number of barbecue restaurants in the state (one book reviews 114 of them) and their enormous popularity, I see North Carolina barbecue as a symbol of resistance to mass market fast food, preserving the local «cue tradition while still having the same degree of convenience.

He believes that sustainable agriculture is the next step in the progression for the California cuisine tradition of using fresh and available local ingredients.

Maple Lodge Farms» traditions of quality and keeping its farming operations local extend back to 1834, when the May family arrived in Norval, Ontario.

José Francisco Pereira, General Director of Monte Alegre farm said «This union agreement is based on a mutual trusting relationship and will make both companies more powerful on the local and international markets - combining Sucafina's global footprint with Monte Alegre's tradition in the Specialty Coffee Production.

Instead, foreign investors are attracted to investing in Australia because it boasts a relatively strong local economy and strong political and legal traditions.

As Tropical Traditions grew, we began adding other traditional products which were hard to find in commodity food markets such as local chain grocery stores.