Sentences with phrase «in symbolic actions»

I have some faith in symbolic actions.»

Mulligan, in this symbolic action, expresses Joyce's critique of Christianity: a combination of sadism, the razor, and narcissism, the mirror... Continue Reading»

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Unilateral symbolic action by the Federal government has not affected change in China in the past, and a similar course action by the government of Ontario is likely to produce a similar disappointing result.

After any pollution or sexual intercourse, a Muslim must take an obligatory bath; in case there is no water, a symbolic action is necessary.

Jesus was able to «grasp the logos of reality as such and to re-present it through symbolic speech and action,» and this in a normative fashion.

However we take the doctrine of the Trinity, as ontological affirmation or as symbolic expression, it is essential to the way in which the New Testament sees the relation of God's love to his redemptive action in Jesus Christ.

Moreover, for the ministers of the Reformed churches «preaching» was a symbolic word; it meant not only public discourse but every action through which the gospel was brought home and men were moved to repent before God and to trust in him.

The long day of teaching, culminating in the impressive symbolic action, may have been something like a last appeal to the Galileans to understand and embrace his true purpose.

Jesus» actions, then, are symbolic of adoption; abandoned children are to be brought into the church and raised by Christian parents, not in order to exploit their labor potential but because the biblical God is one with a special concern for the poor, the homeless, the weak and the abandoned.

This Roman custom of raising the newborn infant probably underlies Jesus» symbolic action in our Gospel text for today.

Greater Love Has No Man The washing of the disciples» feet, then, is closely associated in meaning with Jesus» symbolic action with the bread and the wine in the synoptic accounts of the last supper.

These symbolic rituals could be adopted today in lieu of water baptism which might do a better job of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid action.

These are a few examples of symbolic rituals that could be adopted today in lieu of water baptism which might do a better job of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid action.

Rather than being a «cleansing,» Jesus» action was a symbolic demonstration of the temple's imminent destruction in preparation for the arrival of the eschatological one.

«In this very symbolic time, we hope to be able to push for action and ask that question, «are we going to let that anniversary pass, or will 2017 be the year we do something positive or creative to secure peace?»»

It includes both the community's cultic or ritual life (repetitive, symbolic actions expressive of the community's sacred story) and its people's daily work (vocation or «profession») in the world.

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines metaphor as «a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable... a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.»

After all, he seems not to come from a people that treats the writings of the prophet Hosea with due reverence, but he nonetheless has chosen this moment to perform a symbolic version of the actions of God toward Israel as depicted in the sixth chapter.

Functioning on the basis of the principle that «the how of our present experience must conform to the what of the past in us» (S 58), symbolic reference operates in the intersection of the two modes of perception, an intersection at which «a pair of such percepts must have elements of structure in common, whereby they are marked out for the action of symbolic reference» (S 49).

Would such preaching actually encourage pro-choice or would it short circuit the choice process in an adolescent who is unduly pressured by the symbolic action of the pulpit's assurance?

Like Peter Berger, whom he quotes, Habermas perceives a requirement for some form of symbolic universe — a sheltering canopy — to integrate the various systems of action in which an individual engages.

Within such a paradigm we would begin to analyse an issue such as media and violence in terms of its effects first on the broader symbolic environment that is needed for constructive social life, rather than just on isolated and selected individual actions.

[21] After baptism they would rise from «the tomb»,» [having] submerged yourselvesthree times in the water and emerged: by this symbolic action you were secretly re-enacting the burial of Christ three days in the tomb.»

Such commitment in any but the simplest, thoroughly ascribed society must be to a «generalized symbolic medium,» not to specific norms.16 Given the integrative potential of such a generalized symbolic medium — of action to action, policy to policy, person to person — the question can be raised whether in a single society more than one such medium can exist.

Other examples of symbolic thinking skills in action would be seeing your toddler hold up a stuffed dog and saying ruff ruff, or babble into a toy phone.

With this in hand, we can then ask which better explains the observable pattern of internal deliberations, official discourse, symbolic gestures, and even the nature and timing of substantive foreign policy actions in the case in question.

«This executive order is largely symbolic and reduces transparency since it allows financial contributions made by employees to political action committees and political parties to be transferred back to the county executive,» Nicolello said in a statement.

In the first of two White House - centric action flicks this year, Fuqua strikes hard and fast to bring down the President of the United States and the symbolic building of his power.

An indictment of tribalist maxims, a simple and heartfelt portrayal of how we cling to the things that we love most in the dark even after they've long gone, a warning about how the absence of those things can metastasize into hostility at what (or whom) we assume is responsible for their loss - even by association, and of course a thrilling sci - fi blockbuster with kick - ass action scenes enriched by thematic and symbolic meaning.

In the final moments of Skyfall the film explores symbolic mother / son and sibling relationships, giving the action purpose and emotional engagement.

The Senate, in a largely symbolic gesture, recently voted to prohibit the U.S. Justice Department from taking «any sort of action» requiring the busing of students to schools other than those nearest their homes.

As Stone Wiske's book explains, the Quilt Math curriculum represents Teaching for Understanding in action: providing multiple entry points into the topic, using visual, verbal, and symbolic methods; allowing the students to demonstrate their understanding; and enabling the teacher to assess learning.

Rejecting both naturalism and pure abstraction at the end of the Second World War, Cobra valued unbridled experimentation and creative freedom, manifested in brilliant, colorful paintings of distorted figures that provided a more symbolic and political European counterpoint to the roughly contemporary «action painting» of the Abstract Expressionists in the U.S..

By creating a «theater of cinema» in which the audience can be immersed, Marcin brings awareness through a hyperbolic interpretation of relatable scenarios, enacting symbolic actions, catalyzing the visibility of hidden codes, and mirrors the ambiguities of human behavior and psychological mechanism.

The works in this exhibition were chosen for the innovative ways in which the artists engaged with ritual — including through studio art - making and artistic practices that use symbolic actions.

The statue has been the site of various protests and art actions over the years, including in 1971 when six Native Americans were arrested for defacing the statue with paint, in 1991 as a symbolic part of David Hammons's «Public Enemy» installation at the Museum of Modern Art, and in 2015 as part of Black Youth Project 100's Black Out Tour that highlighted racist histories at AMNH.

Regularly, his work questions the typical cliches used in live action art like the unmeasured use of the nude, or the excess of symbolic elements; he uses these tropes with a conscious tone, or as a self - sabotage, to critique the medium itself.

The head of Symbolic Action, a media investment firm, and prominent collector of contemporary art is seated in the offices of L.A.'s Hammer Museum in Westwood, where he is on the board of overseers.

Consistent with his past work, Haggerty maintains in these paintings a focus on the dynamic gesture of line that embodies not actual objects, but rather, actions or occurrences, like letters or other symbolic abstractions.

President Bush is a giant real and symbolic impediment to action, and the attendees realize that there's no point in establishing specific action items until he's gone.

My point is that, given that Alberta is not in a position comparable to the US or even perhaps the EU to drag the rest of the world behind them to a strong global outcome, any action we take in Alberta is symbolic and trivial and we are being pushed into actions for political reasons or by groups looking to make symbolic gains.

As McKinley pointed out, it appears evident that the Paris conference did not «trigger global action» as McCarthy had argued that it would in July, but that has not stopped her from pursuing her latest symbolic argument for the EPA regulations.

Trump's decision, and his inane rationale for it, is, in the end, what one can expect after decades of climate activists» supporting prioritizing symbolic action...

It is important to them to have a science - approved stamp to their dogma (Western techno - civilisation has hurt mother Gaia, and it is really time that we repent from our sins and go back to a «natural» way of life (that will be extensively described by their prefered high priest, usually involving actions ranked more from symbolic value than effectiveness in reducing CO2.

«Their [climate scientists] actions may have limited discernible influence in terms of «bending the curve» on emissions, but their efforts to «walk the talk» have tremendous symbolic value,» Max Boykoff said.

The Court of Appeal allowed the action and awarded Jones $ 10,000 in «symbolic» or «moral damages» indicating that Tsige's actions did not cause Jones any financial loss.

Tianqing Zhu: In my point of view, it is a symbolic action.

It was not only a loss of a particularly apt symbolic moment, it also obscured the Government's own commitment to concrete action in health, housing, employment and education by presenting it as an alternative to any symbolic gesture of apology.

On the face of it - a simple act — described in denigrating terms by some as merely a «symbolic» action.

However symbolic recognition measures — such as in the preamble to the Victorian Constitution, flying of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, and protocols acknowledging Traditional Owners — have not been met with enough meaningful action.