Sentences with phrase «kind of ambivalence»

And members of the congregation experience the same kind of ambivalence.

It is so widely accepted as to allow all kinds of interpretations, while at the same time covering all kinds of ambivalences.

Not exact matches

If the argument here is correct, the two developments result from some of the same causes: The American kind of church - state separation meant no church monopolized religious symbols; courts were called upon to articulate ultimate purpose and justice; and judges felt little ambivalence in doing so.

We can see this ambivalence, Appleby explains, in the two kinds of religious activists, or «militants,» on the scene today: extremists, on the one hand, and peacemakers, on the other.

It's because of this ambivalence — especially the first kind — that right now I don't even want to talk about graduate school with anyone who hasn't been through the experience.

In addition to Vincent (Xavier Beauvois), who is married and intends to stay that way, there is a moody unnamed actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who uses ambivalence as a kind of foreplay, and François (Laurent Grévill), Isabelle's ex-husband and the father of her briefly glimpsed 10 - year - old daughter.

The film bathes in its ambivalence, undercutting notions of protagonists and antagonist throughout, ending up with a kind of wizened nihilism with the closing shots.

«Ms Gerwig,» he wrote, «most likely without intending to be anything of the kind, may well be the definitive screen actress of her generation, a judgment I offer with all sincerity and a measure of ambivalence.»

While I understand the ambivalence, frustration and / or outright anger some librarians must feel over the situation — it kind of goes hand - in - hand working with Amazon — there's an unfortunate combination at play here that seems to be an underlying truth of the digital age: «Be careful what you wish for,» and, «If you get in bed with the devil, sooner or later...»

And then of course, one is also confronted with one's own ambivalence about that kind of reception, about fame, about notoriety, and yes, I am ambivalent about it.