Sentences with phrase «less than a metaphor»

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It is possible to speculate that if Christianity had begun in a culture less dualistic and antiphysical than that of the first - century Mediterranean world, it might have been willing, given the more holistic anthropology and theology of its Hebraic roots, to extend its body metaphor to God?

Since no language about God is adequate and all of it is improper, new metaphors are not necessarily less inadequate or improper than old ones.

Less ambitious, and for that reason more persuasive if less dramatic, is the statement by A. Wilder that «true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign; it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers» and so the parables are to the disciples»... Jesus» interpretation to them of his own vision by the powers of metaphor» (Amos N. Wilder, Language of the Gospel [New York: Harper & Row, and London: SCM Press (as Early Christian Rhetoric), 1964], pp. 92Less ambitious, and for that reason more persuasive if less dramatic, is the statement by A. Wilder that «true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign; it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers» and so the parables are to the disciples»... Jesus» interpretation to them of his own vision by the powers of metaphor» (Amos N. Wilder, Language of the Gospel [New York: Harper & Row, and London: SCM Press (as Early Christian Rhetoric), 1964], pp. 92less dramatic, is the statement by A. Wilder that «true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign; it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers» and so the parables are to the disciples»... Jesus» interpretation to them of his own vision by the powers of metaphor» (Amos N. Wilder, Language of the Gospel [New York: Harper & Row, and London: SCM Press (as Early Christian Rhetoric), 1964], pp. 92 f.)

The word «flesh» may be closer to Jesus» original eucharistic words than «body» — more Hebraic, less Greek, a more vivid metaphor, harder to swallow.

But it is actually less a contribution to critical theory than a continuation of several themes from earlier books, including the search for a metaphor or bridge from the self to the physical world.

While ordinary theologians can not conceive that ontological truth would be accessible in forms other than metaphor, myth and symbol, scientist - theologians tend to be dissatisfied with anything less than relatively straightforward concepts that can claim truth.

It is possible to speculate that if Christianity had begun in a time less dualistic and antiphysical than was first century Mediterranean culture, it might given the more holistic anthropology and theology of its Hebraic roots, have been willing to extend its body metaphors to God.

The Universal family of Sun Myung Moon, founded less than fifty years ago, thrives on similar metaphors.

Here, scientists believed the industrious insects were less the cause of death than the final straw: a strong shove to trees with one foot already dangling over the cliff.What a wonderful metaphor.

The metaphor for terrorist attack is so front and center it hardly bears mentioning; War of the Worlds is pure popcorn escapism of the highest order if you want it to be, or more, but it's never less than thrilling, thanks in enormous part to the film's magnificent, sternum - rattling sound design, surely another of the film's Oscar - calibrated achievements.

No less than Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it offers a fabulous, multifarious political metaphor.

The result is less science fiction than a metaphor drawn from it: a peculiar family portrait whose characters, though all lost in their own space, never stray far from their immediate earthbound environs (except in flights of fancy).

A clumsy metaphor involving tarantulas need not detain us, because this film is ultimately less about meaning than style.

Goold also makes the Christian metaphors of Richard's royal martyrdom visually explicit — indeed, Whishaw resembles less the historical figure than he does Jesus, as we tend to picture him — with a St. Sebastian reference thrown in for good measure.

How you react to the overriding «life's a show» metaphor - I found it slick, cynical and superficial - will matter less than how you like the tunes, the hoofing and the translation of a brazenly theatrical piece into cinema.

Vampirism's been used as a metaphor many times over, but here, Jarmusch is interested less in the parasitic side (the vamps, where possible, don't feed off the living, instead buying black - market plasma from corrupt doctor Jeffrey Wright), than in the idea of immortality, in the sheer ennui of staying alive forever.

To switch metaphors, it feels less like playing a video game than it feels like cheating at a video game.

Archaeology has become less a discipline than a metaphor.

To extend the musical metaphor, whether or not that theme adheres to the show's title is of less import than how each piece in the ensemble varies it, whether to modify or transform its melody, tone, rhythm, or the harmony of the show itself.

The sea has also become a vehicle for political expression for artists such as Chris Jordan and Pamela Longobardi who address the polluting effects of global commerce, overpopulation, and climate change; in the 21st century, the sea as subject is less a metaphor of transcendental space than a very real place systematically being destroyed by human profligacy and waste.

Finally, as an extension of the exhibition, Gabriel Kuri has published an artist book, which is a repertoire of images of various French brands of mineral water, photographed like commercial products, but with their bottles filled with a less than inviting yellowish liquid, a thinly disguised metaphor for the economic stakes hidden behind the commercialisation of our vital resources.

According to Anne Wilson, Thek's life - long collaborator and friend, writing in «Beatitudes: Remembering Paul Thek,» Paul «believed in the soul... the images he created were to be experienced less as metaphors than as icons and as prophecies.»

As the installation on the first floor makes clear the religious content that Vedova gleaned from Tintoretto was less the point than the validity of abstract painting as a vehicle to incite energy through a structural metaphor.

On climate, we probably have less than a decade before a rubicon is crossed (the equivalent of permanent brain damage or worse in your teenage metaphor), and on species extinction and habitat destruction every passing day damage is done that is irreversible.

I am inspired — btw — to continue to labor the beast metaphor — at least I have not capitalised it — by no less than Science O» Doom himself.

(That's another thing I watch for BTW, the repeated and deliberate use of «SBW» and the avoidance of «CBR»... so «greenhouse», despite being a broken metaphor and «Superstorm Sandy» instead of «not quite a hurricane and less powerful than those in recorded history; plus, a midget compared to what's seen in the non-historical geologic record of the sand bars.»

Flipboard's new iPhone app turns its bigger brother's page - turning metaphor 90 degrees for a new vertical flip that feels more like a Rolodex than a magazine, and introduces new algorithms to block out less relevant or duplicate content for on - the - go consumption.