Not exact matches
Whether one views constitutional interpretation as grounded in a theory of original
meaning or the traditional
liberal theory of judicial restraint and neutral principles, the distinctive nature of this
approach is that it is legal in nature.
The
liberal tradition, then, is one of the normative perspectives from which this
approach to political science
means to be independent.
I
mean, I have a very
liberal approach to life in general, but I fear the Lord enough to stay away from preaching something that might be a false doctrine.
With its appeal to the so - called historical - critical method for gaining an insight into the
meaning of the text, this
approach is to be associated with the
liberal theology stemming from the Enlightenment.
In our view, a
liberal arts
approach also emphasises a respect for the past; the significance of grammar, logic and rhetoric; and the notion, popularised by the historian Christopher Dawson, that ideas develop within cultures, which
means that a grand narrative must necessarily underpin the curriculum.
By
liberal Protestantism we
mean those churches which stress the historical
approach to the Bible and hence its spiritual rather than literal inspiration, and find the source of Christian authority not in any creedal statement but in God's total and progressive revelation of himself in nature, history, human experience, and supremely in Jesus Christ.
While the classic
liberal approach concentrates on the physical event and, in explaining what «really happened», ignores any deeper
meaning involved in the miracle account, the
approach developed by Rudolf Bultmann does just the opposite by ignoring the event in favor of the
meaning.
But the radicality with which the criticism of Scripture has been carried out in terms of modern historiographical methods, the intense concern to find within the Scripture that
meaning and message which is of vital relevance in our situation, should warn us that the distinction of conservative and
liberal is not relevant to the distinction between this
approach to theology and others.
This is a concept of person that contrasts starkly with the discrete, self - determining individual, an artifact of eighteenth - and nineteenth - century Western European
approaches to modernization that has become closely associated with
liberal democracy.Examining the
meaning and value of Confucianism in the twenty - first century, the contributors — leading scholars from universities around the world — wrestle with several key questions: What are Confucian values within the context of the disparate cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam?
This
means implementing a multi-pronged
approach of providing good care, fair, reliable behavior testing, rehabilitation if needed, and a commitment to making adoption an appealing option to the public by way of education, a foster home network, cooperation with rescue groups, good customer service, clean facilities, spay / neuter before adoption, and
liberal adoption hours.