Sentences with phrase «many modern influences»

Modern influences from the West tend to modify the educational process, but there are still parts of the world where the greater part of education, from the primary school through the university, finds its basis in the Koran.

Though the record may be a callback to the stripped down rock sound that made U2 one of the biggest bands in the world, expect some modern influences: Photographers recently captured an image of Chris Martin hanging around the U2 gang, fueling rumors that the new record may contain collaborations with the Coldplay frontman.

We invited key bloggers, nutritionists and educators to meet, learn and join forces, creating best practices for how to use modern influence as a force for good.

Pygmalion Restaurant, named after the play by George Bernard Shaw, combines the culinary traditions of Ireland with a distinctly modern influence, featuring freshly caught seafood and locally grown ingredients, some from Parknasilla's own garden.

Previous work on ancient genetics in Africa had involved trying to work back through the genomes of current populations, attempting to eliminate modern influences.

The Vilcabamba Valley is extremely inaccessible and has therefore been protected from many modern influences such as prepackaged foods and preservatives.

Spell & The Gypsy Collective offers an array of playsuits and rompers that beautifully mix vintage inspiration with modern influences.

Those legendary brands do hold a deep root and connection to their history and I love how the creative directors and designers weave modern influences into their designs without losing site of their classic signature.

Crafted of natural, durable wood with crisp lines and a modern influence, the Stanton collection is sure to bring easy sophistication to your humble abode.

Their dark, elegiac score for «The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,» which wove together a panoply of Americana with a smattering of modern influences, was one -LSB-...]

The scientific journal Future Human Image is a platform for large - scale interdisciplinary research of features of modern influence of the social environment on structurally and functionally developing mentality of new generations.

The guest rooms are delightfully designed and well appointed, featuring modern influences and refreshing tones.

Located right on White Beach — Station 1, it is in a two - storey building decorated in a style that blends native and modern influences.

The modern influence on the rooms is refreshing and gives the traditional concepts an accentuated air of sophistication.

Much of the combat feels reminiscent of a Castlevania game with the more modern influence of the Devil May Cry series, and other similar hack and slash games.

In GG2 (short for «Grey Greek»), drawn on Gagosian Gallery stationery, he fuses Greek vase painting with modern influences like Matisse's cut - outs and Hockney's interiors, creating a unique visual language.

Clear modern influences notwithstanding, Connors describes his modestly scaled practice as «a kind of inward progression so that materials, processes, the studio, and my own actions have all started to qualify for me as origin points in and of themselves.»

CONTEMPORARY MOUNTAIN ESCAPES ON THE WEST BANK Modern influence and aesthetics drive new construction and remodels alike.

Play up this piece's modern influence by adding it to a living room alongside a mid-century-inspired loveseat and pair of wood barrel chairs for a cohesive ensemble, then roll out a chic shag rug to add a touch of texture to the mix.

Not exact matches

According to Peters and the many popular modern diets she influenced, the answer is yes.

«Despite fears from some NGOs and multilaterals about their involvement and influence, modern philanthropists rarely operate in isolation but recognise the importance of collaboration.»

Over the last twelve months, we've looked at technological innovations, creative case studies, and ergonomic solutions to determine five trends that will influence next year's modern office.

Granted the great power of the movies in the influencing of modern society and the great influence of Jews in the movies, it still remains true that the Jewish interest in journalism and advertising is extraordinarily small and that journalism and advertising also have their persuasiveness.

Investor influence on the markets isn't something that can be ignored by modern investors.

Written by Sylvain Labs, «The Dots» is a book that deconstructs the role of influence for brands and institutions in the modern age.

But Kogan told British politicians that he believes all modern superpowers, including the U.K., U.S. and Russia, have similar interests in election interference and social media influencing.

Modern Healthcare will honor the top 25 minority healthcare executives who influence policy and care delivery models across the country and in doing so highlight the continued need to nurture diversity in our organizations.

Although the modern trucking industry has existed for over a century it is still younger than the railroad, which still holds tremendous influence over transportation policy today.

This is the goal that you should be shooting for if you want to exercise serious influence in the modern market place.

Far from seeking his own advancement, each move up the echelons of the episcopal ladder has been met with surprise by Justin Welby, perhaps influenced by the fact he was told there wasn't «place for him in the modern Church of England» when he first applied for ordination.

Nonetheless, the categories of Michalson's analysis are metaphysical not soteriological, and this obscures the full nature of Kant's great appeal to modern theologians, as well as his baleful influence.

Biblical interpretation naturally absorbs a lot of ink; but «modern biblical scholars» will be surprised to learn that many of them regard miracle stories as fictions «designed to influence the common folk of an ancient and more simple time»: a view closer to old - fashioned anticlericalism of Thomas Paine's vintage than modern scholarship even of a radical stripe.

As for Rasputin's apparent ability to stop Alexei's bleeding, Smith explains at length how modern science accepts the influence of mind over body.

Kant's distinction between practical and pure reason and the priority he ascribed to the former has deeply influenced modern theology.

He was a modern Moses, who was called upon to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to its origins, since it had obviously become corrupted with man's influence (many religions are proof of that.)

Augustine of Hippo, arguably the most influential theologian to ever live and the theologian that a majority of modern Christian theology has been influenced by, did not hold to literal six - day creationism.

Their argument for including the Bible completely ignores its unparalleled influence on history, how it has shaped modern thought and the fact that it remains one of the world's best - selling books every single year.

To young priests and seminarians of the first decades of the 21st century, he is the hero figure of the later decades of the 20th, and as such a priest and bishop for the modern era whose style and message, insights and vision are a model for them to follow, as well as a saint whose intercession they seek and to whose influence many attribute their discernment of a call to the priesthood.

Whatever the merits of these claims, I would like to suggest that Dante exercised a similar influence on the Christian understanding of heaven — and that this influence is not what Dante's many modern devotees might suspect.

Paul's influence, not Peter's, is the modern theory!

In his humorous but pointed book Confessions of a Workaholic, Wayne Oates has summarized much of our modern belief in these words: «The workaholic's way of life is considered in America to be at one and the same time (a) a religious virtue, (b) a form of patriotism, (c) the way to win friends and influence people, and (d) the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Crane Brinton reminds us that among the stock of ideas developed in the modern world is «the idea that ideas are powerless to influence human actions.»

Institutionalism has crept in as a product of modern, Western influence, but I don't believe that that should negate the original intention of what that «institution» was and is supposed to be.

Despite the efforts of the Modern Church People's Union and «Sea of Faith» conferences and other theologically radical groups, many questioning followers of Jesus have drifted away from church life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional positions.

While monasticism in modern times has been deeply influenced by Dom Paul Delatte's rather rigorous interpretation of the Holy Rule (he was Abbot of Solesmes from 1890 to 1921) we find in Hugh Gilbert's firm but gentle hands a rather more humane understanding of the contemporary mind, particularly in his substantial treatment of the concept of obedience (a minefield for any Christian apologist) which stands at the centre of this present work.

You'd be hard pressed to find a single bit of modern scientific knowledge that wasn't discovered, or heavily influenced by, the work of devout Christians.

Whatever the ultimate outcome for Bonhoeffer in the history of doctrine and the history of the modern church, his name is certainly one of influence.

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

Some of our greatest leaders, Jefferson and Lincoln included, though profoundly influenced by modern philosophy, have risen to a biblical level of insight in our times of need.

It is instructive to see how deeply Gregory intuited much of the interpersonal analysis that was later to be developed in the modern behaviorist tradition of vector analysis by G. Homans, R. Carson, T. Leary, J. Thibaut, and H. Kelley.17 According to this modern behaviorist analysis, human interaction patterns can be graphed on the vectors of two poles: a horizontal emotive axis that registers resistance versus affection, and a vertical pole that registers superordination and subordination, or relative power or influence in relationships.