Sentences with phrase «many other traditions»

Yet the image of members of other traditions as living across the sea is still the dominant one.

But my Christian perspective leads me to discern weaknesses and failures in other traditions as well.

As new members from other traditions join, they are intentionally taught the distinctive beliefs and traditions of their new fellowship.

And at the same time, it is the indispensable condition for honest dialogue with other traditions.

There are many other traditions but that one is my favorite.

The Protestant emphasis on Scripture as a sole and sufficient guide for faith has made us deficient in drawing on other traditions of the church.

I think that would be a step back from both critical thinking and an openness to other traditions which it took hundreds of years to establish.

I immediately started researching postpartum recovery according to the Chinese culture, which then opened my eyes to other traditions around the world.

Other traditions use it as a treatment for diarrhea, asthma, high blood pressure, and gastric acidity, but they have not been supported by research.

They'll also need to look into other traditions, denominations, movements, and networks to see what else is being done in this area.

I'd love to hear what other traditions you are keeping or starting this holiday season!

We love to see also other traditions and welcome the mums and dads of all the world to share their stories!

In any case, the issue is not whether those who stand in other traditions contribute to the other world that is possible.

We do these things because they are tradition, but like most other traditions they have little to do with why we are really there.

I find I would rather spend my marketing funds on my existing clients, who become walking personal billboards for me rather than other tradition marketing efforts.

It should be capable of appropriation by people of other traditions.

Most, on examination, reveal more influence from other traditions than they are usually ready to acknowledge.

One student told me that in her earlier schooling she had absorbed extremely negative attitudes toward all other religions and that the Georgetown courses were her first opportunity to learn about other traditions in a more open - minded atmosphere.

And «spirituality,» which was a kind of technical Roman Catholic term then, has become not only generally used by all Christians but used by other traditions as well.

Today students revel in receiving their first stethoscope and white coat, among other traditions.

There's a worldwide ecumenism now, in which we try to understand other traditions because they're no longer «out there,» far away.

Yet such theological thinking must be undertaken in full awareness that theologians and thinkers of other traditions not only «listen in» on our conversations, but also are engaged in interpreting religious plurality in the context of their own traditions of faith.

It arises when we suppose that recognizing the religious achievements of other traditions works against our claims for Christ's uniqueness and finality.

Swimme, a Catholic physicist and follower of Thomas Berry, emphasizes how the narrative revolution in science is now capable of placing all our religious and other traditions against the more fundamental backdrop of a cosmic story.

«I'm beginning to see that I can be a Christian and appreciate other traditions at the same time.

It should be noted that Santorum is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, which does not require a specific 10 percent tithe, as many other traditions do.

The distinctiveness of Christianity from other traditions lies especially in its choice of this particular «sacrament» as central.

Today, people meet God through organ - led hymns, electric guitar - driven choruses, evensong services, banjo folk songs, gospel choir improvisation and countless other traditions.

Should we say, as some inclusivists do, that it is because of Christ's saving mystery, offered to all, that salvation is available to the Hindu, for example, in the sincere practice of his or her faith — that in Christ salvation is mediated to Christians through the church and to non-Christians through other traditions of faith?

I hope that thousands of conversations will break out between those in the Word of Faith movement and those within other traditions.

I'll even say that it is because I love the Jewish people that I can summon the strength and the faith to love those who follow other traditions and invoke other beliefs.»

the Buddhist, Christians need to face not a projected other but this great other tradition with its profound vision of ultimate reality as emptiness (sunnyata).

Other traditions offer ways of generating explorations into facets of Christianity illuminated by their historical experience.

At an early date it was a favourite of those who expected the imminent coming of God's reign on earth; Papias (early second century) made use of it and supplied other traditions about future miraculous fertility from what (he said) had come from John the Lord's disciple.

Godard has a long tradition of erotic spirituality in Christian mysticism to draw upon, but the extraordinary collage of texts that inform the soliloquies of Godard's Mary recalls other traditions as well, especially those of the psalmist's laments, Job's accusations, Jacob's encounter with the night messenger and Jesus passional agony.

He shows how critics rooted in one philosophical tradition typically interpret other traditions in ways that are different from the interpretations of those who inhabit those traditions.

As other traditions engage each other, it will be discovered that the God of history will be none other than the One whom Christians call the Father of Jesus Christ.

When theological schemes are interpreted against the background of this wider reality, we can come to see that the concerns which have shaped specific theological positions are ones that other traditions often share, even if with a different emphasis and linked with other concerns.

Professors who teach other traditions accurately.

Although I believe that process philosophy can help other traditions, my focus in the remainder of this lecture will be on the theistic traditions and especially on Christianity.

Still, I have noticed that when reference to Jesus is postponed or downplayed, conversations between Christians and people of other traditions tend to become arid, but when the figure of Jesus is brought to the fore, either by the Christians or — as sometimes happens — by the others, the dialogue comes alive.

Can we openly and honestly encounter the mystery of the universe in other traditions without being willing to surrender the claim of the universal significance of Christ?

Even students who are critical of other traditions appear interested in discussions of interreligious dialogue and the role of religion in peacemaking.

The universal relevance of their own insights is vindicated as other traditions acknowledge their value.