Sentences with phrase «more dualistic»

It is not surprising that Christian theologians should have given a more dualistic cast to the I - Thou philosophy than Buber has.

Modern theology is far more dualistic than Medieval or Patristic theology, and these are more dualistic than the Bible.

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At that time this philosophy was probably no more than a dualistic world vision based on the principles of prakriti and purusha (matter and spirit).

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?

But he is distinguished by his conscious adoption and pursuit of it, in place of the more traditional, dualistic doctrine of inferior and superior realities.

Now the dualistic sin of the Christian church, its original heresy, is that of resurrecting Jesus into the heavens with God in glory and the designation of the church as Christ's mystical body on earth.15 In actuality this doctrinal pronouncement represents a reversal of God's kenotic movement into humanity in Christ's flesh and in his death, for contrary to the spirit of kenotic incarnation, the church has become ever more sacredly apart from the profane, and the resurrected Savior ever more transcendent of the world.

Evangelical theology and practice tended also to be more clear - cut, almost dualistic in its concepts.

So far our comments have been largely a contrast of stances toward human existence: a plea for a more truly dialectical, less dualistic understanding of the relation between form and energy, a plea for a similar openness toward the past, a question about the future to the effect that the incompleteness of the present ought not to frustrate Dr. Altizer into insisting that the total reversal promised by the glimpsed eschatological future be the only standard or norm of faith.

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.

Now, on the dualistic assumption, one can not see more than two really different sorts of dependence of our mind on our brain: Either

Do you want to try to get away from dualistic thinking and embrace more both / and in your life?

But more refined questions suggest that a sizable number of Americans still express their faith in dualistic terms.

But once science uncovered the pervasive lifelessness of the physical universe, and pointed out how precariously infinitesimal is the quantity of life and mind, then more dramatic consequences began to flow from our dualistic heritage.

As time went on a more optimistic note became discernible, chiefly in opposition to the false asceticism characteristic of the dualistic sects.

The dualistic commons sense assumed that our experience gives us an independently existing material world the mysteries of which were being more and more fully understood by scientist.

They describe skilled dialogue as: «An evidence - based approach for transforming difficult conversations; a tool for establishing respectful, reciprocal and responsive interactions between people holding diverse perspectives, whether due to cultural backgrounds, gender, experience, beliefs or other factors, and a framework for breaking out of dualistic either - or thinking and generating more inclusive «third» options.»