Sentences with phrase «much abuse in»

Fourth, I found clear evidence that much abuse in stepfamilies is at the hands of genetic parents.

The physical text of Nahum has suffered as much abuse in transmission as any prophetic writing, as witness the excessive number of footnotes in the RSV translation.

«It is because of huge family breakdown, and so much abuse in this nation,» says Mary - Alice.

Not exact matches

Obama condemned his presidency to constant gridlock because he abused the Democratic landslide in 2010 too much, too fast.

Abusing convicts plays well in Edmonton Centre, makes the bagman's phone ring, makes another Conservative majority in 2015 that much more likely.

Legal experts, speaking on a not - for - attribution basis because precise measures have not been announced, said one possibility is the government might change the Competition Act to say that «abuse of a dominant position» would include «exploitative pricing» or, in effect, charging too much.

While there are still abuses and incidents in some areas of the world, I can tell you that all the major mining companies have adopted much higher standards in the past 20 — 30 years.

It's been quite a media maelstrom for Uber in recent months, facing allegations of sexist abuse in the workplace, reports of an aggressive corporate culture, and much more.

Millennials, for all the abuse they take in the media and the narratives of the older generations, are by and large a much more put - together generation than we give them credit for.

As you can imagine, there was too much wiggle room for abuse in this model.

But in a week of coverage, much of which is sure to be either generically retrospective or gleefully judgmental (a Reuters article I came across yesterday made sure to note, in its final paragraph, that his papacy had been «besieged» by the sexual abuse crisis — a claim which, aside from its mild bias, is not exactly accurate), it's refreshing to read a piece that takes a longer view.

I must report at once that in Victims and Values: A History and a Theory of Suffering Joseph A. Amato has turned his apparently impossible assignment into an exciting book that is multicultural and multidisciplinary in the best sense of those much - abused terms.

But a much - abused woman like Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing could at least take refuge in her spousal rights, both legal and social, while the liberated Ms. Trierweiler was a concubine, easily discarded.

I refuse to believe that anything humans do on this planet can alter its well - being for better or worse, much less keep it from destroying it's own inhabitants in retaliation for its abuse.

Having come to the conclusion several years ago (after a lot of abuse from the first church I was part of) that doubt is far from being a threat to our faith — if we enter it with questions for God — I realised it is actually the yeast in our faith, and in the discourse with God we grow (much like your cartoon).

It is part of a much larger pattern of abuse and exploitation, of the earth and of people, which has occurred in South and Central America, and which is itself part of an age - old historical pattern of ecological destruction.

She has endured so much abuse, ridicule and misunderstanding that it is going to take a while for her to find herself, regain her primal courage, and return to face the world to make her difference in it.

But over the last 25 years we have gotten much more clarity about the role of evil in the context of abuse.

Is it wrong that I don't want to invite (much less demand) that either Julie or Tony air their most profound, intimate pain in this public forum in order to have a conversation about theology and abuse?

This isn't as much a miserable divorce problem (or in my case, a too - common child - abuse problem) as it is a community problem.

In the RCC, the abuse has NOTHING to do with the actual religion & the church has taken much, much action against all the abuse and abusers.

When I first began to examine the doctrine of the Inspiration of Scripture, it was because I saw so much Bible - abuse in our churches and from our pulpits, that is, people, pastors, and even seminary professors using the Bible in ways that made me extremely uncomfortable.

In the SGM scandal, one of the most important outcomes was a much greater awareness of the necessity of reporting of all incidents of sexual abuse in churcheIn the SGM scandal, one of the most important outcomes was a much greater awareness of the necessity of reporting of all incidents of sexual abuse in churchein churches.

much less have all those present... second... I still sick and tired of this abuse of separation of church and state... you people need to get a history lesson in how it all came about and the intentions..

Having overcome so much in her life — including agnosticism, depression, broken relationships, and even child abuse (revealed in her moving book, My Peace I Give You)-- Eden has decided to make yet another courageous decision, recounted in her last chapter: to make a promise of consecrated celibacy to Christ.

Jeremiah 18:21, 23) A notable amount of praying in the Old Testament is thus cursing, and lest Christians should assume too much credit in this regard, a similar abuse of prayer, all the more inexcusable because sinning against light, stands in the New Testament — «How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?»

This reverent modernism is the only true orthodoxy; the other variety of orthodoxy is a dead and ineffective traditionalism, in the worst sense of that much - abused and yet invaluable word.

But the point is that IN THAT CONTEXT Calvinist theology was a much - needed pastoral and communal approach that helped people to break from the shackles of long - established systems of spiritual abuse by offering a different story to live by and a different kind of community to live iIN THAT CONTEXT Calvinist theology was a much - needed pastoral and communal approach that helped people to break from the shackles of long - established systems of spiritual abuse by offering a different story to live by and a different kind of community to live inin.

To bring this back to Jesus Christ, keep in mind how much of his life required him to deal with abuse of power as opposed to hate.

In recent years there have been much - publicized incidents of the sexual abuse of boys and girls in Oblate schoolIn recent years there have been much - publicized incidents of the sexual abuse of boys and girls in Oblate schoolin Oblate schools.

Much of the damage that has been done to Catholicism in recent decades — by the abuse scandals, by the ongoing horror stories of mid-twentieth century Catholic life in Ireland, by forms of intellectual dissent that empty Catholicism of the patrimony of truth bequeathed to it by the Lord, by the counter-witness of Catholics in public life who fail to stand firm for the dignity of the human person at all stages of life and in all conditions of life — is a matter of self - imposed wounds, which Church authorities have an obligation to address.

The bishops did take action and by 1993 most dioceses had in place much more effective systems, often involving lay review boards, for dealing with charges of abuse.

Too many are in the United States, which should prosecute pimps much more aggressively, but the worst abuses take place in countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Cambodia.

It leaves open for endless consideration and reconsideration the question of how much abuse of power or mutual destruction can be tolerated in one area before a wider community intervenes.

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

I truly believe that love can cover a multitude of sins — we have been involved in and with people who do fostering and have seen children who have experienced different kinds of abuse transformed through unconditional love and acceptance — sure the pain of what they have experienced may still be there but the unconditional love they receive transforms them from broken to not so much broken... if that makes sense?

I live in the Bible belt and get a front row seat to much of the abuse of which you write.

However, the Catholic Church is pretty much alone in the modern world when it comes to a large (HUGE) insti.tution actually covering up wide - scale child abuse in its ranks for its own selfish purposes.

It pains me so much to know that there are churches out there like this who misuse and abuse the people in the pew in this way.

(For much, much more on abuse in a church setting, as well as multiple resources for getting help and counseling, see our «Into the Light» series on this topic.)

Much suffering of people comes from the wickedness of others, as in child abuse, wife abuse, and many other forms of not loving a neighbor as oneself.

Back in July, he was removed from leadership after the church announced that he «had made unfortunate choices and decisions that have caused much concern,» noting his abuse of alcohol and his «posture toward marriage.»

Much of the problems that plague First Nations communities have their roots in their treatment and abuse at the hands of colonization.

It might help feed some poor people, clothe their clergy in gold or pay for their victims of abuse, but not much else.

It was a decade ago, so sexual abuse was still very much kept under wraps in institutions, and people were still being told to forgive the sin, look at all the good they've done, don't judge....

I saw too much abuse, victim blaming, and hero worship in the churches and ATIA.

I learn so much from your blog, David, precisely because I have never been spiritually abused (or abused in any other way), and I have never had to deconstruct my beliefs.

Instead of skirting the issue, much of the heat the catholic church is taken would probably be alleviated by simply just requiring those in power to report abuse to local authorities and levying swift and severe punishment on those who condone and cover up abuses.

Despite the pastoral nature of much feminist theology and careful treatments of specific issues in pastoral care such as abuse or spirituality, there is no book by a single author on pastoral theology from a woman's or a feminist perspective.

It's much bigger and there is hardly 7 % of the population in jail for having abused.