Sentences with phrase «nature of evil»

Affinities, Brown notes, include «the social or communal stress as a safeguard against individualistic Christianity, the stress on praxis, a methodology arising out of the human situation rather than being imposed on it, a passionate commitment to the dispossessed, and a recognition of the systemic nature of evil» (p. 141).

This state of affairs not only fails to engage with the core issue at the heart of the culture of death, it also tacitly encourages agnosticism about life after death, human freedom, the ultimate nature of evil and the human need for prayer and religious practice.

It's not a matter of the scale of killing, or the brutal, premeditated nature of the evils perpetrated.

Visionary reformation reminds us of the radical and structural nature of evil.

It examines one peculiar nature of evil and does it so authentically as to leave you truly shaken.

But I have seen that the nature of good is what is right, and the nature of evil what is wrong; and I have reflected that the nature of the offender himself is akin to my own - not a kinship of blood or seed, but a sharing in the same mind, the same fragment of divinity.

It's scary that someone with this conviction about the nature of evil is a serious presidential contender.

Along the way, he also explores the seductive power of paranoia, the nature of evil, the importance of trust, and how profound difficulties test our character.

Play it as it Lays opens with a reflection on the nature of evil and an image — plainly biblical — of a pygmy rattler in an artichoke garden.

But he's also stepping into a theological debate about the nature of evil.

Although all three definitions are fundamentally similar in that in each one evil consists in the loss of the past, the particular expression of the nature of evil that is found in each (due to the equation between the nature of evil and one of its manifestations) suggests that Whitehead has elaborated each of those definitions from the standpoint of differing preoccupations or points of view.

At 57 years old, he has an easy smile, an abiding love for the Giants and strong convictions about the nature of evil.

He also had a number of valuable insights from his experiences and studies that we can all learn from on things like spirituality, the nature of evil and peacemaking.

Thus, when he talks about the nature of evil, he is talking about the loss of a specific kind of order (moral order), a subset of aesthetic order.

We shouldn't waste our time contemplating the motivations of Satan, but some basic truths need to be understood if we are to understand the nature of evil and the remedy available to us through Jesus Christ.

Christian quoted Whitehead, «The nature of evil is that the characters of things are mutually obstructive.»

That is the nature of Evil.

«2 This problem can be broken down into its various parts: (1) the nature of evil, (2) the nature of the universe, and (3) the nature of God (a) his omnipotence (b) his goodness.

«The nature of evil is that the characters of things are mutually obstructive» (Process and Reality, An Essay in Cosmology 517).

If «the nature of evil is that the character of things are mutually obstructive» (Process and Reality, An Essay in Cosmology 517), then the constant displacement and loss of the past through the activity of the present is most evil, however unavoidable, and no present or future achievement of the world can remedy that situation.

Her sentimental view of the nature of evil is inadequate as she discovers too late.

This is the question of the origin and nature of evil.

The nature of evil is that the characters of things are mutually obstructive.

Encounters behind bars between Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering and an American doctor 65 years ago raise questions about responsibility, allegiance and the nature of evil

Volkow, a wiry long - distance runner with a lively demeanor and a slight accent, spoke about everything from the implications of her work on the neuroscience of addiction to the nature of evil.

The Templeton Foundation often funds research into questions that seem a far cry from the grounded, data - driven realms of high finance: immortality, the nature of evil, the power of prayer and the possibility of alien life, to name just a few.

In No Country for Old Men, the relatively simple progression of the story was married to a deep - rooted examination of the nature of evil and the motivation behind it.

J.J. doesn't have a lot to say about America, or the future, or the nature of evil, and neither does Glass Chin.

Meanwhile, Sarsgaard watches from behind a one - way mirror, musing to himself on the nature of evil.

Pixar is no stranger to darkness, from Sid's house in the first Toy Story to Helen teaching her children about the nature of evil in The Incredibles to the heartbreaking montage in Up, not to mention the entire premise of Wall - E.

While a lot of the voice acting is sub par, thankfully Prospero's is tremendous, and I was constantly excited when I heard him narrate the nature of the evils he's used to facing.

This question is meant to make students ponder the nature of evil as an inherent force, whether people are truly born innocent and whether a notably evil person might find redemption through a change in circumstances and environment.

Rotten: The director Scott Derrickson seems uncertain as to whether he is making an exploitation pic intended to give audiences a few fairground - style thrills and frights, or a William Friedkin - style meditation on the nature of evil.

Primary themes of interest to high schoolers: the nature of evil, power and ambition, insanity, chaos and disorder.

A Philosophy for Children lesson focusing on the nature of evil and suffering, including the concept of both moral and natural evil and evaluating the Christian concept of God as omni - benevolent.

Housed there among Gotham's roughest criminals is brilliant but troubled Madeleine, who makes Bruce question everything he thinks he knows about the nature of evil.

Check out my Q&A with Norton, where we discussed the nature of evil, the process of writing true crime vs. fiction, the exploitation of victims and much more.

I became interested in the nature of evil, and whether one really could be born bad.

Rudy Shepherd's work explores the nature of evil through the mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture.