Sentences with phrase «neutral language of»

It used overtly religious language when addressing the faithful, but when it addressed the nation it employed the religiously neutral language of natural law, a language suited to the Enlightenment - rooted American political arena.

Roof and McKinney's final chapter tentatively recommends, in the neutral language of social science, that liberals counter this secular drift by sharpening their religious identity.

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An easy first step is to use gender - neutral language in job descriptions that will attract a diverse pool of applicants.

Another story had stated that the Church of Sweden had told its clergy to begin using more gender - neutral language including terms for «God».

Hence Mays sets for himself the task of translating Whitehead's theological terminology into a neutral, less misleading language (PW 57/54, 59/56).

In other words, the author finds gender - neutral language easier than the language of repentance.

The problem is that the language of «historical factuality» is not theory - neutral and does not deserve to be absolutized.

He starts from a general discussion of «self - involving language» which expresses attitudes, feelings and commitments rather than neutral facts.17 He then asks us to consider sentences of the form «I look on x as y».

The failure of our language to have a gender - neutral way of referring to a person is a difficult problem when it comes to divinity, but ignoring it is not acceptable.

At the time, gender - neutral language usage was by no means the norm; to the contrary, the mandate marked an attempt by a small elite of scholars to normalize a change that they wanted to see in the English language by imposing that change on the Bible.

Kids are sensitive to body language and unkind words, so make sure your tone and words are positive or neutral when discussing your ex-spouse with or in front of your child.

Among the most common technocratic discursive practices are the use of legal and technical language, the emphasis on management, the scientifisation of socio - political phenomena and the (self)- representation of political actors as technical, impartial, neutral and interest - free (Mc Kenna and Graham 2000).

The Board of Elections commissioners have said they changed the original language sent to them by the state attorney general, which was more neutral, after discussions with staff from the governor's office and the legislature.

The original ballot language recommended by the state Attorney General's office was properly neutral: «The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos in New York State.

A third video used a neutral tone and language to present an informational view of climate change.

In 2016, dozens of environmental groups submitted a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging members to reject any language in an upcoming appropriations bill that might deem biomass a carbon - neutral energy source.

It's totally speaking my language of easing into fall with the pretty neutral shades but then also keeping a little pop of color here and there!

Since, English is not their first language; it is expected of you to keep the tone of your correspondence simple and neutral.

The site, an intimate tool in the romantic lives of its users, renders no judgment, and therefore normalizes, institutionally, a practice few people had neutral language for in the past.

The Department of Education's decision to link federal funding to the Core in its Race to the Top program, its NCLB waiver effort, and its «ESEA blueprint,» and the provision of $ 350 million in federal funds for Core - related tests, all alienated anti-Washington conservatives who would have remained neutral if the question had merely concerned states collaborating to set standards in math and English language arts.

If it is difficult to find neutral language, then the positions on both sides of the issue are set forth so that one point of view is not favored over the other.

Using culture - neutral graphics, avoiding region - specific references to sports, humor, religious symbols, and using international formats (for dates, units of measurement) in the source course will make it easy to localize the course into different languages.

After describing a charter school in neutral language, the survey asked respondents if they favor or oppose «the formation of charter schools.»

Nissan's solution is a very neutral, retro design language — the Freeflow's horizontal headlights, squared - off rear deck, and proportions of the slightly forward - canted angular hood all draw heavy inspiration from the boxy old Datsun 510.

Please continue to send RESPECTFUL correspondence that highlights the many problems with BSL, offers effective breed - neutral alternatives, and requests the removal of the breed - discriminatory language in the current ordinance.

It also clarifies some of the breed neutral dangerous dog language.

Usually the dog's body language is neutral or suggestive of «follow me» — alert again but comfortable in their surroundings.

Placed against a neutral backdrop with their labels inscribed below, Wylie's hard - won forms play on the language of ancient art as well as modernism and the abstract compositions of painters like Franz Kline and Ad Reinhardt, who attempted to divorce image - making from even the most fundamental visual associations.

This publication looks at these new works and the collision of the old language of painting and the neutral non-material of language within the works.

Said Erin McKean, editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary 2e, «The increasing use of the word carbon neutral reflects not just the greening of our culture, but the greening of our language.

The Republic of Korea opposed reference to the «Sea of Japan» in the underlying assessment, noting that the issue is contested and that the IPCC language should remain neutral, while Japan said «Sea of Japan» is a standard geographical term.

Brown J.A. chose to use the more general and neutral term «building» when referring to the structures in question — a great lesson and reminder of the important role strategic language selection plays in framing legal argument.

The paradox here is impossible to miss: A trailblazing, female English schoolteacher's grammar book — not any contribution by her 18th - Century male contemporaries — was the source of the pronoun rule that has been so reviled by 20th - Century proponents of sex - neutral language and grammar.

And what is the impact of using gender - neutral language in our communications?

Discrimination is not limited to rules and practices based only on the listed protected characteristics — it can also occur where a neutral rule / practice has an adverse impact and the protected characteristic is a factor in that adverse impact (for example, although language is not a protected ground, terminating someone's employment due to language difficulties could establish enough of a nexus between the language difficulties and that person's place of origin such that it establishes prima facie discrimination).

• Use technology neutral language that captures the intent of the legislation and will not be made obsolete by newly emerging technologies.

Chief Justice McLachlin's language seems deliberately gender neutral (see e.g. paras. 3, 24), including in her discussions of sexual exploitation and the historical stereotypes surrounding sexual assault (at paras. 60, 65).

«The bitcoin community, with its insistence with neutral euphemistic language, [has] an ideology of integration, which is kind of scary.

Inclusive language such as gender - neutral wording has a powerful impact on the results of recruiting.

I used the language of «over-functioning» and «under - functioning» as a frame for how the two types of neutrals can be problematic in Collaborative Divorce cases and I will use that same idea here as it relates to lawyers.

This name defies the general trend towards gender neutral language, that conceals «women's disadvantage in a range of institutional settings» (Gatens and Mackinnon 1998 xiv), and reminds us that this is a form of gendered violence aimed at mothers and mothering.

The gender neutral language is correct in terms of the law, but is not correct as to research findings, which generally show women to be considerably less dangerous than men, more likely to act in self - defense, and less likely to recidivate (see, e.g., Lois A Ventura & Gabrielle Davis, «Domestic Violence: Court Case Conviction and Recidivism,» 11 Violence Against Women, 266, 272 (2005)-RRB-.

Kids are sensitive to body language and unkind words, so make sure your tone and words are positive or neutral when discussing your ex-spouse with or in front of your child.