Sentences with phrase «not cultural trends»

Not exact matches

But what's interesting isn't just the trend; it's the social and cultural shifts that indicate how durable the trend is.

Dilly Dilly «has made them part of the cultural conversation again, but in the big picture the trends haven't really improved much,» says Beer Marketer's publisher, Benj Steinman.

There is no instance in the Church's history in the post-Constantinian era when she hasn't accommodated herself to powerful political and cultural trends.

They do not eschew politics entirely, but they recognize that «[n] o administration in Washington, no matter how ostensibly pro-Christian, is capable of stopping cultural trends toward desacralization and fragmentation that have been building for centuries.»

Many of the current «young evangelical» writers grew up in the «60s, and could not resist the perceived cogency of certain cultural trends — for instance, racial and sexual equality, or nonviolence.

Of course through such coexistence for long periods, there developed symbiotic interpretations of religions and cultural and social values, creating not one but several composite cultures and syncretic religious trends in different regions of the country in different periods of its history, with one or other religious value or cultural system having dominant influence.

Things are changing, though, and again the complexity of the real is forcing itself into cultural consciousness (evident not only in recent trends in medicine and ethics — witness Callahan — but the arts and philosophy as well).

The ruling was the result of cultural trends that emerged in the context of heterosexual, not homosexual, relationships.

The answer is that they were confronted in the first place with vast cultural trends such as technological advance, professionalization, and secularism that they could not easily control; and their problem was made the worse by pressures of cultural pluralism and Christian ethical principles that made it awkward if not impossible for them to take any decisive stand against the secularizing trends.

But the fact is that long - term cultural trends will not be slaked by a single midterm convulsion.

I wouldn't read any cultural trend into changes to low level minor league games.

It's a film from whose nihilism I would've recoiled just a few years ago, but now I see that as perhaps the definitive trend of the first six years of this brave new world (first five after 9/11, the inciting event of this love affair with apocalyptic cultural reset) and not entirely divorced from our reality besides.

To Clemson University professor Sarah Lauro, the phenomenon «isn't harmful or a random fad, but part of a historical trend that mirrors a level of cultural dissatisfaction and economic upheaval».

By not limiting ourselves, the mission became more inclusive and drove home the point that messages of cultural tolerance and understanding are a worldwide trend.

Above are some examples but publishing markets around the world fluctuate frequently based on trends hitting at different times and cultural differences meaning that (for example) while Germany may not currently be buying anything other than paranormal romance, India might be desperate for historical fiction.

Social insularity, cultivation of personal celebrity and a relativistic approach to facts and fictions are among a panoply of cultural trends if not created then at least accelerated by online communication, among other factors.

Either as a pop cultural reference point or the conceptual link between the speculative practices of contemporary art and science fiction, this trend has seen dozens, if not hundreds, of international and Australian artists creating sci - fi - inflected pieces, with exhibitions around the world surveying their work.

It's difficult to explain broad cultural trends, so I'm not going to even attempt to do that.

Marketing and «shows placed in whatever cultural heritage month» are clearly not enough, she says, advocating an «innovative, intellectually rigorous, and engaged approach» that takes cues from trends in music and popular culture and involves artists in creating conversations.

We also believe that the current interest in sustainable design is not just a passing trend but an indication of a much broader cultural shift.

But this doesn't mean the company is leaving behind the things to do with fashion and cultural trends.

Your questions can range in scope but not limited to the type of talent or leadership skills the company prefers, cultural inquiries, or you can ask about industry trends.

«They're mostly from other parts of China, so their parents aren't at their side to help, & # noted Mou Jianmin, who follows the trend as head of a cultural promotion firm in Beijing.

If you are considering marriage or have children at that stage, don't be fooled by cultural trends to avoid marriage because it's «too risky».

In our family law mediation practice, we're finding an emerging trend toward a cultural norm that divorcing couples, parents, former spouses, and families prefer not to litigate.