Modern art reveals to us the religious void
of a modern world came of age.
Not exact matches
It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights
come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one
of the greatest engineering wonders
of the
modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»
How we
came to do this is a twisting tale that science writer Maryn McKenna elegantly unspools in her extraordinary new book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story
of How Antibiotics Created
Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the
World Eats, which was published in September.
According to Forbes» list
of the
world's highest - paid TV actresses in 2017, Vergara's big financial gain this year
comes not only from her role on the hit series «
Modern Family,» but from two licensing deals, and her uber - popular line
of perfumes.
What is interesting to see with this bitcoin hype is how uneducated writers still are when it
comes to the question
of what money actually is — especially the assumption that money, e.g. US Dollars, are tied to any real
world values like gold is one
of these
modern fairytales that is repeated often — I can not understand that even after the big corporate crimes (aka as «financial crisis») that US Citizens cost millions
of dollars there is still such a lack
of understanding
of what money actually is.
There's Arkansas, bounty hunters, snakes real, human, and symbolic, being rescued from a snake pit by a very errant knight, a display
of the gratuitous slaughter that
comes when you take the law in your own hands, a deep commentary on place, displacement, the state
of nature, and the techno - forces
of the
modern world and
modern government, solidly American thoughts on law, property, justice, and keeping your word, and so forth and so on.
In this obscure indie film, two little read - comic books
come together in a subtle, dialogue - heavy character study that plays out like a slow - burning portrait
of good and evil in the
modern world.
Saying that Jesus
came to save us * from * religion might make for Tweetable theology but it is not an accurate representation
of what the word means (via the dictionary definition), how it was defined in both the ancient and
modern worlds, and how the New Testament presents it.
Thus fundamentalism, in its reaction to the
coming of the
modern secular
world, has reverted to a now outmoded
world view.
People who have problems rationalizing something like that are often people that live in the
world of the unattainable «moral» dissonance that
comes with the psychology
of the
modern religious person.
Finally,
modern process philosophers like Bergson and Whitehead focus upon the process
of coming to be (or genesis, creativity, creative evolution, becoming) and find this to be a universal feature
of the
world process.
The institutions and values
of the
modern world that the Anglo - Americans mastered so quickly emerged from changes at the end
of the Middle Ages that
came earlier to continental Europe than they did to Britain, and although the Anglo - Americans successfully resolved the conflicts set in motion by the upheavals
of the Protestant Reformation, the European changes provided the political and theological resources for the Anglo - American solutions.
I enjoy the sentiment and idea
of no labels but it seems to be a fantasy to try to live in this
modern world minus all the labels and ridicule and hate that
comes from it all.
The English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote in his Science and the
Modern World (1925) that without devotion to the God of Israel, modern science would not have come into
Modern World (1925) that without devotion to the God
of Israel,
modern science would not have come into
modern science would not have
come into being.
This corrective also served the purpose
of presenting to the church a new understanding
of itself and
of the autonomous
modern world, and it reminded us what it means to be a Christian in the
world come of age.
Whereas Marx completely abandoned the concept
of God by his critique
of religion, Bonhoeffer tried to reinterpret the concept
of God so that it would be understandable to the autonomous
modern person living in a «
world come of age».
This corrective also served the purpose
of presenting to the church a new understanding
of itself and
of autonomous
modern world, and it reminded us what it means to be a Christian in the
world come of age.»
This experience, crystallized into permanent form in the Old Testament, constitutes the most remarkable theory
of government that
came out
of the ancient
world and at the same time an ideal that rebukes and challenges the distressing imperfections
of our boasted
modern democracy.
It has been the irritating grain
of sand in the oyster, around which the Catholic ages deposited the priceless pearl
of supernatural, otherworldly piety; but for the
modern church it has remained an impossible ideal
of asceticism, an ideal whose very first precondition
of fulfillment is lacking, namely, the eschatological outlook upon the
world, the belief in the impending Judgment and the Age to
Come.
For the first time in
modern history, young girls
come of age in a
world in which their expectations are limited to hooking up with men who wish to use their bodies for gratification.
This idea
came into its own in the
modern period, when Bacon declared the
world the arena for human satisfaction and flourishing, and thus brought a missionary zeal to the program
of scientific experimentation and technological innovation.
Pope Paul VI called the Church «expert in humanity» when it
came to underscoring the dignity
of the human person in the
modern world.
The
coming council, he insisted, was to have three purposes: the spiritual and pastoral renewal
of the Catholic Church, the updating
of the Church's outlook and institutions so as to make her proclamation
of the Gospel more effective in the
modern world, and ecumenical reconciliation with non-Catholic Christians.
The late Hellenistic
world out
of which they
come and to which they are addressed has a rather
modern feel.
In Pope John's frequently remembered image, the time had
come to open the windows
of the Church and let the winds
of the
modern world blow in.
But fundamentalism has taken different forms in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, partly because
of that which is unique to each, and partly because
of the different ways in which they relate to the
coming of the
modern world.
This is certainly how Matthew 24:14 has been understood, from the age
of the apostles right through the dawn
of the
modern ecumenical movement: «And this Gospel
of the kingdom will be preached in the whole
world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will
come.»
The
modern secular and humanistic
world still shows the marks
of the matrix out
of which it has
come.
There are some distinguished and competent thinkers and writers in those circles, to be sure, but by - and - large the support for it has
come either from ignorant laypeople who find its authoritative manner
of speaking emotionally appealing or from those who belong to what might be called reactionary conservatism and who are annoyed by much that is found in the
modern world and eager to return to «the old time religion.»
Surprisingly, he will find interest in both atheists (who wish for a better
world in general) and those more religious minded folks who seek the spiritual paths and truths and will recognize that Maitreya
comes as a representative
of God in these
modern times.
Again and again in reading the works
of these and other critics
of the role
of technology in the contemporary
world, one
comes upon the claim that at the core
of the
modern dilemma is the association
of scientific and technological rationality with power, control, and domination — where these are seen as operative both in the natural and social realms.
The question
of salvation and church membership, he adds,
came into most
of the council's key discussions: those on the nature
of the church, its role in the
modern world, ecumenism, missionary activity, religious freedom.
By the time he wrote Science and the
Modern World, he had
come to see that the basic issue was that
of the physical existent, how it was to be conceived.
Nearly a hundred years ago, at the end
of the 19th century, John R. Mott, one
of the «fathers»
of the
modern ecumenical movement, looked at the
world and
of the
coming 20th century and confidently spoke
of the «evangelization
of the
world in the present generation».
20 Whitehead, Science and the
Modern World, p. 192: «The death
of religion
comes with the repression
of the high hope
of adventure.»
Coming closer to our own times, the Second Vatican Council - whatever our view
of its fruits - wasintended to start a dialogue with the
modern world.
If a young woman in Scotland hadn't dreamed up the «pre-tribulation fly - away» in 1830; if a British clergyman hadn't hijacked her dream and sneakily planted it around the
world in the 1800s; if a crooked, jailed - for - forgery lawyer with no theological background hadn't
come out with a reference Bible in 1909 with the same fly - away escapism in marginal notes; and if
modern - day rapture robber barons and tribulational tycoons hadn't found numerous ways (and gimmicks like four «blood moons») to widely mass - market the same delicious delusion for the masses while breaking sales records, no one could now be into the moonshine, looking up at the moon and saying «Moon, you mush be drunk becaush I shee four
of you!»
Then, in the 1970s,
came the revisionist view that Hecker, and bishops like John Ireland
of St. Paul - Minneapolis, John Keane
of Catholic University, and Cardinal Gibbons, were in fact exploring a new ecclesiology, a new way
of thinking about the Church, that Vatican II would vindicate in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the
Modern World.
There was a time in my life when I seriously considered trying to find a way to gain entrance into their
world, but I
came to realize that while I'm far less «
modern» than many I know, I'm still probably too «
of the
world» to survive happily living as they do.
-- Your way
of coming up with healthful, plant - based recipes that are unique and
modern, but also doable and approachable is unprecedented in the food blog
world.
Eating like a caveman in the
modern world might be a far cry from bonfired beasts and foraging for nuts and berries in the woods, but millions
of people are adopting a primal outlook when it
comes to nutrition.
Hunt's F1 career was fairly short by
modern standards but his talent never
came into question — a series
of podiums and even a win for the tiny Hesketh team drew the attention
of McLaren for 1976, a season which yielded six wins and the
World Championship.
i repeat I want Wenger gone, the sooner the better but I will never.lose sight
of the fact that the incoming manager will have a cushy job to
come into... a club with a spanking new stadium,
modern state
of the art facilities, a healthy bank balance, a squad just 3/4 players short
of been
world beaters and a global brand....
I too also know that we look weak at the back but i also believe they have learnt from there mistakes last season and have a stronger unity this season going into the 3rd season with the team wenger has put together without losing key players and adding real Quality and
world class that i havent seen before because none
of our history says we bought our trophies we won them with all the unexpected beliefs and never bought into the society and
modern game we seen before us not one
of our legends were already labelled for they are today before they
came to us The made a name for themselfs in our Jersey and build a foundation
of what we represent today Before Arsene Wenger and with him We are a club that overachieve and under promise Everything we've done has be our very own unique way
of doing it not the way other clubs are ahiceving i for one will not Follow the Man City's ambitions Chelseas Manchester united or anyone elses
I will
come clean that I do not welcome «we are the greatest team in the
world» type posts and those which ignore our many weaknesses throughout the club, from owner, board, manager and many
of the players who do not fight with the passion the
modern Spurs always do.
His most recent books are The Spirit
of the Game: How Sport Made the
Modern World and Game Changer: How the English Premier League
Came to Dominate the
World.
Unfortunately, in the
modern world, some moms and dads aren't doing what
comes naturally out
of neglect or some misplaced notion that it's possible to «spoil» a baby.
Unfortunately, in the
modern world, some moms and dads aren't doing what
comes naturally out
of...
I would love to win these because I'm
coming out
of prefolds with vinyl covers and into the
modern world of cloth diapering and am in need
of a few more to have enough.
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