Sentences with phrase «of cultural pluralism in»

We conclude our findings by discussing demographic information that raises questions about the role of cultural pluralism in the digital realm.

WHEREAS, in a multilingual multicultural society, language is one of the most obvious cultural characteristics of its people, and WHEREAS, it is understood that foundational elements of education in U.S. society are the awareness and appreciation of bilingualism, biliteracy and multiculturalism as integral components of cultural pluralism in this society, THEREFORE, we who are advocates of bilingual education and are interested in the promotion, progress and the implementation of effective programs, unite to bring our efforts into one multilingual, multicultural professional organization.

As one of the organizations backing bilingual education, for example, the New York State Association for Bilingual Education maintains it is important to foster «the awareness and appreciation of biculturalism and bilingualism as an integral part of cultural pluralism in our society.»

Not exact matches

Not only does the pluralism in question characterize past and present construals of the Christian thing and their respective social and cultural locations; it also characterizes particular theological schools, the practices that constitute them, and their respective social and cultural locations.

Can we reconceive theological education in such a way that (1) it clearly pertains to the totality of human life, in the public sphere as well as the private, because it bears on all of our powers; (2) it is adequate to genuine pluralism, both of the «Christian thing» and of the worlds in which the «Christian thing» is lived, by avoiding naiveté about historical and cultural conditioning without lapsing into relativism; (3) it can be the unifying overarching goal of theological education without requiring the tacit assumption that there is a universal structure or essence to education in general, or theological inquiry in particular, which inescapably denies genuine pluralism by claiming to be the universal common denominator to which everything may be reduced as variations on a theme; and (4) it can retrieve the strengths of both the «Athens» and the «Berlin» types of excellent schooling, without unintentionally subordinating one to the other?

If we value cultural pluralism in America we may have to look elsewhere than to the continuation of existing ethnic groups to find a basis for such pluralism, though the persistence of ethnic and particularly religious identities can not be entirely counted out.

As the new literature about «theological education» began to grow during the past decade it quickly became clear [l] that for some participants the central issue facing «theological education» is the fragmentation of its course of study and the need to reconceive it so as to recover its unity, whereas for others the central issue is «theological education's» inadequacy to the pluralism of social and cultural locations in which the Christian thing is understood and lived.

We are now lost in mists of philosophical and cultural «pluralism», which really stands for agnosticism and moral chaos.

Cultural pluralism is a fact of modern life, resulting from the explosion in mass media technology in the past 100 years.

In the Western countries, including the United States, Muslims are struggling to reconcile their traditional belief that the Sharia embraces all of life, including politics, with the religious and cultural pluralism of the modern state.

I had noticed that in Poland, smothered under an imposed Sovietized culture, it was the Catholic intellectuals who were the most outspoken advocates of «cultural pluralism.»

She evokes his delight in «the world» together with his vivid sense of its brokenness; his dedication to the life of the mind along with his awareness of the limits of reason; his ease amidst cultural pluralism and multiple interpretations; his understanding of choice as always constitutive and often tragic; his struggles with temptation and doubt.

What concerns Berlin is the very old problem of the One and the Many Only very recently in our cultural history» since «the second third of the eighteenth century,» by Berlin's reckoning» have we developed a true appreciation of the claims of the «Many,» of diversity and pluralism in the realm of values.

It's time that the issues of multiculturalism, pluralism, cultural relativism (and now recently, in resistance to multiculturalism, «culturalism,» become the pertinent topics of the day.

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.

What I propose in the present analysis is to emphasize three major sets of forces to which the leadership of emerging universities and their constituencies were responding: first, those having to do with the demands of technological society; second, those having to do with ideological conflicts; and third, those having to do with pluralism and related cultural change.

Wesley Ariarajah who was Director of the Dialogue Unit of the WCC for many years, in his Thomas Athanasius lecture given in Kerala (Current Trends in Ecumenical Thinking 1992) deals with the topic «Interpreting the Missionary Mandate» in the present context of religious and cultural pluralism.

Much current discussion of cultural, religious, moral, and intellectual pluralism uses the concept «pluralism» in a way that seems to shift from a descriptive use («such diversity does in fact exist») to an evaluative and even celebratory use («such diversity is a good thing and should exist»).

Such antimodern models of «critical traditionality» come out of the life experience of ordinary people in India and provide working examples of tolerance and pluralism not by ejecting religio - cultural particularities but by utilizing them for the good of all.

Religious and cultural pluralism became a reality, and this affected the status of the Protestant minister in the American community.

But white North American Christian feminists have shown a great deal of sensitivity to the need for cultural pluralism within the broader movement of women, and even in this respect they are able to give encouragement, if not leadership, in other cultures.

At the same time we in the United States have committed ourselves to building a nation state on the basis of cultural pluralism.

«18 In the present context of globalization it is not only necessary to reject «the Western pretence of universalism,» writes Rajni Kothari, «but also for non-Western cultures to seek answers to their problems from within and, in the process, not only provide pluralism in techno - cultural system but, through such pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal with the new crop of problems they now encounteIn the present context of globalization it is not only necessary to reject «the Western pretence of universalism,» writes Rajni Kothari, «but also for non-Western cultures to seek answers to their problems from within and, in the process, not only provide pluralism in techno - cultural system but, through such pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal with the new crop of problems they now encountein the process, not only provide pluralism in techno - cultural system but, through such pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal with the new crop of problems they now encountein techno - cultural system but, through such pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal with the new crop of problems they now encounter.

For us, it must start with the vision of a peaceful world, where gradually the production and distribution of armaments gives way to the production and distribution of goods and services that benefit the human race instead of threatening to destroy it, a vision of the rule of law rather than of economic domination, a vision of democracy where people are able to have a real say in what their own future will be, a vision of smallness and community involvement, a vision of cultural pluralism and a diversity of ideas, a vision of leisure spent meeting human needs.

That is, will the faith - communities while keeping their separate identities be prepared in the present historical situation of pluralism, to interact with each other bringing their respective religious and / or ideological insights on the conception of the human so as to build something of a consensus of cultural and moral values on which to build a single larger secular community?

Cultural situations in which contemplative understanding of God thrives tend to be highly homogeneous and intolerant of pluralism.

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

Then in 2011 the Compass membership voted to take the huge cultural and political step of changing our constitution to open up membership beyond just Labour to welcome in party members from the Greens, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru and anyone who supported our good society goals of much greater equality, sustainability, democracy and pluralism.

The concept of cultural pluralism: Issues in special education.

At the other extreme, cultural pluralism in South Africa is a prominent aspect of the society.

Secondary cultural pluralism in the form of age, class, religious and regional subcultures and of residual ethnic traits (such as cooking), does, of course, exist in the United States, but major cultural cleavages are absent.

Cultural pluralism (as indexed both by the amount of cultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa, with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate pCultural pluralism (as indexed both by the amount of cultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa, with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate pcultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa, with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate position.

As artists respond to the possibility of global environmental chaos, Mark Rappolt examines Tomás Saraceno's Aerocene project, one of the artist's most ambitious imaginings yet The Truth about «Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».&raquin the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».&raquin Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».&raquIn an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».»

1987 Sculpture Trends of the 80's, The Queen's Museum, Flushing, NY The Afro - American Artist in the Age of Pluralism, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Passages: A Survey of California Women Artists, Part II, Fresno Center & Museum, Fresno, CA The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Prouvost is wonderfully, unmistakably French, and her work merges subjects from a challenging diversity of cultural sources: such enlivening pluralism surely helps to make this a «British» prize, which corresponds to the complex composition of art as it is developed in, and in relation to contemporary British society.

The attention toward the collective's activities and ethos is particularly representative to understand a new era of art production in which Colab could serve as a model of decentralization, pluralism, and autonomy, both in the cultural field and in society at large.