Similar male kinship networks in humans may have led to the extended, stable interactions that formed the basis
of early society.
Not exact matches
«I would just say that we may or may not have reached out to certain folks very
early about the importance
of data encryption, and if those people had used our software then that data that would still be protected today And it's a shame, a shame for
society, that they did not take that simple action.
They found that «critical slowing down» is a reliable
early warning signal
of a
society on the edge
of going bust.
What such
early true believers opposed was a
society with lords and ladies — so egalitarianism became an article
of faith, with «comrade» replacing «Mr» and «sir» in party forums.
Entrepreneur John Battelle, an author, blogger, and one
of the founding editors
of Wired, thinks the basic infrastructure
of the future
of business and
society was born in the
early days
of the web: the banner ad.
The demutualisation was opposed by a group
of members, some involved in the founding
of the
society in the
early 1960s to offer an alternative to banks, which at the time were regarded as unfriendly to consumers.
The side effect was first observed
earlier this month at the American
Society of Hematology conference, where CEODavid Schenkein spoke with CNBC about the safety
of one
of the molecules in its drug, which was meant to treat pyruvate kinase deficiency, a rare, genetic anemia.
«There's a massive opportunity here to change the global financial structure, to change a lot
of ways that
society interacts with technology,» says Elizabeth Stark, the CEO
of Lightning Labs, which, in March, released an
early version
of much anticipated software that is designed to make Bitcoin transactions faster, cheaper, and more private.
Recalling the blunders that led to the island's defeat in
early 1942, he wrote, «In 70 days
of surprises, upsets and stupidities, British colonial
society was shattered, and with it all the assumptions
of the Englishman's superiority.»
We invest much less in young children, and that stems largely from the fact that most other advanced economies view
early childhood education, child care and other benefits targeted at parents with young children as «public goods,» meaning investments that, absent public support, would be insufficiently made from the perspective
of society's well - being.
The Infectious Diseases
Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association sent a joint letter to Turing
earlier this month calling the price increase for Daraprim «unjustifiable for the medically vulnerable patient population» and «unsustainable for the health care system.»
Like the technocratic progressives in the
early 20th century, one can easily see how Silicon Valley's masters
of the universe might see themselves as best able to «manage»
society.
Unlike the marginalization experienced by
earlier generations
of Chinese immigrants, this new group integrates more fully into mainstream British
society.
Jeff Schwartz, president
of the Parkland Historical
Society, said between 1,500 and 2,000 tributes that were placed near the Parkland Recreational and Enrichment Center and amphitheater in Pine Trails Park were already collected
earlier this month.
During a talk at the Japan
Society in New York, the CEO
of the Monex Group made connections between the derivative market in the
early 1980s and the current state
of cryptocurrency.
Did you know that many public employees are starting to retire much
earlier than
society's traditional age
of 65?
Grammy - winning performer and producer Wyclef Jean believes the combined creativity, ingenuity and energy
of young people in their last few years
of high school and
early college is a musical, cultural and political force that a
society ignores at its...
There are so many things that have faced human
society that were completely incomprehensible to the original disciples and apostles, the
early church, and yet the church endures, the church survives because the Gospel isn't tied to one particular time in history, one particular school
of thought, one particular framework.
Still, she notes that, «In the
early 19th century, the United States was one
of the most egalitarian
societies on the planet.
And while it is surely obvious that not everything can be covered in a discussion
of this length, I would argue that the prayer and Bible - reading decisions
of the
early Sixties have had a far greater impact politically, culturally, and legally on American
society than many scholars realize.
Martyrs and Martyrologies edited by Diana Wood Blackwell, 497 pages, $ 64.95 The story
of Christian martyrs
of the twentieth century is yet to be told, and one
of the merits
of this collection
of learned essays, consisting
of papers read at the Summer 1992 and Winter 1993 meetings
of the Ecclesiastical History
Society, is that they not only deal with
early, medieval, and
early - modern martyrs (and ideas about martyrdom), but include several original essays on latter - day martyrs.
A 2005 study by Gregory S. Paul published in the Journal
of Religion and
Society stated that, «In general, higher rates
of belief in and worship
of a creator correlate with higher rates
of homicide, juvenile and
early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the prosperous democracies,» and «In all secular developing democracies, a centuries long - term trend has seen homicide rates drop to historical lows» with the exceptions being the United States (with a high religiosity level) and «theistic» Portugal.
It was unfortunate that the
earliest attempts to liberalize Islamic theology were quickly followed, in the first half
of the twentieth century, by the attempts
of Muslim leaders like Ataturk, in Turkey, and Reza Shah, in Persia, to force their
societies to emulate the secular West.
Even primitive
societies were aware
of it, and it inspired not only feelings
of religious awe (many expressions
of which are found in the Bible itself) but also the
earliest attempts at mathematical science.
Rather, specifically human existence is, in Whitehead's term, a «personal
society,» i.e., a temporal sequence
of occasions which share, by virtue
of inheritance from the
earlier to the later, a defining characteristic that makes the man or woman in question just this individual and not some other.
Some theologians in the Wesleyan tradition, especially those most under the influence
of neo-evangelicalism, in the
early years
of the post-World War II Evangelical Theological
Society attempted to work in the neo evangelical coalition.
As Imbruglia notes, the utopian vision
of the Paraguayan missions was created by the Jesuits themselves: In widely circulated accounts, Jesuit authors described how once - «savage» Indios «became different men» through their conversion and joined a «perfect
society» resembling the
early Church.
Its authors, Norman Dennis and George Erdos (neither
of them Catholic) quoted The Ecclesiastical History
of England by the Venerable Bede to remind readers
of an
earlier time when
society had been in an equally parlous state.
We might say that
society has a vested interest in protecting the «sacred interplay» we spoke
of earlier, encouraging only permanently committed couples to approach that ground.
Moreover, by no manner
of emphasis upon the importance
of individuals could
early Christians escape, any more than we can, the towering evils
of society at large.
The contemporary «learning
society,» overwhelmed with information, knowledge and entertainment, requires discerning and constructive responses
of an even greater order than those
of the
early church in the sophisticated rhetorical culture
of the Roman Empire, or the
early modern Western church faced with printing and transformations in scholarship, geographical horizons, sciences, nations and industries.
As R. H. Tawney, a British socialist
of an
earlier generation, wrote: «It is the condition
of economic freedom that men should not be ruled by an authority which they can not control» (The Acquisitive
Society).
Now this,
of course, is done to a considerable extent by great Bible
societies who act for the churches — one
of the
early interdenominational activities
of the various divisions
of the church.
The findings are supported by Bible
Society's
earlier «Pass it On» report, in which 43 %
of eight to fifteen year olds indicated they had never read, seen or heard the story
of the Crucifixion
of Jesus.
It is, however, a mentality that Dawson seeks to capture, and he grounds it historically in the emergence
of late medieval /
early modern urbanites whose place in
society Dawson thinks contributed to a view
of persons as isolated individuals, disconnected from the land and from one another.
Puritanism's doctrine
of grace supported the highly developed individualism that gave credence to the representation
of early American
society as a voluntary community
of the consenting elect.
Most generally, the term «conservative» means that I find myself more often than not appreciating the
earliest Quakers» insights into the nature
of faith, church, and
society.
The
early»60s were also an optimistic time at home when it seemed that the civil rights movement was bringing about long overdue changes in our
society and a new phase
of democratization seemed possible.
The current interest in practical theology may be seen as a return to the
earlier effort to develop a comprehensive, integrated understanding
of the life
of faith in contemporary
society.
But Orrin Klapp had
earlier observed that «mockery
of heroes is not only a literary mode — an amusement for satirists and tired intellectuals — but has entered popular thought and is an important feature
of American
society» (p. 167).
Sometime in late October,
early November 2001, the tone
of that discussion switched, and it became: What's wrong with the Islamic world that it failed to produce democracy, science, education and its own enlightenment, and instead created
societies that breed terror?
But they drew on their zeal and experience from the
earlier part
of the century to develop the activities
of their tract
societies into something
of a wider interest.
In such a materialistic
society, the Church MUST reclaim the strong language used by
early church leaders to warn
of the potential dangers
of wealth, and we MUST be more careful
of proclaiming all wealth as an undisputed blessing from God.
It changed the class structure
of society from its
earlier feudal form, but it did not eliminate that structure.
To call for religious warfare, as some
of them do, is to recall the religious wars
of earlier centuries that unraveled civil
society and led thoughtful people to the conclusion that religion in public is inescapably divisive and destructive.
Another one
of our presidents, John Quincy Adams, said, «So great is my veneration for the Bible that the
earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens
of their country and respectable members
of society.
And as we noted
earlier, this gives rise in his scheme, to structured
societies of Societies, etc..
Consequently whenever one actual occasion is
earlier than another — and they both are members
of these dominant
societies — there is a space - time distance between them.
On the basis on her frankly Jeffersonian reading
of the
early church, she concludes, «Our secularized western idea
of democratic
society owes much to that
early Christian vision
of a new
society — a
society no longer formed by the natural bonds
of family, tribe, or nation, but by the voluntary choice
of its members.»
Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics
of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly
early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several
of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process
of toning down their
earlier positions (or those
of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position
of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on
society.