Sentences with phrase «of interest in»

In this connection it is fascinating to notice that, parallel to the rise of the interest in futuristic studies in society, the religious community has witnessed the emergence of various «theologies of hope.»

Growing out of this concern for a desirable human future as well as out of the more immediate practical concerns of corporations and government agencies, the last decade has witnessed a spectacular burst of interest in futurology.

Because of this resurgence of interest in religion, the opportunities to discuss our faith have increased exponentially, and for this we have to thank Professor Dawkins.

Church people have a deep history of interest in the city, one that is rooted in biblical tradition.

Previously this question could be dismissed as idle speculation, but since the Second World War, there has been a dramatic upsurge of interest in life on other worlds.

There are many shades of the historic doctrine, and its precise relationship to our problem was never fully developed in the New Testament because of a lack of interest in it.

In recent years there has been a significant upturn of interest in the theology of hope.

The twentieth century was destined, however, to witness a resurgence of interest in biblical eschatology, and this we shall deal with in the next chapter.

The last two decades have witnessed a rebirth of interest in the virtues, an interest which, at a minimum, acts as a supplement to the familiar alternatives of deontology and utilitarianism, and, at a maximum, acts as a substitute for deontology and utilitarianism.1 1 will not be defending the maximal thesis in this article, as some in the virtue ethics «movement» have done (e.g., Alasdair MacIntyre and Philippa Foot2).

The few references to religion that Marx made in his later years indicate that in spite of his lack of interest in this kind of problem, his view on religion and atheism did not change as the years passed.

That political theology is the inclusive form of theology does not imply that there is a lack of interest in individuals.

Their lack of interest in serious theology was partially expressed in their laughing out loud when a passage from Luther was quoted on sin and forgiveness.

This indifference contrasts sharply with the flowering of interest in the Western missionary movement shown by departments of history, political science and anthropology.

But what surprised me about many of these younger pastors was their complete lack of interest in seminary.

A second reason for lack of interest in an alternative may be that although most people in industrialized nations have not become happier, they have become attached to possessions that have come into being through the capitalist system.

This lack of interest in the afterlife can pose a problem for Christians who want to share their faith, said McConnell.

The few references to religion made by Marx in his later years indicate that, in spite of his lack of interest in this kind of problem, his view on religion and atheism did not change as the years passed.

Not only is this sharing of interest in man inevitable, it is also required for an adequate picture of human nature.

But once, during the war, the editors pondered foxhole religion and the fact that «every analyst of religious trends in wartime notes a quickening of interest in religion in the minds of many persons who have hitherto been indifferent to it.

Although the explicit denial of bodily form to Yahweh was late, the early depreciation of interest in any such question forced Hebrews to think of God in some other way.

In his magisterial work on European views of the New World, Antonello Gerbi speaks of «Hegel's disdainful and arbitrary dismissal of the American continent»» perhaps important in the future but of interest in the present neither to historian nor philosopher.

The same could be said of the interest in the relation of science and religion that was the legacy of the evolutionary controversy.

During the same period there was a great deal of interest in religious experience.

There are two points of interest in the early part of this chapter, prior to the discourse on the Son of man.

I have a lot of interest in cancer too, although I am fortunate enough not to have it.

«One of the hardest things about trying to follow Karl Barth is his apparent lack of interest in the liberal question of how theology can meet the challenges of modernity: historical criticism, the collapse of the «house of authority,» the apparent disjunction between scientific and theological thinking, etc.,» Green reflects.

The FBI has announced that they are looking for a person of interest in connection with a homemade bomb that injured 29 people in New York this weekend.

Inspired by the New Testament's vision of human community, they argued that Christianity is a fundamentally social movement, and the job of theology is to purify the Christian tradition of its interest in heaven above.

My parents were afraid of my interest in him, so they put a sudden stop to our romance.

The men had a lot of interest in discussing body posture for the practice of silence, and how to keep comfortable during a period of silence.

Two intriguing examples of what is at stake here are the resurgence of interest in the photographs of Edward S. Curtis and the recent (now defunct) lawsuit filed against Andrews, whose books relate her training as a shaman.

Yet even casual observers can't help noticing the rise of interest in Native spirituality.

My attraction to literary aspect of the discipline arose out of my interest in both church and theatre.

There was praise for the heavy bias toward people skills and affiliation as motivation, and for the apparent lack of interest in power among the assembled church leaders.

In the 1970s his 20 - volume work The North American Indian (1909 - 1930) unexpectedly re-emerged after 40 years of obscurity, riding a wave of interest in Native American life.

It is important to stress that it is a rediscovery of interest in Aquinas the theologian, as distinct from Aquinas the philosopher.

The growth, indeed explosion, of interest in human rights in the last couple of decades has not been an unmixed blessing.

Theories on the role of ideas in African conversions advanced by a well - known anthropologist, Robin Horton, may be of some interest in this discussion.2

has swung into a central place of interest in both theological and popular thinking.

But the upsurge of interest in his work has made it clear, on the basis of such theological works in Chinese as The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven of 1603, that Ricci was and remained an orthodox Catholic believer, whose very orthodoxy it was that impelled him to take seriously the integrity of Chinese traditions.

This, though, may be a propitious moment for a revival of interest in these works, at least among Anglophone readers.

In academia there is a renaissance of interest in institutions, what some are calling the «new institutionalism.»

And the revival of interest in spiritual healing among many denominations is making the historical role of Christian Science in stimulating this development an issue which can not be ignored.

, whose effortless charm flowed from her lack of interest in charming anyone at all.

Again, a barometer of the level of interest in the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins.

In a time when traditional teachings have become suspect, we are learning to trust that which can be known in our own experience, and hence, for example, that remarkable resurgence of interest in spirituality that I mentioned in my introduction.

not because it's «wiped» everyone else out but because of pure lack of interest in main stream Christianity and Judais.

Laity will register their extreme lack of interest in these activities.

Near Unto God by Abraham Kuyper; adapted by James C. Schaap Eerdmans, 235 pages, $ 14 paper Recent years have seen a massive upsurge of interest in Christian spirituality» what Richard Mouw calls, in the preface to this book, the «spirituality bust.»

The third piece of evidence is the enormous resurgence of interest in spirituality in the church today, in protestant churches as well as in Catholic circles.