Sentences with phrase «of modern ways of life»

The rapid adoption of modern ways of life and of inappropriate Western medical practices are the most negative factors affecting breastfeeding.

So much has changed in the world, so many older beliefs and ideas have been abandoned or if not abandoned then gravely doubted, so much of our modern way of living appears to make prayer unintelligible, that they are puzzled about the whole enterprise.

He argues that «directed» science enables the development of beneficial products, and «to opt out of that way of doing science is to opt out of the modern way of life.»

It's truly a great deal, but unfortunately, it can't always save us from the downsides of our modern way of living which tend to be increasingly sedentary.

Constipation is a curse of our modern way of living.

From oil - scarred landscapes and the dream like monotony of manufacturing plants, to the booming industrial backdrop of modern China, his work represents the stark and very real repercussions of our modern way of life.

We've seen a number of artists exploring the merits and consequences of the modern way of life, probing how it has affected inter-human relationships as well as individual consciousness.

As a family man and father of two boys, I am concerned about the future of our modern way of life.

Not exact matches

«It's the modern way of creating a catalog — live.»

It was fun to see a modern - day interpretation of a silent film, but it didn't bring much more to the table than that gimmick, and it doesn't hold a special place as a memorable and impactful movie the way its fellow nominees «The Tree of Life,» «Midnight in Paris,» and «Moneyball» do.

That's the word from the geniuses at MIT, who have figured out a way to eliminate the stoplight — that annoyance of modern life — and replace it with something called «slot - based intersections.»

But it does not recognize the amazing diversity of ways that Canadian families come together to raise their children - the grandparents who spend their retirements pushing strollers, the parents who juggle shifts so that someone is always home for the kids, the single parents and blended families and other complexities of modern life.

When looked at in this way, the advantages of automated trading systems are obvious, particularly in the modern world, where it is hard to find time for all of life's commitments.

«Through the intense focus our 285,000 colleagues bring to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone, we have grown to serve more people in more ways than ever, including through innovative uses of advanced technologies, data analytics, and modern clinical approaches that improve quality, lower cost and advance consumer and care provider satisfaction,» David S. Wichmann, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, said in a conference call.

The modern intellect sees through Augustine's «accident» in the same way it scans Frankl's bit of rubble and has a ready explanation for the link «discovered» between the Hebrew, the Decalogue, and the crisis in a random life.

The Way of the (Modern) World: Or, Why It's Tempting to Live As If God Doesn't Exist by Craig M. Gay.

In his humorous but pointed book Confessions of a Workaholic, Wayne Oates has summarized much of our modern belief in these words: «The workaholic's way of life is considered in America to be at one and the same time (a) a religious virtue, (b) a form of patriotism, (c) the way to win friends and influence people, and (d) the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.

The late Hans Frei of Yale persuasively contended that the modern world's typical way of understanding human life was through «realistic narrative.»

Speaking at the San Antonio Conference, Lesslie Newbigin made reference to his own cultural background in these terms: «As I look back on my own life as a missionary in India, I realize now in a way that I never did at that time that I was not only carrying the gospel but that I was also a carrier of this so - called modern world - view which I now see to be breaking down because it is false.

He saw that an effective way of dealing with the «anxious self - scrutiny» so prevalent in modern life (and today infinitely heightened by social media) was to establish an ironic distance from «the deadly routine of everyday life.»

The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a sign of a more authentic and scientific faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible with modern life.

This theoretical attitude, which comes so naturally to modern scientific humankind, is likely to be far more destructive to Christianity than any attack that the atheists might launch, because it can cut the very heart out of the Christian life — and in such a way that the individual does not at all think of himself or herself as having given up the faith.

Technique — process, treatment, «schooling» — is modern industrial society's typical way of tackling its problems, as Ivan Illich and others have lamented, only to create monstrosities of modern life together.

There are four types of evil of which the modern age is particularly aware: the loneliness of modern man before an unfriendly universe and before men whom he associates with but does not meet; the increasing tendency for scientific instruments and techniques to outrun man's ability to integrate those techniques into his life in some meaningful and constructive way; the inner duality of which modern man has become aware through the writings of Dostoievsky and Freud and the development of psychoanalysis; and the deliberate and large - scale degradation of human life within the totalitarian state.

(Taylor does not, I think, give enough attention to the way in which these first two features of the modern identity» inwardness and affirmation of ordinary life» may be in tension with each other.

That is why they were willing to invest most of the hours of their humble lives in preparing the way for modern science.

«For the educated person can not play his full part in modern life unless he has a clear sense of the nature and achievements of Christian culture: how Western civilisation became Christian and how far it is Christian today and in what ways it has ceased to be Christian»

Modern science is the basis of our technology, the basis of our material way of life.

Similarly — and our common sense, modern philosophy, and the vast bulk of scientists are in agreement on this — while life and non-life both involve chemical reactions, life is qualitatively different in some very important ways.

The older picture of an inscrutable Absolute in whose hands we can nevertheless at least be sure we are held for good or ill, whether in life or in death, has given way to the modern Bild of a kind of sympathetically groping, eagerly persuasive deity who does the best he can with all sorts of obstacles beyond his control.

In many ways the rise of the new state of Israel is the modern counterpart of the use of the idiom of resurrection to express in metaphorical form the hope of an historical renewal after the national life has been near to the point of extinction.

Paul clearly states that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities in high places; He is suppose to be setting a principal and he is in fact destroying the thing that God stand for, serving the flesh and the creation more than the creator who is blessed forever; Man will always have a battle between flesh and spirit; he is more flesh than spirit ever in his dress muscles and tight shirts; which has no place in the spirit;» dealing with matters of the holy ghost «he can speck it but he can «t live it; which is the trouble with a lot of modern day Christians; do as i say not as i do... old fashion parents had the same concept, its not just Eddie he got caught, he was just falling weak to the flesh and his own desires; only thing is, he is responsible for the souls of those under his leadership; He must answer and atone to God for those actions, you think for a moment we are being hard on him; God has a way of letting us know when we are wrong that lets us know we need to change.

If they are from a biblically conservative tradition they are likely to use selected references to sexuality, marriage, and family to communicate the ideals of God in a way that will encourage and motivate people to strive for the ideal.6 This didactic use of the Bible fails to distinguish the radical difference between family life and the religious practices of ancient and modern cultures.

ìWar, î as Hauerwas puts it, ìis America's altar.î Central to this American self - definition is the blood sacrifice of the Civil War, which became a form of total war once it acquired a divine purpose and had ìbecome for both sides a ritual they had come to need in order to make sense of their lives.î American moderns have no answer to death, no way of living well with death.

These texts and studies do not exhaust the various ways in which women were perceived, and their roles commented upon, by writers of the early church, but they offer points of departure for a discussion on the contribution of women to the life and witness of the early church without forgetting that the «ancient sources and modern historians agree that primary conversion to Christianity was far more prevalent among females than among males» [13] in the time of the early church.

Scripture no longer defined the world in which Christians lived in a normative way; rather, the Bible was turned into a source of support for modern narratives of progress or for other doctrinal norms.

Since the phase of man's life which makes modern man's situation most obviously different from that of all his ancestors is technical or mechanical achievement, it is reasonable to suspect that our predicament is associated, in some way or other, with this development.

I certainly get shocked looks from modern Christians when I suggest that homilies on «the Good Samaritan» should place it in modern context by renaming it «the Good al - Qaeda» or «the Good Taliban» or «the Good Hamas» — because, at the time Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth allegedly lived, the Jews regarded Samaritans the way we regard al - Qaeda or the Taliban or Hamas today.

We shall then look at the state of mind of the modern man in the American scene and try to outline what the Christian gospel has to offer him by way of something to believe and something to live by.

These range from stories of the saints, to concerns of people today, to a look at his own personal experience as a child and with L'Arche, all the way to broader comment on resistance to the Nazis, the war in Rwanda, and the conflict in present day Israel and Palestine, and he sees in the Gospel many touchstones for our modern lives.

But unlike the majority of their generation, the «penitents» have consciously adopted a way of life that protects them against the perils of decadence — and the term includes virtually all modern life and thought.

CONCLUSION On the Way to Life has identified some of the features of Modern and post-Modern culture that we need to take account of in revitalising our religious education and catechesis, but the document is insufficiently critical towards Modernity, insufficiently aware of our need to challenge its pretensions.

Scholarly acceptance of physical evolution suggested that culture, too, must have evolved, must have risen through stages on the way to modern times, each stage with its own religious orientation and style of life.

Any group that will find a way to the actual sharing of human lives will make a difference either for good or ill in the modern world or in any 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.

We started this transfer window off by being linked to Geoffrey Kondogbia (He opted to go to Inter Milan) then it was on to our good old friend Schniederlin (Who unless you have been living in a cave, has moved to United) accompanied by Vidal (Who we are being told is possibly on his way to Bayern as a replacement for the modern patron of German football Schweinstieger), not obviously forgetting the obvious one that rears its head every window for the last 3 seasons, William Carvalho.

When it comes to our modern way of life, so many people want their results immediately.

If he found a way to create an economic boom and bring back world peace, some supporters would still accuse him of a being a dinosaur who is out of touch with modern life.

Modern life has so many forced required burdens both real and expected that being alone seems the only way to escape a kind of personal negative bondage.

Plenty of room for everything you need, this tote bag offers a chic and modern way to lug your life around.