Sentences with phrase «of national culture»

That contention is that literacy is a function of a national culture — a point he seeks to demonstrate by citing relationships between foreign languages and the cultures they serve.

No one likes having disagreements, regardless of their national culture.

Free from government control — and without government assistance — religious values, literature, traditions and holidays permeate the lives of our citizens and, in their diverse ways, form an integral part of our national culture.

For the culture of Europe has not only not become a world culture, but even in Europe it has been irrevocably broken into bits by the impact of national cultures.

And these execs are not always the ideal hire: Local management teams often have deep knowledge and understanding of national cultures, markets, and worker psychology that most companies need for long - term stability, says Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ, an Atlanta research and management consulting firm.

The essays in Smith's persuasive book mostly concern how one collection of influential males (the new academic secularists) successfully wrested control of the institutions of national culture from another collection of influential males (the old Protestant leaders).

What Jefferson defined, rather extravagantly, as «the absolute wall of separation between church and state» has been a creative but also dangerous characteristic of our national culture.

Enlightenment thought not only affected specifically political institutions, it also influenced the way the religious tradition would be formulated at the level of national culture.

It is the business of the Church to remind its members that for them the ultimate frame of reference is not the aspirations of national culture but the obligations of Christendom.

Without a universal frame of reference of its own and without the hope that world civilization will supply it with such a frame of reference, Protestantism stands exposed and defenseless before the onslaughts of national cultures.

But for the Christian as Christian the realization of the ends of national culture is not his first concern.

Having adopted culture as his frame of reference, Professor Baker heroically attempts to escape from the limitations of national culture by positing the emergence of a new world culture.

The plain fact is that the domestication of the Protestant community in the United States within the framework of the national culture has progressed as far as in any western land.

It has been created by men who are quite unconscious of the indirect consequences of their intellectual assumptions, and who as individuals would energetically oppose the extension of the authority of national culture over the whole range of life.

This is due in part to the fact that the character of our national culture and the traditions of American Protestantism have made them both peculiarly susceptible to fusion.

Only a narrow political persuasion convinces people of any national culture today that they are the representatives of the only true humanity.

In honor of a national culture that has survived conquest after conquest and rather amazingly still thrives today, Hungarians this year are celebrating, not the future, but their distinguished past, with a huge assemblage of artistic events» concerts, operas, art shows, ballets» all under the title «Farewell to the XXth Century.»

as they are sucked into the ambience of the national culture.

Whereas for a thousand years Latin had been the one language for literature, now there were national languages expressive of national cultures.

The Declaration of Russian Identity, passed at the end of the 2014 Global Russian National Assembly, asserts: «Claims that every Russian must acknowledge Orthodox Christianity as the basis of their national culture are both justified and fair.

Do issues of national culture and national perspectives on identity and culture become something that Tate Modern addresses itself to, or is that something for Tate Britain?

A self proclaimed «American painter of signs,» his work explores touchstones of our national culture and identity, focusing on the overt and subconscious power of language.

That the Tate confidently sees itself as the determinant of national culture is a direct reflection of its supremo, Sir Nicholas Serota.

Legal marijuana, the gig economy and transgender issues have also put business lawyers at the forefront of national culture debates.

This study examined the link between employees» adult attachment orientations and perceptions of line managers» interpersonal justice behaviors, and the moderating effect of national culture (collectivism).

It's an important part of our national culture, those bookshops.»

For Robinson, there were numerous takeaways, including the impact of the national culture's support of education and the benefits and challenges presented by an exam - driven system.