Applying a policy, criteria or provision equally to everyone but the effect to a person
of a particular faith or belief is disproportionately worse than a person without faith or not holding a particular belief.
The establishment clause forbids the government from enacting policies that denigrate or exclude members
of a particular faith.»
Although it is stated that secular academies within a CoE or Catholic MAT would not be expected to change their status to a church school, still the Trust would be dominated by representatives
of a particular faith.
The above two approaches should not be confused with schools allowing religious instruction classes where students
of a particular faith have the opportunity to learn more about their religion.
If you are seeking at Christian - based dating sites, then you almost certainly have already decided that you simply are looking to be matched having a person who's
of a particular faith.
The president and DHS Secretary John Kelly have maintained that their aim is not to ban members
of a particular faith, but to conduct a study of the security screening protocols of the affected countries.
This is in sharp contrast to, say, letting state - funded organisations from enforcing their faith (and by extension, the bigotries and inequalities
of that particular faith) with the assistance of public money and state support.
I think it's safe to say that building walls and barring people
of a particular faith won't solve America's problems nor will it build it up in the world.
Furthermore, it must be kept in mind that the historian of religions is engaged in the religio - scientific inquiry of religions for the sake of «understanding,» and not for the service of the propagation
of any particular faith.
I think the point is not that the companies are
of any particular faith, but of it's actions.
No because if some god did everything I asked then I would effectively be a god so no need to an on - your - knees cult member
of any particular faith.
The claim of fundamentalists to be the true guardians
of their particular faith must be strongly rejected.
You didn't know much about any of them, and so decided to interview various members
of each particular faith, and ask them why you should join their religion, and more importantly, why they believed their particular religion was true.
Nor had I found fault with any particular tenet
of any particular faith.
Religion is a human - constructed organization to bring believers
of a particular faith together.
Therefore, if people
of a particular faith wish that their loved ones also of that faith be remembered with a short statement of that faith — then I would say that anyone who objects to that is being bloody
[email protected] arrogant and elitist and exclusionary.
If in fact, by people giving out of love, it somehow helps those in Ja - pan that «do» have some kind
of a particular faith, whatever their religious beliefs are, i.e...
If the whole council prays in a particular way, isn't that communicating the message that only members
of their particular faith are invited to serve in this government?
At Wednesday's oral arguments, the court's conservative majority appeared to have the votes to allow the public prayers to continue in some form, but both sides expressed concerns about the level of judicial and government oversight over prayers presented by members
of a particular faith.
still, while I am no longer Christian (or
of any particular faith tradition), I truly enjoy reading your blog and cartoons.
This includes donor - advised funds at houses of worship and as well as those that have a mission to serve a particular faith group or in the name
of a particular faith, such as Jewish Federations or Catholic Community Foundations.
«Banning people
of a particular faith or creed, race or identity, sexuality or ethnicity, from entering the U.S. is antithetical to both Lyft's and our nation's core values.
Not exact matches
Those sorts
of questions are much more interesting and useful than questions about whether a
particular politician should accept paid speaking engagements, and certainly more important than the borderline silly question
of whether money that was accepted in good
faith ought to be paid back.
The spokesperson said the agency can't comment on open investigations or
particular travelers, but that it «firmly denies any accusations
of racially profiling travelers based on nationality, race, sex, religion,
faith, or spiritual beliefs.»
The topics and texts include some esoteric items, such as the ranking
of churches and discussion about a common calendar; but they also include problems that emerge from adapting an ancient
faith to a modern reality — like precepts
of fasting and, in
particular, regulations
of marriage in a multicultural and interreligious world.
She cites John's emphasis on personal
faith, de-emphasis
of high offices, and prioritization
of Christology as ways in which this
particular gospel has deeply influenced low - church liturgical practices.
Living in a
particular faith means adhering to a certain set
of principles that shape married life and the way we raise our children.
Better yet, prove that your
particular brand
of Christianity is the true
faith of Christians without using the Bible as your source since most Christian
faith traditions use the same exact Bible.
Further, they are already aware
of «disagreement about some theological matters» and the CCCU schools are committed to «certain essentials
of the
faith once for all delivered to the saints» simultaneously adhering to
particular theological postures in one's
particular school and its theological tradition.
In
particular, the LCMS, along with its sister church, Lutheran Church — Canada (LCC), has developed good relations with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), publishing last year a joint statement rejoicing that they can «jointly affirm core teachings (articles)
of the Christian
faith shared by our church bodies.»
The Chaplains can claim they're there for all
faiths but at the end
of the day I truly believe that in the vast majority
of cases they put their
particular faith before the needs
of their troops.
The Catholic Church has rejected criticism over plans to remove the cap on the number
of children from one
particular faith that a school can select.
This
particular item can perhaps be dismissed as an oddity, but its appearance underlines the more general point that the most important intellectual and institutional expressions
of the Christian
faith, including Rome and Canterbury, have found almost nothing
of value to say about the current Middle East crises, and more generally about the West's struggle against militant Islam and terrorism, and the terrifying possibilities now facing the entire civilized world.
Members
of the major religions base their activities (or lack thereof) on their
particular faith.
MY gauge is a bit more accurate, those who abuse their religious doctrines as an excuse to commit murder and arson do NOT represent the vast majority
of those who follow that
particular faith.
Likewise, it would appear from the comments that both Christian and Moslem take offense at having their religious artifacts burned — in this
particular situation by persons who are not
of Moslem
faith.
All Christians ever since, whether they are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, or Free Church, have agreed on the central doctrinal statements expressed in this
particular statement
of faith.
The root
of his bias is his «God
of the gaps» approach to knowledge and the sentimental quest to «provide solace to those who feel their
faith undermined by secular society and by science in
particular».
Falsely linking morality to a
particular religion or to some political or military ideology is a time - tested «three card trick» uses to stop people from asking the hard questions which might lead to an abandonment
of the relevant
faith.
The liberal churches need their own
particular language
of faith to communicate with the cultured despisers
of the modern world, in a manner that lays claim upon the self and the community.»
Negatively, it will have to address itself to the ideological appropriation
of Christian
faith, which is inevitably the case where theology is claimed by a
particular human community alleging privileged access.
Thomas: One
particular definition
of faith is that
faith is the inner, spiritual knowledge
of God.
But any genuine recovery
of a «
particular language
of faith» will entail developing and appropriating a theological tradition and embodying that tradition in faithful living — a project that necessarily requires motivations and insights deriving from a quite different kind
of authority than the sociologists possess.
Evangelicalism, in this paradigm, is now no longer a distinct theological tradition (i.e., «Reformation Christianity,» though it tends to be dominated by a «Reformed» articulation
of Christian
faith) or a
particular piety and ethos (as it tended to be in classical evangelicalism) but has become a theological position staked out between conservative neo-orthodoxy and fundamentalism on a spectrum from left to right that is defined essentially by degrees
of accommodation to modernity.
The way a person
of faith is called to prayer, what words they articulate during prayer, and their thoughts and intentions while praying speak volumes about their
particular faith....
Tracing the historical story
of underground Christians in Japan in the mid-17th century, Endo offers a stark look at the realities
of following Christ under persecution, and the intense psychological struggle
of a
particular priest to know whether it would be better for him to be martyred for his
faith or to recant.
«I came to realize that without a vessel for beliefs, without an unequivocal commitment to a
particular community
of faith,» he wrote later, «I would be consigned at some level to always remain apart.»
«The prevalence
of faith schools demonstrates that schools are regarded by many as places where it is legitimate to seek to encourage adherence to a
particular religious belief.
And if that isn't recommendation enough, Gilead and the two novels that follow in its footsteps, offer a vibrant, realistic picture
of faith unfolding over decades amidst a community
of people in a
particular place.
Such theological thinking will be grounded firmly in a Christian context and in the language
of commitment
particular to the Christian tradition, interpreting the dimensions
of our
faith for the Christian community.