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of symbolic action?
The head
of Symbolic Action, a media investment firm, and prominent collector of contemporary art is seated in the offices of L.A.'s Hammer Museum in Westwood, where he is on the board of overseers.
Cf. Turner's introduction to Edward R. Spence, ed., Forms
of Symbolic Action (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1970).
I get kind of tired
of symbolic actions, but what the heck.
Not exact matches
Fourth, he has to decide a few
symbolic things he's going to do that people will buzz about that will set the tone for where McDonald's is going... Fifth, whatever the speed
of action and decision - making at McDonald's, take it up five volts.
S&P's
action, largely
symbolic, coincided with the latest round
of selling pressure, but it did not cause it.
Unilateral
symbolic action by the Federal government has not affected change in China in the past, and a similar course
action by the government
of Ontario is likely to produce a similar disappointing result.
But the
actions — though highly
symbolic — had been widely expected for Trump who accused China
of «raping» the U.S. economy during the presidential campaign and threatened to label the country a «currency manipulator.»
But neither the
action itself nor its
symbolic interpretation produces the effect it claims - that
of benefiting life - making the ritual a violation
of the deep convention protecting human life.
Jesus was able to «grasp the logos
of reality as such and to re-present it through
symbolic speech and
action,» and this in a normative fashion.
Mulligan, in this
symbolic action, expresses Joyce's critique
of Christianity: a combination
of sadism, the razor, and narcissism, the mirror... Continue Reading»
However we take the doctrine
of the Trinity, as ontological affirmation or as
symbolic expression, it is essential to the way in which the New Testament sees the relation
of God's love to his redemptive
action in Jesus Christ.
Man is uniquely the creature
of meaning, and thus is «able to grasp the logos
of reality as such and to represent it through
symbolic speech and
action.
For weeks a sizable procession marched to the music
of drums, bells and cymbals as similar
symbolic actions spread rapidly throughout the region.
Moreover, for the ministers
of the Reformed churches «preaching» was a
symbolic word; it meant not only public discourse but every
action through which the gospel was brought home and men were moved to repent before God and to trust in him.
Persons whose
symbolic universes emphasized the role
of supernatural forces tended not to believe that society could be reformed through human
action and refrained from experimenting personally with alternative lifestyles.
These sometimes strange and always dramatic
actions of the prophets charged with dire
symbolic meaning are never merely symbols.
The long day
of teaching, culminating in the impressive
symbolic action, may have been something like a last appeal to the Galileans to understand and embrace his true purpose.
Jesus»
actions, then, are
symbolic of adoption; abandoned children are to be brought into the church and raised by Christian parents, not in order to exploit their labor potential but because the biblical God is one with a special concern for the poor, the homeless, the weak and the abandoned.
This Roman custom
of raising the newborn infant probably underlies Jesus»
symbolic action in our Gospel text for today.
It has become the singular achievement
of this ideology to detach society's self - understanding from the frame
of reference
of relational, reciprocal, communicative interaction, with all
of its
symbolic reinforcements, and to replace it with a scientific, objectivist model which aspires to the self - reification
of men under categories
of manipulative rational
action and adaptive behavior.
Greater Love Has No Man The washing
of the disciples» feet, then, is closely associated in meaning with Jesus»
symbolic action with the bread and the wine in the synoptic accounts
of the last supper.
These
symbolic rituals could be adopted today in lieu
of water baptism which might do a better job
of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid
action.
These are a few examples
of symbolic rituals that could be adopted today in lieu
of water baptism which might do a better job
of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid
action.
A typical Jewish Passover meal involves lots
of food and wine, with numerous
symbolic items and
actions during the meal.
Rather than being a «cleansing,» Jesus»
action was a
symbolic demonstration
of the temple's imminent destruction in preparation for the arrival
of the eschatological one.
It includes both the community's cultic or ritual life (repetitive,
symbolic actions expressive
of the community's sacred story) and its people's daily work (vocation or «profession») in the world.
The New Oxford American Dictionary defines metaphor as «a figure
of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or
action to which it is not literally applicable... a thing regarded as representative or
symbolic of something else.»
After all, he seems not to come from a people that treats the writings
of the prophet Hosea with due reverence, but he nonetheless has chosen this moment to perform a
symbolic version
of the
actions of God toward Israel as depicted in the sixth chapter.
Of special importance today is the expression of solidarity among the churches crossing political frontiers and the symbolic actions of obedience of one part of the body of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
Of special importance today is the expression
of solidarity among the churches crossing political frontiers and the symbolic actions of obedience of one part of the body of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
of solidarity among the churches crossing political frontiers and the
symbolic actions of obedience of one part of the body of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
of obedience
of one part of the body of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
of one part
of the body of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
of the body
of Christ that enhance the missionary work of other sectors of the Churc
of Christ that enhance the missionary work
of other sectors of the Churc
of other sectors
of the Churc
of the Church.
Functioning on the basis
of the principle that «the how
of our present experience must conform to the what
of the past in us» (S 58),
symbolic reference operates in the intersection
of the two modes
of perception, an intersection at which «a pair
of such percepts must have elements
of structure in common, whereby they are marked out for the
action of symbolic reference» (S 49).
Would such preaching actually encourage pro-choice or would it short circuit the choice process in an adolescent who is unduly pressured by the
symbolic action of the pulpit's assurance?
Like Peter Berger, whom he quotes, Habermas perceives a requirement for some form
of symbolic universe — a sheltering canopy — to integrate the various systems
of action in which an individual engages.
Within such a paradigm we would begin to analyse an issue such as media and violence in terms
of its effects first on the broader
symbolic environment that is needed for constructive social life, rather than just on isolated and selected individual
actions.
The prophetic message, whether by word or vision or
symbolic action, is
of violence and destruction, doom, and Jerusalem's sure end.
[21] After baptism they would rise from «the tomb»,» [having] submerged yourselvesthree times in the water and emerged: by this
symbolic action you were secretly re-enacting the burial
of Christ three days in the tomb.»
Such commitment in any but the simplest, thoroughly ascribed society must be to a «generalized
symbolic medium,» not to specific norms.16 Given the integrative potential
of such a generalized
symbolic medium —
of action to
action, policy to policy, person to person — the question can be raised whether in a single society more than one such medium can exist.
With their use
of symbols and
symbolic actions, the liturgical element
of all ceremonies reveals the intimate association between religion and public oath - taking.
It was a
symbolic action which expressed both the interior feelings
of the one offering and God's response to the prayer.
But Morton Grove Park District Commissioner Dan Ashta's
symbolic actions have spurred an ideological tug
of war with a local veterans group, which recently halted cash donations to the Park District until its entire board stands for the pledge at park board meetings.
Other examples
of symbolic thinking skills in
action would be seeing your toddler hold up a stuffed dog and saying ruff ruff, or babble into a toy phone.
The statement explained that the
action carried a
symbolic import that necessitated their public expression
of gratitude to the president.
With this in hand, we can then ask which better explains the observable pattern
of internal deliberations, official discourse,
symbolic gestures, and even the nature and timing
of substantive foreign policy
actions in the case in question.
Meeting organizers offered a menu
of actions to battle harassment, from
symbolic to concrete.
If the
symbolic heart is the seat
of love, our
actions are more likely to «come from our heart» and we're more likely to «follow the heart.»
The centerpiece
of Renoir's intricate structure, the pivot on which the
action turns, the
symbolic core
of his critique
of French society, is the hunt, the scene that most clearly reveals the volcano that seethes beneath the dancers.
In the first
of two White House - centric
action flicks this year, Fuqua strikes hard and fast to bring down the President
of the United States and the
symbolic building
of his power.
An indictment
of tribalist maxims, a simple and heartfelt portrayal
of how we cling to the things that we love most in the dark even after they've long gone, a warning about how the absence
of those things can metastasize into hostility at what (or whom) we assume is responsible for their loss - even by association, and
of course a thrilling sci - fi blockbuster with kick - ass
action scenes enriched by thematic and
symbolic meaning.
The
action sequences are well - staged and some
of the more dramatic and
symbolic moments feature characters surrounded by bright and beautiful visuals.
It is a
symbolic passing
of the torch from one generation to the next, As Schwarzenegger gets older, his role as
action hero seems increasingly preposterous.