It challenges the hegemony of traditional religious world views, calls human beings to assume their rightful role in shaping history, and opens the door to a pluralism
of symbolic universes.
But there is a fundamental ambiguity in Berger's discussion
of symbolic universes that has perhaps made his view of religion seem more rationalistic than it should.
The final component in Berger's argument focuses on religion, which he identifies as a type
of symbolic universe.
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.
Not exact matches
Placed on a well lit shelf, nostalgic to look at, but a purely
symbolic illustration
of universe.
Both
of these approaches pay attention to the way in which societies create «
symbolic universes by which to negotiate issues
of identity, legitimacy and the creation or resolution
of conflict.
He may also have thought that Whitehead's theism belonged with theism in general as a fallacious attempt to humanize the
universe; for Santayana, though he saw theistic religion as possessing a type
of poetic or
symbolic truth, was, at the level
of blunt factuality, an atheist.)
The evidence thus tends to support the idea that in a pluralistic culture individuals are likely to draw on several different
symbolic universes to cope with broad questions
of meaning and purpose.
Another study, also conducted in the San Francisco area, demonstrated that
symbolic universes tend not to be applied with high degrees
of consistency to different types
of questions.
In defining
symbolic universes Berger contrasts them with simpler levels
of legitimation such as proverbs, maxims, and theories.
Research has also explored the question
of whether the content
of different
symbolic universes tends to predict differences in more specific attitudes or lifestyle attributes.
He defines
symbolic universes as «bodies
of theoretical tradition that integrate different provinces
of meaning and encompass the institutional order in a
symbolic totality.
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.
The third major component
of Berger's argument is that «
symbolic universes» supply broader meaning to everyday life.
Culturally, the
symbolic universe produced by this experience
of the Holy Spirit is personal and direct, and is not subject to priestly mediation (Alvarez, 1992, p. 87).
He also suggests that in a pluralistic culture elements
of several different
symbolic universes may be combined to form an individual's worldview.
The emphasis on
symbolic universes has placed the study
of religion in a broader cultural context, suggesting means by which private experiences
of the sacred, as well as functional trade - offs between religion and secular symbol systems, can be rediscovered.
On one dimension,
symbolic universes are distinguished as the most encompassing: they embrace and integrate all segments
of reality, all institutional or biographic spheres, rather than being limited to a single or narrow aspect
of reality.
Martha Crampton reports: «
Symbolic identification may... be used to expand our consciousness and to gain a deeper sense
of participation in, and oneness with the
universe.
As in similar Native American traditions, «all these
symbolic images and gestures are associated with the wind and with the breathing
of the
universe — the visible motion
of the power that invests everything in existence» (Jamake Highwater in Ritual
of the Wind) To exist in family is to experience an insistent Chinook wind, blowing warm in winter and cool in summer, lending a direction and center to all that one does.
If the «will
of God» is understood as a
symbolic way
of saying «the way things are» (the nature
of reality in an orderly, cause - and - effect
universe), the profound significance
of this step becomes clear.
To see the
universe as a whole in this way with the same God working in the
universe at large, in the life
of Jesus and in our lives was put in highly
symbolic language by Paul in his letter to the Colossians about the Cosmic Christ.
Still, we can not envisage our
symbolic creativity in this way until we become convinced that we ourselves are an expression, a germinating from the depths
of the
universe, and not aliens imparted from some other world.
These may or may not be related to the grandiose civilizational patterns
of the past, but they may exist in the
symbolic universe of Dalits and Adivasis and thus provide an alternate model for thinking and living in the world
of difference and variety.
To see the
universe as a whole in this way, with the same God working in the
universe at large, and in the life
of Jesus, and in the lives
of all
of us, was put in highly
symbolic language by the apostle Paul in his letter about the «Cosmic Christ» in Colossians 1.
Once we see through the logical mistakes that underlie the cosmology on which the theory
of projection has parasitically fed, we can begin to locate in a fresh way just where the
symbolic expression
of religion fits into the structure
of the evolving
universe and how the language
of religion relates to that
of science.
These words are
symbolic of the Yehudi's life and are the most fitting for its close; for
of all
of the characters in this novel, deeply religious though they are, it is only he who has declared God's oneness, only he who has refused to work for redemption with external means and who has refused to accept a division
of the world between God and the devil or a redemption that is anything less than the redemption
of all evil and the recognition
of God as the only power in the
universe.
And in the act
of reasoning they do more than cite statutes; they also develop the single
symbolic moral
universe — the moral architecture.
To Christian faith Jesus is the decisive
symbolic revelation
of the ultimate mystery
of the
universe and history.
Praasha Desire Praatika Image /
Symbolic Pracheeta Origin / Starting point Pradyuta To begin to shine Pragnika Clever lady Praharsha Happy girl Prahasini Continues smiling girl Prajisha Morning Pramik Best / Fulfilling desires Pranal God Pranamya Offering obeisances Pranani Most beautiful Pranavee Goddess Parvati / The first sound
of universe Aum (Alternate Spelling: Pranavi) Pranaya Leader Pranidhi Spy Pranika Goddess Parvati Pranisha Love to life Pranja Very cute Pranusha Prathama Usha — first rays
of the morning Sun Pranvi Forgiveness / Goddess
of life / Maa Parvati Pranvuta Praised Prasheila Ancient time Prashi Accomplishment / Fame Prashvita Parvati / Lord Shivas wife Prathulya Incomparable Prathusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathysha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathyumna Victory Prathyusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prati One who appreciates and loves music Pratichi West Pratika Image / Beautiful / Symbol /
Symbolic Pratitha Well known Prattusha Beautiful / soft Prattysha Morning Pratusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Pratushya Morning Pratyaksha One who is real Pratyaya Perception / Thought / Intention Pratyusha Bright morning Pravara Eminent Prayukta Experimented Prayushi Pure Prayuta Mingled with Saadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saahana Raga Saarya Name
of a pious woman Saatvika Goddess Durga / Calm (Alternate Spelling: Saatwika) Saavi Goddess Lakshmi / The Sun Saavini Pertaining to the month
of Saavan / One who prepares Soma Sabrang Rainbow Sachita Consciousness Sadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saesha With great desire and wish / Truth
of life Sagnika Fiery / Passionate / Married / With fire Sahuri War / Powerful / Victorious / The earth Sahya A mountain in india Saisha With great desire and wish / Truth
of life (Alternate Spelling: Saiyeisha) Saketa Lord Krishna (Alternate Spelling: Saketha) Samanvi One who has all the best qualities Sambhwi Durga Samiha Generous Samika Peaceful Samiksha Analysis Samita Collected Samithra Good friend Sanchana Gathering
of good habits Sanchaya Collection Sanha Skilful / Radiance / Elegance / Conciseness Sanheeta A compilation or a bunch
of vedic hymns / Code (Alternate Spelling: Sanhitha) Sanmaya Equal / Removal
of obstacles / Etc Sanmita Goddess Parvati / Prasanna Lakshmi Sanoja Eternal Sanrakta Red / Pleasant / Beautiful Sanwari Dusky Sanya Eminent / Distinguished / Born on saturday Sarasvi Water / Saraswathi Goddess Sarayu A holy river Sarisha Charming Sarit River Sarjena Creative Sarunati Nobleminded Sarvani Durga / Universal / Complete Sarvari Night
The drama starts when Konstantin puts on a heavily
symbolic play with Nina to impress his mother, only for her and the rest
of the audience to laugh off his self - serious message about the
universe, or something.
The works combine together to unlock a sequence
of movements and events, immediately situating the viewer / participant into Blickle's
symbolic all female
universe.
Radicis creates a mood - altering environment and provides a
symbolic map for a thoroughly rational understanding
of part
of the
universe.
Those dumb one - eyed potato - heads and hooded Ku Klux Klan figures are both self - portraits
of sorts; tragicomic figures in a schematic
universe filled with
symbolic objects like any Renaissance painting.
Inviting the viewer to enter a space charged with
symbolic elements, from the more obvious to the more covert, that configure the multiple realities and readings which give life to the artist's personal
universe, «Something old, something new, something borrowed» essentially speaks
of personal records and comforts,
of the past and the present,
of what was and what is — a series
of reflections that convey a repertoire
of emotions, interests, and stories particularly important to the author: distant family recollections, but also recent intimate memories; pleasant re-connections with domesticity after long periods
of travel in the real world, but also disconnections and ironic provocations with the virtual world
of social media; a long relationship with the
universe of animation and video games, but also another with themes
of classical representation from the history
of art.
Crespo's
universe speaks
of the transmission structures that permeate our material and
symbolic existence, pointing to our composite constitution built out
of biological factors, collective and personal settings, physical surroundings and temporal coordinates.
These paintings were sometimes
symbolic of the Imperial Court and the structure
of society and social order, whereas the Taoist and Buddhist readings stressed how human presence played a minor role in the vastness
of the
universe.
Fascinated by the pursuit
of the beginning
of all things and using only four colours (white for purity, black for the origin and the end
of all things, red for blood and life, gold for nobility), Li developed a distinctive visual language, which represented the
symbolic image
of the
universe.