Sentences with phrase «of the public discourse on»

To enter into the world of public discourse on a global basis today is almost by definition to join this tradition.
This way of thinking is, I think, one of the subtexts of the Iraq war and of much of public discourse on terrorism.
You said «I would like to remind you that not everyone who calls themself Christian is trying to push school prayer, pro-life, discrimination against LGBTs or restrictions of public discourse on diverse points of view.»
@LinCa I would like to remind you that not everyone who calls themself Christian is trying to push school prayer, pro-life, discrimination against LGBTs or restrictions of public discourse on diverse points of view.
The decision marks a departure for Mr. Klein, who has remained largely out of the public discourse on New York City education after leaving the post nearly three years ago.
But to make it the centerpiece of the public discourse on global warming is inappropriate and a distraction.
As I've said before, the last few years of public discourse on climate has been akin to water sloshing in a shallow pan.
Unfortunately, much of the public discourse on global climate change seems to be following the legal analogy paradigm.

Not exact matches

Public discourse on marijuana legalization at the federal level has only seriously considered the options of Congress making it legal or, conversely, empowering some sort of crackdown.
In the U.S., today's public discourse on the sway of the Internet giants and their impact on society is at the level of a mere whisper.
The resulting public discourse has seen furor from many quarters with politicians on both sides of the Atlantic rounding on all parties involved in the allegations with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg earlier facing two inquisitions from the US lawmakers as a result.
The public discourse on ridesharing usually focuses on the physical safety of riders, but Arcade City could be on the verge of disruption with a ridesharing solution that has the publicly possessed codebase to make ridesharing feel like it is empowering community members.
Over at Public Discourse, Greg Pfundstein and Meghan Grizzle report on the latest decision by the Gates Foundation to put more than $ 4 billion behind efforts to expand the use of contraceptives worldwide.
In that respect, Matt struck a modest blow on behalf of religious liberty and of reasonable public discourse.
Over at the invaluable Public Discourse site, Helen Alvare offers the first installment of a two - part series on the Supreme Court and family law.
Based on my friend's definition of the goal of advertising, Occupy achieved precisely what it set out to do: it brought the facts of economic inequality out of the obscurity of government reports and tedious articles and into the broadest possible levels of public discourse in terms we can all understand.
That this has had the most profound impact on our politics is obvious: The American culture war, which is one of the preeminent issues - beneath - the - issues, shapes the public discourse on both domestic and foreign - policy questions every day.
Lets all stay home and be trolls on belief blogs and get all thoughts that are not provable science out of the public discourse, or, we could all allow the free flowing of ideas and beliefs and when we disagree, we agree that it is okay that we disagree.
The survey also examined views of income inequality in America, an issue that has thrust to the forefront of public discourse by the Occupy protests going on in cities around the world.
Voices on all sides of the religious and political spectrum have begun to recognize — not least because of the increased presence of Islam in Western societies — that a purely secular, liberal approach to public discourse is not sustainable in a world increasingly shaped by religions.
Richard John Neuhaus died on January 8, 2009, at the age of seventy - two — a great loss to the magazine, to American public discourse, and to his many friends.
On Public Discourse, Ian Marcus Corbin provides a bit of the history behind the design of City Hall Plaza in Boston.
The new black conservatives have had their most salutary effect on public discourse by highlighting the breakdown of the moral fabric in the country and especially in black working poor and underclass communities.
Indeed, I still believe that the question of an adequate paradigm for theology as a public form of discourse remains the most important item on the contemporary theological agenda.
John Rawls justified his particular constraints on public discourse in part by claiming that natural - law theorists («rationalist believers») deny «the fact of reasonable pluralism» when giving public reasons.
Christians rightly enter into public life, seeking to leaven our laws with the wisdom of Scripture and church tradition, not asserting claims on the basis of church authority, but arguing for them in the give - and - take of civic discourse.
1) multiple interpretations of the Bible exist 2) there are many ways to apply the teachings of the Bible to public life 3) no one denomination or spokesperson has a monopoly on how to accurately interpret the Bible and apply it to public life 4) because we live in a pluralistic society, we must learn to raise the level of public discourse so that we not only appeal to our specific religious tradition, but to a common sense of morality and justice
The Council of Trent and Catholic Teaching on Divorce E. Christian Brugger, The Public Discourse
Bellah, he wrote, challenged the mainstream insistence on the fact «value distinction and its elimination of religion from public life and discourse, which were the usual conventions of his discipline.
Retreating to the countryside will do very little to stave off the left's increasing domination of academic discourse, which in turn has very real consequences on the way in which the public's philosophical imagination is shaped.
Regardless of your views on whether insurance companies should be required to provide coverage for contraception, all Christians should agree that there is no place for Rush Limbaugh - style vitriol in public discourse.
In short, these lobby groups have shifted the categories of discourse and changed the rules of practical public engagement on the issue of sexual ethics in a way that preempts any and all deviation from the party line.
Though promising, the literature on public rhetoric is not what I wish to consider here.4 I wish to focus instead on the possibility of mining recent works in the field of literary criticism for some insights into the structure of religious discourse.
What I find disappointing about many studies of public rhetoric is (a) their tendency to focus only on content, rather than the form or structure of discourse, (b) their tendency to thematize this content, and (c) their tendency to regard these themes as reflections, or reinforcements, of collective values — which apparently lie hidden somewhere in the subjectivity of the collective conscience.
Where Gibson is private, McLain, 49, holds the most public of jobs in the 1990s: He hosts a radio call - in show in Detroit, discoursing during morning drive time on everything from the state legislature to the state of the world.
Critical analysis of articles published in «The Age» generated a number of discourses exerting influence on general public opinion.
The discourse; «Australia is one of the safest countries in which to give birth or be born, what is must be best», represents the situation where despite major deficiencies in the system the general public may be too fearful of the consequences to consider a move away from reliance on traditional medical - led maternity care.
The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»
At the same time, they stimulate a more explicit regulatory discourse and ensures that the public health agenda remains on the radar of public scrutiny, rather than simply being left to the market mechanism to dictate.
These are people on the fringes of public discourse, widely recognised and vilified as extremists.
The same could be surmised from the conduct and discourse of the Committee Chair himself, who recently chose to start up a «lively and passionate public debate» on codification on the academic blog of the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association — hardly likely to be read by any «public» other than public law academics.
Young gypsies and travellers are on Facebook... they are as exposed to the modern world as any teenager — but they are also coming face to face with the prejudice, hatred and bigotry that dominates much of the public discourse.
The focus of the public debate around the 2011 education white paper was on fees and access: if we are to use the market discourse then it was about the demand side of the brave new education market.
Unfortunately the public discourse on this matter has included a good deal of inaccurate information, which clouds the issues and misleads New Yorkers.
Having completed his Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded doctoral studies that explored the discourse and theory of the phenomenon here at the University, he has since gone on to develop research that has had social, political and public appeal.
You're rationale as to why the GOP is focusing on it is simply political hackery that all too often becomes part of our public discourse.
Research by the all - party inquiry on anti-Semitism finds that not only are attacks and desecration of Jewish property on the rise, but anti-Jewish sentiment is increasingly present in mainstream public and political discourse.
At Tuesday's County Legislature meeting the floor was opened for public discourse on the special order of the day; a vote on two amendments to the Laws of Rockland County, both of them intended to aid local veterans.
The publication of the map has elicited outcry, and started a national discourse on many topics, ranging from privacy to safety to the public's right to know.
Kolawole said the forum would also be organising a public lecture on Electoral Participation of youth with the topic — «Politics of Sustainable Development in Nigeria, Exploring the Inclusion of the Middle Class in the Dominant Discourse».
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