Sentences with phrase «on traditional understandings»

One can see recent standoffs in Geneva on so - called traditional values resolutions as manifestations of a conflict between two rival conceptions of human dignity: one, supported by most Western advocates, that focuses on individual autonomy; and the other, proposed by voices from the global East and South, that focuses on traditional understandings of human nature.

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Irony 3: If customer sentiment and the mining of unstructured text to understand customer feedback on products and services is happening within the traditional company, it is occurring in the digital marketing teams.

For example, if you sell time management software as a service, your traditional content strategy might focus on productivity tips and helping workers improve their efficiency, but your help content might help users understand how to better use your platform.

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Confronting the claims that agro-tech is being held back because of a lack of openness to change by traditional farmers, the incubator tries to help entrepreneurs understand the needs on the ground.

Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.

If I'm sure my audience understands (because its an investor who has created a similar startup) the uselessness of traditional corporate models, why not just be blunt about it and portray the facts on your own accord?

New understandings on the differences between angel investors and traditional Venture Capital funds.

Traditional Christians oppose torture based on their understanding of Divine Revelation and centuries of experience learning the corrosive effects torture has on the society that justifies its use.

Craig that was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there eternal life by there actions by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think is right as eternal life is a free gift from God not based on works.Jeremys definition is that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ to eternal life.I believe the term salvation has the meaning to be saved not necesarily to eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ gives us the power to be transformed into his likeness or to be Christ like.In the eternal picture our actions determine how we are rewarded from God although its not the motivation of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent

The Patriarch would argue that, added to an insistence on human rights, is a devaluation of the traditional moral understanding of the person.

I could never understand how traditional Calvinists could accept double predestination and still resonate to the painting of Christ standing and knocking at a door with the handle on the inside.

At the same time, when proposing an alternate understanding, we must never accuse those who believe in the traditional view of believing in «Scripture plus tradition» while we believe in «the Bible alone» for even a «new view» is based in some way on previous traditions, and as soon as it is taught, becomes a tradition itself.

Anyhoo, as I stated at the beginning of this post, it certainly is an interesting subject about which to speculate as the scientific data continues to challenge our traditional understanding on this highly personal as well as socially important subject.

Our editorial tries to show how understanding the humanity of Christ as the foundation and exemplar of our humanity deepens traditional Catholic thought on the meaning of His death.

The late Max Stackhouse, a preeminent authority on faith in the age of globalization, pointed out that «one can not imagine trying to understand the politics of China or India without reference to Confucianism or Hinduism, or the systems of government in Southeast Asia or the Middle East without understanding Buddhism or Islam, or what is going on in the EU without reference to the legacy of traditional Christendom.

your understanding of the change process is very simplistic, because your mind is not open, you specifically believe already in the traditional doctrines, Dogmas as shown in thousands of years of history evolves, and the need for input variables, meaning the diversity of religious belief is necessay because nature through his will is requiring this to happen, we are being educated by God in the events of history.In the past when there was no humans yet Gods will is directly manifisted in nature, with our coming and education through history, we gradually takes the responsibilty of implementing the will.Your complaint on your perception of abuse is just part of the complex process of educating us through experience.

Scholars, on the other hand, as we have seen earlier, mean by it «a traditional narrative involving supernatural persons», of which the truth is not literal but to be understood as illuminating the meaning of human life.

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson once said that Obama distorted the traditional understanding of the Bible «to fit his own world, his own confused theology.»

Traditional Catholic thinking about international relations was based on an older understanding of and appreciation for individual political communities as the loci within which a social order embodying justice in all its aspects might be established and maintained, thereby securing peace as the tranquillity of that just order.

After thirteen years of daily Mass and wide reading, this was the first I had heard of the traditional understanding of the Church: that not even a tiny particle of the sacred Host should be accidentally stepped on or brushed away.

Within the traditional understanding of the teaching function of the church, it is possible for authoritative noninfallible teaching on specific moral issues to be wrong.

His indictment is largely based on a traditional Christian moral framework and a traditional understanding of the family that centuries of hypocrisy have undermined for many.

At the moment, however, I go on to outline the traditional presentation of the four «last things,» although once again I shall be obliged to follow them by stating another way in which they may be understood.

† Just because a Blind Christian has the need to feel as if they posses a traditional family lifestyle, religious holidays where the give their kids chocolate eggs, dvd gifts on christmas of movies full of women acting as the equals of men (Against the bible), a lack of understanding culture, and the feeling of belonging, does not mean all people need / want / or feel that way.

By means of his theological understanding he is able to reject doctrines of the Eucharist which are guilty of «psychologizing» it as merely a memory of a past event on the one hand, and «magical tendencies of some traditional doctrines» on the other (PPE 229).

Secondly, my understanding of interreligious polemics is not predicated, as some traditional understandings have been, on an assumption of unrevisability and indefeasibility.

While I know that my proposal wreaks havoc on many traditional ways of reading some biblical passages, please know that just as with Romans 8:34, I am aware of these texts and simply understand them in a different light — in the light of the love and beauty of the crucified Christ.

On the one hand, we wish to challenge the implicit individualism inherent in the traditional understanding of the Risen Christ as a separate individual existing apart from his Christian followers, either in some resuscitated form during those forty days Luke speaks of (Acts 1:3) or as assimilated within the Godhead.

I think it's important to not tread rudely on sacred soil and I have found that the best understandings of the lessons in the Feasts and Festivals start with a traditional understanding, and then look at Yeshua's teachings or actions to gain further wisdom.

This is a book on the traditional dispensational understanding of the millennium and the role of the believer in the future Kingdom of God.

The Australian full - back, who holds a traditional Christian understanding of the issue, replied to a question on Instagram which asked what God's plan was for gay people.

This probably isn't the space for me to get into all of the painstaking research and reading, prayer and spiritual wrestling that has occurred in our home as we challenged our traditional understanding of hell — truly with the heart to learn — and emerged from the discussion on the other side of orthodoxy.

Instead of thinking out the full metaphysical implications of the basic understanding to which they have come in reflecting on the meaning of faith and justice for our self - understanding and praxis, they have either settled for talking merely about the meaning of ultimate reality for us or else taken over traditional metaphysical ways of talking about the structure of ultimate reality in itself that are doubtfully consistent with their own basic understanding.

Premier Christian Radio's Justin Brierley talks to Steve Chalke about why he's changed his views on homosexuality and theologian Greg Downes who offers a defence of the traditional evangelical understanding... More

However, there is another traditional image that — though like all images, it has its shortcomings — may be useful for understanding what is happening on the edge of contemporary Christian ministries.

It challenged the traditional Christian understanding of God as unaffected by the world on scriptural rather than philosophical grounds, but the description of God sounded very similar to that of process theology.

Luther may well turn out to have backed the right horse in the end, to judge by current Roman Catholic theology, veering as it is towards Reformed theology on this point, but what he said was a contradiction of official Roman Catholic theology, and put him outside traditional understanding, teaching and practice.

The traditional understanding they bring to bear has a great effect on what they can receive through interaction.

To the extent that traditional conceptions of morality require a recognition of some salutary dependence upon nature, or of insuperable limitations on human self - transformation, science must be understood as an outright rejection of them.

A «Basics» introduction to each recipe chapter to give you a background on how these recipes differ from their traditional counterparts, as well as other tips and information to broaden your understanding of healthier cooking when you're not using recipes,

He understood that Chicagoans were sophisticated about food and would appreciate creative takes on the traditional Lobster Roll sandwich.

Even if you decide on the traditional hospital setting, understanding the benefits and drawbacks of each birth environment will ensure that you've made the best decision for you and your family.

We focus on advanced research techniques as well as traditional on - line surveys and focus groups to better understand loyal base voters as well as swing, independent and persuadable Democrats and Republicans.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

«Cyberbullying is best understood as a new avenue to victimise those already being bullied in traditional ways, rather than a way to pick on new victims.»

This approach complements traditional forecast simulations, which are very accurate for a short period of time but lose their reliability on timescales that are required to understand the fate of the spill on the scale from days to weeks.»

Understanding their dynamics on multiple scales is going to be difficult, and may not be possible for years with traditional methods,» Nemenman says.

Naffziger, Richardson - Stovall, Williams, McGee, Beyond Mentoring — Academic Career Coaching as a Supplement to the Traditional Training of Biomedical PhD Students, 5th Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers, May 2012

I recently read the book «Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Foods» and I found it to be a must - read health book that explains in a very detailed and easy - to - understand way how our diets affect us on a cellular level.