Sentences with phrase «one's own religious tradition»

One of the important achievements of recent scholarship has been the recovery of religious traditions of subdued cultures.
As knowledge of other religious traditions became more important, the easy affirmation of Christian superiority was harder to maintain.
Regarding breastfeeding: In religious traditions that practice intermittent fasting, pregnant and nursing women are usually exempt from participation.
I am hopeful that now, in our encounter with other great religious traditions, we will respond creatively and transform ourselves again through the encounter.
Typically, schools of choice feature a clearly defined mission and set of core values, which may derive from religious traditions and beliefs.
Today we live in a different world, where people of different religious traditions live together side by side.
Some of my favorite interior designers have decorated homes with work inspired by religious traditions.
Each lesson exposes students to the ways in which the major religious traditions of the world approach global concerns.
In seeking for the lost soul in politics we need to respect the passions and commitments of the various religious traditions in this land.
Some leaders seemed mainly interested in promoting their own religious tradition and there was little listening.
Those who are familiar with Western religious traditions have been instructed repeatedly that the content of these faiths has been «revealed» to us.
In other words, many of these groups may be cultivating a spirituality that is not associated with anything specifically Christian or linked to any specific religious tradition.
We can certainly point to great figures in varied religious traditions who exhibit some common moral and spiritual qualities.
The dialogue between religious traditions not only helps us to live peacefully with the rest of creation but also helps us to live peacefully with people of other faiths.
In section III I will consider first some ways Chinese and Indian religious traditions open themselves to others.
You kind of run the gamut of conservative American religious traditions.
But it reached into Jewish religious tradition to insist that indirectly, some of its own government leadership was responsible.
Models lead to religious beliefs (see Chapter 6 below); religious traditions make assertions, as well as recommending attitudes.
Whether it's part of an ancient religious tradition or a popular new diet, many people are turning to fasting to improve their health.
Despite the difficulties, can a member of one religious tradition find inspiration in the scriptures of another?
The variation is still greater when the scholars represent diverse religious traditions.
Third, as the great religious traditions become more aware of one another, there is a tendency for some mutual appreciation to develop among them.
Second, most of the great religious traditions teach a certain humility with regard to human understanding of reality in its depth and fullness.
My own conviction is that the historic religious traditions have greater wisdom and more capacity to deal with the deepest issues facing humankind than do the newer ways.
But I have implied that interest in dialogue is characteristic of important segments of all the great religious traditions today.
The vitality of American churches may owe a great deal to the fact that having so many competing religious traditions has forced each to work hard to attract and hold members.
The heart of Asian religious tradition should be found in its response to human pain and suffering.
For the most part, however, the world's religious traditions still remain considerably out of touch with each other.
If we associate it with what the great religious traditions offer, then we need to study those traditions more closely.
I don't see this movement as completely abandoning religious tradition and principles.
An important part of such development is to participate in the great historic faiths and in contemporary religious traditions other than one's own.
Students are searching religious traditions for basic values and beliefs.
In other words, believing, behaving, and belonging reinforced each other to produce distinctive religious traditions.
If we give up the notion of an essence of religion, there remain two modes of evaluation of individual religious traditions: internal and external.
Now while this growth is taking place, the whole religious tradition comes under scrutiny; in fact, it often comes under such scrutiny as leads to its rejection.
This interplay between cultures and between religious traditions means that few, if any, of the great cultures ever wholly disappear; they leave deposits of their most compelling ideas and themes.
True, one might distinguish religious traditions from other sorts.
Significant numbers of millennials (young people born in the 1980s and 1990s) will continue to walk away from socially conservative religious traditions.
In my more seeker - sensitive, «low church» upbringing, religious traditions tended to fall into the «religion» category in my mind.
So we have the rather severe problem of an unfortunate choice facing many of the young: accept either a mystical and irrelevant religious tradition or a cynical secular environment.
Could the continuous dialogue on ethical issues between people of different religious traditions building new communities bring about a sustainable world?
A separate CD offers perspectives from multiple religious traditions.
A good way to illustrate this transition is to look at the 1996 presidential and congressional vote of the most important religious traditions.
It does mean, however, that we have shared values in common, values that diverse religious traditions insist their followers act on, like mercy, compassion, hospitality and service.
Each of these countries has a strong Anglican religious tradition, though not necessarily as an overwhelming majority.
Different religious traditions give various responses to the ecological crises.
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