Sentences with phrase «open dialogue which»

You have taken a step to open dialogue which is the first step toward peace.

Not exact matches

I agree with Trey on this issue — which for me has been quite the road to discovery... I didn't land at this some years ago... a slow chipping away at the stone of disbelief and becoming more open to the dialogue helped.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

Dialogue must be an interaction in which each participant stands with full integrity in his or her own tradition and is open to the depths of the truth that is in the other.

Demythologizing among Buddhists is carried full circle by Zen — the position which has showed itself most open to dialogue with Christianity in Japan.

The Primacy of Christ In our participation in an open, charitable dialogue which responds integrally to A Common Word we need to be prepared to invite the sort of qualification of divine transcendence which the Letter makes to be taken to the ultimate degree.

«In the world in which we now live, with fears about «The Other» - whether that be Sunni, Shia, Jew, Christian, Yazidi, Hindu or Buddhist - stoked and spread through social media, and amplified by those who would seek to suppress understanding, rather than promote it, there is an urgent need for calm reflection and a genuinely sustained, empathetic and open dialogue across boundaries of faith, ethnicity and culture.»

Benedict XVI described religion as «a fundamental ingredient for dialogue in which faith is open to science and science to faith.

The choice of will as subject matter has been providential for Ricoeur's dialogue with theologians and biblical scholars, for this question opens up that with which the ancient Hebrews were concerned, in contradistinction to the Greek preoccupation with knowledge.

What we truly crave, however, is an I» - Thou» relationship, which can only come about through open dialogue.

Altizer once said of Hamilton that he was the «first theologian to break through the barriers of Protestant neo-orthodoxy and formulate a theological acceptance of the death of God,» which he accomplished by «entering into an open dialogue with modern culture.»

Hence it does not preclude or impede open and honest interfaith dialogue but simply states the point from which, for the Christian, the dialogue begins.

Nor do the authors pick up on the same pope's astonishing invitation of the leaders of other churches and their theologians to a «patient and fraternal dialogue» to help find ways in which the pastoral and doctrinal ministry of Peter might be differently exercised in the service of universal Christian unity» a move that opened the prospect of a «reformed papacy» such as Luther, at least, was willing to contemplate.

We have valued especially the cultural and religious traditions of Asia and India which have helped us to open ourselves to the dialogue with other cultures and religious.

The years following the Second Vatican Council... Catholic theology has sought to follow the path opened by the Council, which wished to express its «solidarity and respectful affection for the whole human family» by entering into dialogue with it and offering «the saving resources which the Church has received from its founder under the promptings of the Holy Spirit» [Gaudium et Spes, 3].

They are seeking what has been called post-modern paradigms for «an open secular democratic culture» within the framework of a public philosophy (Walter Lippman) or Civil Religion (Robert Bellah) or a new genuine realistic humanism or at least a body of insights about the nature of being and becoming human, evolved through dialogue among renascent religions, secularist ideologies including the philosophies of the tragic dimension of existence and disciplines of social and human sciences which have opened themselves to each other in the context of their common sense of historical responsibility and common human destiny.

The only path available today is, either the domination of the majority religion or secular ideology as the established framework of the State suppressing the rights of others using State coercion or open democratic secularism in which a consensus is sought regarding the values and directions of the common life of society and the State policy related to that common life, through peaceful but active dialogue among religions and ideologies.

Abortion and gay marriage we considered especially «difficult» and «sensitive» issues, about which the appropriate opinion — after a period of long and heartfelt reflection — was in doubt, but certainly always «evolving» and open to ongoing «dialogue.»

Not only has no one asked me to but, more significantly, many have wanted to ask lots of questions, which have paved the way for an open and informative dialogue about breastfeeding in general.

Rather than engaging their children in a cycle of negotiation in which the child learns that crying or whining will grab their parent's attention and open a dialogue through which the child has an opportunity to bend the parent to his or her will, the French teach their children patience.

Indeed, the only moments in which North Korea has opened dialogue on halting its weapons programme have coincided with promises of American - North Korean reconciliation and security guarantees.

«In that spirit, I am writing to you today to open a dialogue that I hope will help us work together to enact much - needed reforms on which the NFIB and the WFP now stand united: Enactment of a property tax and a spending cap, reducing state spending and our job - killing cost of doing business and fighting efforts to increase taxes even further in New York.»

Now the 2015 election is just over a year away, we know the political context in which it can be deployed: the «good society» breaks the economic deadlock by opening up a way to spend money better, and fits in with Miliband's broader «One Nation» dialogue about helping the little people deal with the faceless monolithic institutions of the private — and now, the public — sectors.

Helgerson added there is «a desire to have an open dialogue with» city officials over the cost shift, which in its first year is estimated to be about $ 195 million.

Soyinka was recently quoted as urging the Federal Government to open dialogue with the militant groups, which had been agitating for resource control for the Niger Delta region.

This all but guarantees media coverage for the issue and opens a line of dialogue direct to Number 10, which will duly put pressure on government departments to respond.

UPDATE: George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents horse carriage drivers, said in a statement this morning that the de Blasio administration's bill to stop horse carriage rides by 2016 was done without input from the union, but that he and the members are «open to continued dialogue and discussion with the administration so we can find a solution that keeps the horses and drivers in Central Park.»

The group of women — which includes accusers of current Sen. Jeff Klein and ex-Assemblymen Vito Lopez and Micah Kellner — are calling for the issue to be addressed during the legislative session rather than through the state's notoriously opaque budget process in order to ensure an open dialogue that includes the voices of stakeholders and experts.

The scientific community needs to be in dialogue with both fields in order to understand the cultural context within which science operates and to respond to the societal issues opened up by scientific discovery and technological development.

During an early screening of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster flick 2012, which opens today, laughter erupted in the audience near the end of the film thanks to corny dialogue and maudlin scenes (among the biggest guffaw getters: a father tries to reconnect with his estranged son on the telephone, only to have the son's house destroyed just before he could say anything).

Dialogues ask which doors we will open and which doors we want to keep closed.

«Opening the dialogue gives partners the opportunity to problem - solve which behaviors are mutually pleasurable,» she says.

A dialogue has only recently been re-initiated, opening the door to a deeper exploration of the most advantageous ways and manner in which to deliver estrogen supplementation for the improvement and prevention of cognitive and mood disorders.

Your manager can help open a dialogue about the conflict (which most people would generally avoid).

He manages to successfully recreate the ominous stillness of the opening of Once Upon a Time in the West, and the dialogue between the Bride and Bill is pretty well - written; we pick up on things that are unsaid and why the characters don't say them, which is a sign that we are at least somewhat invested in their situation.

After all, this is a movie in which the first comprehensible word is spoken 25 minutes after the open credits; a movie which spends only 40 minutes of its 139 minutes actually in dialogue.

Criterion, of course, provides the latter, which according to Wikipedia runs 30 seconds longer and contains more blood in the elevator scene, more pubic hair in the shower opening, and some racier dialogue in a later doctor's office scene.

Individual units can also pair up and support each other, which opens the possibility for new dialogue and special items to upgrade their abilities.

That's the opening line of dialogue in Irréversible, meaning it comes after the closing titles, which scroll down the screen backwards and are followed by back - to - front names in block letters.

Al - Mansour and her screenwriting partner, Emma Jensen, pump the dialogue full of swoons, especially in the opening stretch in which a 16 - year - old Mary is wooed by the 21 - year - old author Percy, who sends drippy love notes, and inspires murmuring about the «curdling of the blood and the quickening of the heart.»

The game has an interesting soundtrack that probably doesn't quite fit the game too well and it literally has not audio dialogue so there's very little in the way of sound to review, you get the generic 2D crafting sound effects which are amusing however and do contribute to the game's humour a little, the gameplay itself is immersive enough that you can sink hours into the game without realising it, though the menus can be a little tiresome to navigate as you have to open a close them to remove a misplaced item or constantly scroll through all the many different items and topics you can choose from.

It was a very open dialogue and a continuous communication between us, which was important.

Very little dialogue is provided during the opening half except for voice over which is provided by Brian Cox.

The conference aims to explore this question through a highly active and condensed programme which will engage the participant in an interactive programme with workshops, dialogue tables, open spaces, on - site study visits, public debate and reflective and interactive panels.

On the other hand, from the Multi-Institutional and Multidisciplinary Doctorate in Dissemination of Knowledge (DMMDC), located in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), we work the triple theoretical, epistemological and methodological area which study the knowledge from their construction, translation and distribution processes, aiming at the understanding of languages, frameworks and processes specific to different disciplines with the aim of making these specific bases for the construction of the ballast of understanding inter / transdisciplinary and multi-referentiality, with the commitment of production and socialization of knowledge in open perspective to dialogue between these different disciplines / sciences, and other modes of knowledge organization, in order to make private knowledge of cognitive or epistemic communities in public.

Dialogue circles are gatherings in which all participants sit in a circle facing each other to facilitate open, direct communication.

It uses the process of dialogue, which uses open - ended questioning (who, what, where, when, and how), summary and clarifying statements, and reflections or feedback of individual and group feelings.

The two faculty members involved in the project placed an emphasis on finding commonalities with students in ways that open up the possibilities for authentic dialogues in which both preservice teachers and host students engaged freely with each other while maintaining a particular focus on objectives or goals.

I am hopeful that Amazon's new venture Kindle Worlds, which in its current form anyway, seems to be a limited approach to fanfiction (I will cover this more fully in an upcoming article in Publishing Perspectives; update: now published), will nevertheless open up dialogue about fanfiction.

The Secure Freight Forum is an information - sharing mechanism for this targeted audience and will allow SF CAAs to share best practices and seek solutions towards the definite implementation of such programs in their legislation and open dialogue with their counterparts from robust regimes, from which they will be seeking guidance & recognition in the future.