What I find so maddening in my efforts to negotiate the barriers between my Protestantism and my seminarians» Catholicism is that while we are united in so many of our convictions and practices, we are divided by differences real enough to make the Omega Point almost as remote as in the bad old days of
open hostility between our churches.
Not exact matches
U.S. policy toward Latin America has fluctuated
between open support of dictatorships and
hostility toward movements of liberation, and advocacy of a «restricted democracy,» in which a limited amount of political space is allowed so long as it does not rock the boat too much internally and in the hemisphere.
A powder keg of emotions is
opened up at the funeral, and
hostilities erupt
between the brothers and the father's other, more affluent, children.
A full and
open public discussion is likely to begin with and inflame
hostility between pro and con parents, let alone teachers.
The better alternative, therefore, if the two communities can overcome their mutual suspicion and
hostility, is for regular and ongoing lines of communication to be
opened between them, enriching the understanding of both and facilitating the transformation of practice.
For example, we found a trend for a weak link
between open communication and delinquency (ESr = − 0.07, p < 0.10, k = 11), while supportive parenting was moderately linked to delinquency (ESr = − 0.23, p < 0.001, k = 5) and negative aspects of support, such as combinations of neglect,
hostility and rejection were strongly linked to delinquency (ESr = 0.33, p < 0.001, k = 3).