Sentences with phrase «open society on»

Non-Aboriginal people only want to hear what makes them feel like they have accomplished making a fair and open society on the back of British colonisation.

Globalization offers the opportunity for the rise of a new kind of human society, an open society on a global scale.

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If protests continue, tourism dollars are likely to drop severely and put even more pressure on the government to accommodate those who are calling for a more open society.

Created by Soros in 1979, Open Society is a grant - making foundation with branches and partners around the world and focuses on supporting democracies and combating issues of injustice and discrimination, among other causes.

And while it's a cliche to say that we're now part of an information - based economy and society, «our future... is almost certain to be an intensification of our present reality: greater and greater information dependence in every matter of life and work,» all relying on an open Internet.

His latest, «Cafe Society,» opened the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday and stars Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, and Steve Carell.

A June 2010 conference sponsored by the Open Society Institute, a foundation founded by liberal investor George Soros, focused mainly on human rights law.

Put another way, in an open society where long - term corporate performance is built on trust among its various constituencies, it is difficult to defend hiding such direct corporate action (or forcing stakeholders to piece information together from myriad reports), even though a comprehensive report may cause stakeholder or media scrutiny and criticism.

In Germany the discussion was intensified by the fact that the opening of the play coincided with a meeting of the Society for Christian - Jewish Co-operation, which issued statements criticizing the play and suggested that a committee consisting of a Catholic, a Protestant and a Jew be formed to advise on revisions of the text.

To follow Jesus means to hope and pray for a world structured on principles that would turn present society upside down, create countercultural communities, nonviolently, and to do this while remaining open to ideas and ways of being of quite different sorts.

In these times of stress - in a society pressured on all sides, moving toward its breaking point - play can purify our sensibility, make us open again to the gifts of God's goodness which surround us.

But if they live in a rich society, they depend in fact on the existence of those economic mechanisms, technical rigors, and open or hidden violences that form the warp of that society.

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.

The articles weren't actually addressed to the Pope directly; they were just written in the «open letter» style as a way to examine issues going on in society from the perspective of a religious skeptic.

Matters of belief should be discussed with care and an open view for the thoughts of others on all sides or someday we will live in a society like Pakistan where Ministers get shot for their belief and scharia is forced upon the people.

What «the homeless, tempest - tost» were supposed to find once they arrived on these shores was an «open society,» with «equality of opportunity.»

An open society, on the other hand, is organized on the basis of functional pluralism, in which every person is classified in many different ways, each for a particular purpose, and in which no single general rank order is recognized.

It comes after a two - day meeting earlier this year in Rome when Pope Francis said trafficking was «an open wound on the body of contemporary society; a crime against humanity».

Stirred by the steady stream of feminist literature which has caused a revolution in Western society, and prodded by the more liberal wing of the church which opened up the discussion on the ordination of women twenty or more years ago, contemporary evangelicals have become increasingly interested in reevaluating the role of women.

Indeed, China's church grew three times during the Cultural Revolution, when no churches were open and church leaders were imprisoned, wrote Fenggang Yang, director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University.

Murphy argued that Republicans should embrace «a more secular and modernizing conservatism that eschews most social issues to focus on creating a wide - open opportunity society that promises greater economic freedom.»

But, no matter what your opinion is on actual marijuana usage, the fact that the DEA is open to revisiting a legal classification that many view as deeply flawed could be a sign that government officials are finally going to fix laws that have had serious affects on the society it is supposed to be serving and protecting.

And this is occurring on a grand scale, as a large number of former closed societies find themselves part of one vast, complex and (as yet) embryonic open society.

The opening of the document clearly indicates that the demand for human freedom in society expressed in part through constitutional limits on government prompted the council fathers to return to the Catholic Church's treasury of sacred tradition.

An open and democratic society «based on human dignity... can cohere only if all its participants accept that certain basic norms and standards are binding.

In his opening address to the World Conference on Church and Society, Visser» t Hooft, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, said, «We do not speak because we want to have a say in the affairs of the world, but because we can not live with God, with other fellowmen, with ourselves, if we keep silent».

We are aware of the shadow; but to obsess over it rather than focus on the opening ourselves to the Good is not going to affect any transformative change in either indivdiuals or societies.

When interpreting the Bill of Rights, a court, tribunal or forum must promote the values that underlie an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom; must consider international law; and may consider foreign law.

However by the Reformation in the 16th century, Martin Luther not only translated the Gospels, but he interpreted them in printed sermons as well, and when John Calvin, Roger Williams and others broadly disagreed in print with Luther on such matters as what the scriptures said about the role of government in society, the whole matter of scriptural interpretation was opened to thousands of individuals who for the first time could read (or have read to them) the published documents.

Considering the vast array of geopolitical issues with which a Supreme Pontiff is burdened in his solicitude for the whole of the universal Church, that Benedict should choose to close his pontificate (or Francis to open his own) with anencyclical on the theological virtue of faith indicates a very pointed discernment of the signs of the times made by the papacy in our age; namely, that what is most lacking in the century in which we live — what is most crucial to today's society and what this era of history most requires, therefore, from the Church — appears to be faith.

There is nothing essentially sinful in Hindu society any more than there is anything essentially pure in the Christian society - for that is what the church amounts to - so that one should hasten from the one to the other... So long as the believer's testimony for Christ is open and as long as his attitude towards Hindu society in general is critical, and towards social and religious practices inconsistent with the spirit of Christ is protestant and practically protestant, I would allow him to struggle his way to the light with failure here and failure there, but with progress and success on the whole.

Religions don't own the copyright or playbook on what it means to be kind, accepting, loving, good parents, brothers, sisters... The sooner people open their eyes to this, the sooner we can get beyond this relic of of pre-history and advance the world society as one in unity.

The goal is a liberated and liberating spirit, open to experiencing the truth that makes us free (John 8:32)-- free to grow, free to love and care, free to make a constructive impact on society, free to become all that the Creator dreamed for us to become!

The crisis came into the open at the Conference on Church and Society (1966).

The stunning news that the United States may be the most surveilled society in human history has opened a fierce debate on security, privacy, and accountability.

The programme therefore had to be dressed up with the strong affirmation of great words: speeches on «open society, the sign of equality automatically placed between Market and Democracy, the elegy of the so - called deregulation which had come to be the synonym of liberty (without clarifying whose), the anti-state speeches, the state which was considered to be the obvious synonym of bureaucrats, autocrats and idiots, no longer the possible instrument of the management of historic social compromises, founded on democracy.

«The authors have created a story that opens up and deals with the very real issues of food prejudice in today's society as well as the disturbing food culture that has been inflicted on our youth», said Jennifer Schell, food & wine writer / columnist.

We work and look for a global society with life quality, with informed happy citizens exercising their rights and duties, based on the principles of sustainable development and democracy; integrated; upholding values of solidarity, equity and justice; open to changes; respectful regarding traditional knowledge and cultural diversity; committed with the production and consumption of organic and biodiverse products.

And there is an open invite to societies from different cultural backgrounds to sell their own MFM foods on campus.

Cheating in and of itself is a narcissistic and destructive urge that our narcissistic society sadly nurtures and feeds, and yes, it would be far better to openly deal with issues of monogamy / nonmonogamy — and engage in open relationships if BOTH parties mutually agree — but this narcissistic and unjust DOUBLE - STANDARD has to go where supposedly «nonemotional» men get a pass on what actually constitutes cheating, not open relationships, but «emotional» women do not.

On September 7, 1919, when the «Independent Waldorf School» opened its doors, Dr. Rudolf Steiner stated, «It is not our intention to teach growing human beings our ideas or the contents of ourworld - view» Today, Waldorf schools continue to seek to develop the perceptions and capacities for creative thinking in young adults so that they can shape society for the advancement of humankind out of their own insights and experiences.

Because of changes in adoption over the last few decades — changes that include open adoption, gay adoption, international adoptions and trans - racial (racial transformation) adoptions, and a focus on moving children out of the foster care system into adoptive families — the impact of adoption on the basic unit of society and the family, has been enormous.

Will you provide a list of the meetings you have had with representatives, or Brussels based lobbyists, who act on behalf of Open Society?

This will draw on unrivalled knowledge and resources to provide an open, independent and sharpened focus on contemporary China, informed by a deep engagement with China's history, culture, language and society.

Seb Dance MEP This was sent in response to the following email sent to MEPs, including Seb, on 14 November Dear Colleague I am concerned about the wealth and influence of George Soros's Open Society and whether this organisation is subverting national elections and referendums.

If Russia can allegedly influence the American Presidential Election by spending $ 100,000 on facebook adverts, one must ask what influence the $ 18,000,000,000 given by George Soros to Open Society buys.

The New York State Canal System is officially 100 years old and the Canal Society of New York and the State Canal Corporation celebrated the big day on Thursday with a ceremony, inviting a Theodore Roosevelt impersonator, unveiling the plaque listing the canals as a national landmark and opening one of the locks.

He has focused on legislation and policy changes to support affordable housing, protect the environment, promote economic and social justice and a more humane society, prevent gun violence, create a fairer and more open political process, and provide for greater accountability in the ways government provides services and spends our tax dollars.

John Stuart Mill is a prominent figure in the humanist tradition and his essay, On Liberty, is pivotal in thinking about the political values that underpin the humanist vision of an open society.

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