Sentences with phrase «other existing traditions»

Paul and the Romans made the rumor of a crucifixion into a savior story by usurping other existing traditions, such as the Mithraic virgin birth, and death of the sun god Mithra.

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Now, Gudorf contends, present inroads on this tradition insist that: «1) bodily experience can reveal the divine, 2) affectivity is as essential as rationality to true Christian love, 3) Christian love exists not to bind autonomous selves, but as the proper form of connection between beings who become human persons in relation, and 4) the experience of bodily pleasure is important in creating the ability to trust and love others, including God.»

Küng would no doubt welcome parallel efforts from other traditions to develop the consensus that he and others claim already exists.

And I assure you that my knowledge of biblical controversies is miniscule, but the one were discussing I have spent some time looking into, it's very intriguing to me that these things exist alongside each other... as I said earlier, John's gospel is a good example of historical detail (with respect to the synoptics) seemingly playing second fiddle to a developing narrative (the Johanine tradition).

[g] iven the uncritical identification of a community with an entire past, communalism finds it easier to appropriate tradition because it inserts its message into existing, unspoken biases or prejudices, stereotypical images of self and others, and unsubstantiated assumptions of society.

For the 17th - century Roman Catholic Richard Simon, the Jahwist was simply proof of the Bible's inner inconsistency; because he existed along with other «authors,» disagreeing and diverging superintending hand of church tradition was vindicated.

For instance, the judge granted summary judgment against the NCAA on its argument that scholarship rules «improve [e] the quality of the collegiate experience for student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form of athletic rivalry and as an essential component of a comprehensive college education.»

The group solely exists to serve as a voluntary vigilante assemblage of hard core and die - hard members of the New Patriotic Party to help the party win elections through constant advocacy, research and defence of the traditions and records of the party in the Ghanaian and international media or any other appropriate forum.

-LSB-...] But another tradition exists, a parallel history in which photographers and other artists have attempted to describe by photographic means that which is not so readily seen: thought, time, ghosts, god, dreams.

«The traditions that exist in other parts of the country don't work for us,» says Jim Tolson, Biltmore's facility director.

This dual tradition of competition and cooperation, which exists in few other professions, presents frequent opportunities for antitrust misconduct, whether intentional or inadvertent.