Sentences with phrase «other historical meanings»

Some of the poems had religious and other historical meanings.

Not exact matches

But it would mean that one would understand other historical figures and also contemporary people and ideas basically in Freudian terms and evaluate and respond to them accordingly.

that minimizes the historical suffering of women and minority groups in this country, 2) an overwrought persecution complex that confuses sharing civil rights with others with being persecuted by them, and 3) a persistent fear of the perceived «other» — Muslims, LGBT people, immigrants, refugees, etc. — that results in culture wars meant to «take back» the public square.

The second and third meanings inapplicable to historical events in the past have to do with modes of presence in which something other than one's own subjectivity is present to that subjectivity.

Other times the obvious meaning of the passage is relativized by historical and cultural considerations.»

But for others, it has meant that talk of God must be talk of some natural or historical reality since we no longer believe that any other talk has meaning.

Principles of interpretation (Hermeneutics) 1) Literal Principle — Scripture is to be understood in its natural, normal sense, read literally 2) Grammar Principle — Deal with what it says in the way it says it, be it using metaphor, simile, narrative, etc. 3) Historical Principle — Read the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpretHistorical Principle — Read the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interprethistorical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpret Scripture

If we still continue to speak of a historical revelation we do not mean that it is special in the sense that the people to whom it is communicated are thereby superior to other human beings.

What could have inspired these men to willingly die as martyrs preaching peace and forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ and preaching the invitation from Jesus Christ to call God «Our Father in Heaven» by means of the Holy Spirit among us other than the historical reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead — proof that Jesus is both God and Man?

In most of the denominations there is still a considerable number of biblical literalists (self - styled conservatives but called fundamentalists by others) who refuse to accept the views of modern historical and textual scholarship as to the true meanings of the Bible.

We need context and interpretation, and sometimes that means we need historical insight or other kinds of analysis that comes only from a lot of study.»

What Bultmann means is that the difference between the mythological language of the New Testament and ecclesiastical dogma on the one hand and his own interpretation on the other is that the former presents us with a «miraculous, supernatural event», whereas the right interpretation is one which suggests «an historical event wrought out in time and space».

Others eliminate the force of the difference, but not the difference itself, by making various distinctions, for example, between the historical «accidents» and the eternal «essence» (as in Harnack), or between the familiar present worldview, which is normative, and the strange, alien past one, which is not (as in J. Weiss and Schweitzer), or between what a text «says» and what it «means» (as in Bultmann, whose approach attempts to resolve the tensions involved in the former two enterprises).

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good, practical, advice for beneficial human behavior (advice which can be gleaned in other places and by other means, btw); but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

By this we do not mean just the temporal development that historical criticism discerns in the redaction of these codes, the evolution of moral ideas that may be traced out from the first Decalogue to the Law of the Covenant, on the one hand, and from the Decalogue itself through the restatements and amplifications of the book of Deuteronomy to the new synthesis of the «Holiness Code» in the book of Leviticus and the legislation subsequent to Ezra, on the other; more important than this development of the content of the Law is the transformation in the relationship between the faithful believer and the Law.

On the contrary, the meaning of doctrinal statements such as the creeds and other historical professions of belief, the circumstances which evoked them, and the philosophical presuppositions which helped to determine the character of their assertions are all matters of the greatest interest and importance.

The term «Christ,» on the other hand, makes it clear that the problem that he is dealing with is the teachings of Christianity, especially with respect to what various groups have meant by «following Christ,» For the same reason, I think, he deals primarily with leading Christian theologians, rather than with denominations or historical movements.

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

The illustration suggests that he should study the theological resources of Scripture, history, and doctrine; and study also, with equal seriousness, what he knows of the related meanings from his own authority of both traditional and contemporary experience; and how to recognize the authenticity of the dialogue, both historical and contemporary, be - tween God and man and the dependence of each on the other.

Instead of the preaching of Jesus the preaching of the early church would call for explanation, and since the investigation really concerns the content, meaning, and validity for us of what is taught in the gospels, the question of how much the historical Jesus and how much other people have contributed to that content is of secondary importance.

His meaning is closer to what others might call historical; for he is thinking of any effort to understand human occurrences in terms of how they can be located and explained in the wider course of events.

’10 Elsewhere he identifies the evolutionary thought which he opposes as «a basic acceptance of technical rationality».11 He speaks of Wolfhart Pannenberg's «extremely valuable attempt to develop a universally historical hermeneutics», complaining only that his «anticipation of a total meaning in history as... too little interrupted or irritated by what is described in the apocalyptic tradition as a universal catastrophe, in other words, the reign of the Antichrist».12 Metz is more open to an Overview than some of his statements imply.

But we'd do well to define what «cult» actually means, both inside the Christian church - i.e., Christians use the term largely to differentiate other religions which deviate from orthodox, historical and Biblical Christianity - and outside, where it's thrown around to describe everything from followers of Kevin Smith films to any organization that's secretive and raises boat loads of money.

Second, Banerjea posits that «the meaning of Prajapati... coincides with the meaning of the historical reality Jesus Christ; and that no other person than Jesus of Nazareth has ever appeared in the world claiming the character and position of the self - sacrificing Prajapati, half mortal and half immortal» (Ibid.).

This point is particularly important when we are placing our own religion's sense of life's meaning, allegedly given to us by a special historical revelation, into an encounter with other traditions» sense of life's meaning, given to them by their own symbolic traditions.

There should be other times for extended, closely reasoned study of the Bible to uncover its meaning in its historical setting.

Partly again because very able theologians are studying and teaching in this field, partly because critical, historical scholarship is being combined with existential awareness of that human dilemma and of that divine grace with which the New Testament writings are concerned, partly for other reasons, vital interest in the meaning of the New Testament is increasing.

I think it's important for me to say... and this probably deserves a whole different post... that just because I draw pictures of Jesus, it doesn't necessarily mean I believe that there was the historical Jesus as presented in the gospels or that Jesus is alive today in the way evangelicals or Catholics or others believe.

And winning the FA Cup means nothing to non English players and fans alike, it's historical significance a distant third to the other competitions.

I think you mistake the historical trend of adjustments to the bitcoin difficulty generally being upward, with the actual mechanism where the difficulty is adjusted to keep the global mean - time - to - valid - block constant, because of the other historical trend of mining power going up.

The weight of legal and historical authority indicates that the term «natural born» citizen would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship «by birth» or «at birth,» either by being born «in» the United States and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents; by being born abroad to U.S. citizen - parents; or by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for U.S. citizenship «at birth.»

To quote from my own answer on History SE, the terms «left» and «right» have no objective meaning in today's global politics (unlike their historical usages covered by other answers)- they are 100 % subjective, AND extremely varied across polities even when attempted to be used objectively.

Dragon Blade was inspired by historical events — and by inspired, I mean that Romans and citizens of many other countries used the Silk Road for travel and trade — but bears as much resemblance to facts as 300.

One other bit of historical context: Copley's character, like Copley himself, is South African, which means that apartheid is still going strong when this movie takes place, and it is therefore highly unlikely that Vernon has a black man like Martin (Babou Ceesay), funny, cool and collected though he may be, as his # 2.

According to conservatives, the great sin teachers colleges have committed in the past few decades is that they have focused too much on theory and not enough on clinical practice — and by «theory,» they mean critical pedagogy and other theories that enable prospective teachers to situate school knowledge, practices, and modes of governance within wider historical, social, cultural, economic, and political contexts.

Using historical and ethnographic methods, I argue that certain understandings of talent perpetuate unequal access to power by naturalizing a set of musical skills acquired through other means.

These, better aero and other efficiencies address a historical Forester weakness: fuel economy below the class mean.

A series of trips (to conventions and visits with my daughter and grandsons), the constant work it seems to take to keep my body moving at my age, a demanding schedule of lunches and tea dates with friends, a number of other authors» manuscripts I had the honor to beta read, and the unexpected discovery that my short sequel had turned into two full - length books, meant that here I am, not six months, but a year later, finally, starting to work on my next historical mystery.

Above are some examples but publishing markets around the world fluctuate frequently based on trends hitting at different times and cultural differences meaning that (for example) while Germany may not currently be buying anything other than paranormal romance, India might be desperate for historical fiction.

You'll never think of James, the Camino, or the making of the stories you believe in the same way.AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Q: Who is this is juicy, erudite entertainment meant for?A: History nerds, religious seekers, rational skeptics, thinking people, and anyone who likes Monty Python or thinks they might want to take a long walk on the Camino de Santiago.Q: Can we learn from any other historical source why Jesus really called James a «Son of Thunder»?

It can be computed theoretically by assuming the historical means, variances, and co-variances can be projected into the future (along with several other assumptions, many of which are rather dubious).

Believers in fundamental indices point out that repeated research by Kenneth French from Dartmouth's Tuck School and the University of Chicago's Eugene Fama has shown that small cap and value stocks have outperformed other securities over most significant historical periods, and haven't yet displayed a reversion to the mean.

Statements in this press release, other than historical information, may be «forward - looking» in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

Promote the use of artificial reefs as a means to minimize the impact of recreational scuba divers on historical wreck sites and other ecologically sensitive dive sites;

The life stories of historical figures and young people's experiences provide insights into what antisemitism and other forms of discrimination mean.

Were the mazes meant to acknowledge quilts and other historical textiles?

It deals with a generation that is facing falling expectations for individual and collective well - being, while at the same time being confronted in the professional sphere with a panorama in which academic, cultural and commercial interests overlap with each other, confusing the real value of artistic practice: namely, giving shape to visions that are capable of bestowing a different meaning on their historical circumstances.

Other artists like Kara Walker provide their own layers of meaning to these symbolic, cultural and historical artifacts.

Two exhibitions responding to the war — one directly and the other indirectly — are now on view in Boston: a powerful solo show of recent paintings by the celebrated political artist Jenny Holzer at Barbara Krakow Gallery, and «War and Discontent,» a well - meaning but muddled exhibition of historical and contemporary works at the Museum of Fine Arts.

The attribution to the driver is based on the best fits of that pattern and others, not on the mean or trend in the historical runs.