Sentences with phrase «own eclecticism»

In the Salvation Army we saw a certain eclecticism in which the resources of other professions were drawn on as supplements to the basic religious approach.

But the ability of the white, male Protestants of certain denominations increasingly to «run the show» did not mean that during those eighteen decades the dominators - on - the - rise successfully purged «religious eclecticism.»

Still, his case is compelling, and he makes it with such effect that the reader is likely to go looking with fresh spectacles for traces of this «religious eclecticism» and «spiritual hothouse» effect in contemporary America.

In the face of his predecessor Sydney Ahlstrom, who made much of the Puritan thread in American religion, Butler announces a program that attaches less importance to Puritanism and more to what he calls throughout the book «religious eclecticism.»

What Leo saw is this: The issues of faith and reason highlighted in Dei Filius could not be advanced by philosophical eclecticism.

This strange mixture has so far defied attempts to reduce it to neat categories, although one of the better recent studies places Schweitzer among the death - of - God theologians, who exhibit similar kinds of eclecticism (see Schweitzer: Prophet of Radical Theology, by Jackson Lee Ice [Westminster, 1971]-RRB-.

The most outstanding feature of the conference was the absence of promiscuous eclecticism.

Yet, eclecticism meets modern efficiency and today's short attention spans.

Indeed, it has sometimes seemed as if the study of Pauline and Johannine thought, in particular, might resolve itself into a study of religious eclecticism.

Some evidence also suggests that eclecticism may be prominent even in less pluralistic settings.

It is also highly eclectic in character, but eclecticism was not entirely the work of the Muslim mind as some scholars maintain.

A more convincing advantage of Singer's eclecticism is his insistence that each of us be allowed to create a personal fable, untroubled by moral bullies with their easy absolutisms.

What eclecticism and cultural levelling have in common is the separation of culture from human nature.

If she follows trends found in every major study of higher education since the 1950s, Paula's experience of college will have a secularizing impact on her faith, mediating the intellectual relativism and cultural eclecticism that is so much a part of her postmodern world.

The show even lampoons its own religious eclecticism.

Such a mission does not lead to syncretism and eclecticism but to «such growth in the essentials» as Asoka had demanded from the different religions, and that means nothing other than growth in love toward God and man.

But it is not enough to use it, as it is used in our day, as a rallying cry in battles which, strictly speaking, have nothing much to do with religion, or to put it on a pedestal to be admired, or in a spirit of haphazard eclecticism to pick and choose from the shari`a only the material which pleases us most.

The difficulty that stems from just assembling therapeutic components from different sources is that this approach usually produces a kind of hash eclecticism — a theory from here, a technique from there — with no integrating structure, no internally consistent core of assumptions about the nature, process, and goals of therapeutic change.

Within the Church seminary formation had for a variety reasons suffered from extreme eclecticism.

Against eclecticism it presented a unified vision of the Catholic faith; against perennial fideistic tendencies it maintains unaided reason's capacity to know moral truths and establish the existence of God; finally Thomism does not blur the distinction between grace and nature.

Turn your dining room into a celebration of eclecticism with dining sets from MacKenzie - Childs.

The eclecticism of the commentaries guarantees that there is something for everyone but does slow the pace of the book's exegesis.

In July 2014 Scientific American launched Voices, a blog that celebrates eclecticism in research, exploration and communication about science, which commenced with a manifesto on science for Spanish speakers.

In a section titled «Remains of the Day», the Times declares that «the coolest look this season references the layered eclecticism of all that came before, from «70s floral - print suits to «40s - era net hats, from oversize shearlings to logo sweatshirts».

Two things I hate seeing in the world of internet interiors: 1) Everything morphing into the same trendy, internet - driven style, and 2) «Eclecticism», which ends up being a bunch of styles thrown together that really don't work.

Gucci's sweatshirt was first seen on the Spring»18 runway in Milan - the show was filled with»80s references combined with Alessandro Michele's trademark eclecticism.

For all the insane eclecticism that's available online, you can actually find some true classic investment pieces.

Hope Johnson will deliver another delicate and bohemian collection as the fashion world needs more eclecticism!

This didn't happen in this collection and a bit disappointed about it, I think some proper evening gowns embodying the eclecticism the collection surrounds would have been nice for a grand finale!

The collection does however capture a fun homogenous eclecticism with a mix of the 1940s, navy style and office wear.

This is a great season for sparkle - loving magpies like me; I love the more - is - more eclecticism that Alessandro Michele is bringing at Gucci.

All materials portray the core values of the brand which are authenticity, eclecticism, craftsmanship and high aesthetics.

PARIS, France — Jonathan Anderson equates modern living with eclecticism.

I'm all for eclecticism, don't get me wrong, but this is not a complete hit, if a hit at all.

The spring 2018 collection is a mix of eclecticism centered to the old lady style.

Are you appreciating the concept or are you cringing at the eclecticism of a rich old lady through the decades (or something)?

Its pointless narrative feels unfocused and incomplete, punctuated by equally incongruent cinematography, tedious pacing, often - amateurish editing and a soundtrack that pushes the limits of eclecticism.

Such eclecticism helps make Tavernier an ideal guide for a tour of nearly half a century of French cinema.

Perhaps this incessant give and flex in Duvivier's mid-1950s period, and the fluid flitting from genre to genre, have made him a victim of his own eclecticism.

It is typical of Desplechin's eclecticism and openness to stylistic and narrative bricolage that this should take the form of a subtle appropriation of Japanese Noh theatre, from which he borrows the distinctive ornamental flute that permeates the score, as well as its precise formality (like most of Desplechin's films, La Sentinelle is broken into chapters, of which the first, «The Ghost», echoes the Noh repertoire's predilection for the supernatural).

SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Emma Thompson — for her eclecticism in switching from period films to fantasy genre, to contemporary settings.

Desplechin tackles drama with wildly confident eclecticism, sometimes even besting Martin Scorsese in pure movie - mad feverishness: iris shots, radically different camera styles, unexpected musical and literary quotations, theatrical flourishes, scenes broken up in collage.

The 70 - year - old Miller has won international acclaim for these spectacular and jubilant creations, as well as for his eclecticism, inventiveness and sheer audacity.

Giving the nod to Perhaps Love «s array of musical styles (big Broadway tunes, operetta - style monologues, pop ballads) over Princess Raccoon «s folk eclecticism and Brokeback Mountain «s groovy guitar.

The filmmaker discusses Ferguson, getting tenure at NYU, and the eclecticism of his new movie, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.

Best - case scenario: Depp silences the tedious carping about his recent work with a reminder of his eclecticism and charisma, while Cooper delivers on the promise of Crazy Heart and Out Of The Furnace with a movie that has a bit more swagger and style than those two well - acted but unremarkable dramas.

Wong Kar - wai's link to the French New Wave is largely a matter of his stylistic eclecticism and his youthful, energetic, and romantic treatment of contemporary urban life (apparent in both Days of Being Wild and Chung - king Express).

Matthias Schoenaerts, once more, proves his eclecticism by representing with great dignity and reservedness the wounded soul of an ex-soldier.

It's a festival The New York Times called «a combination of under - the - radar art house entries and idiosyncratic revivals that reliably deliver an atmosphere of cutting - edge eclecticism.»

The working processes and dispositions of contemporary visual artists, in their diversity, eclecticism, and the absence of a uniform organizing principle, ideology, or label, can provoke and inspire us to reframe the way we understand, interpret, and engage the uncertain and complex world we live in.