Sentences with phrase «personal estrangement»

Sin is not only the breaking of the divine law; it is personal estrangement, it is the separation of man from the true source of his being.

The rise in narcotics addiction in recent years, particularly among young people, is in large measure a result of the prevalent decay of purpose, the loss of stable values, and the feelings of personal estrangement, loneliness, hopelessness, and meaninglessness which characterize the present age.

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If love is reconciliation overcoming estrangement between personal beings, it is also the reunion of that which was separated, the recovery of a fundamental identity.26

It is a return from the far country of estrangement both from other people and from the «ground of personal spirit that is hidden deep within us (and the universe).»

The dialogic model does not encounter these difficulties, and is particularly suitable for interpreting the Christian experience of reconciliation overcoming estrangement, and the more personal dimensions of guilt and forgiveness.

Discord abounds for the emotionally constipated siblings, who have their father's death, their mother's estrangement, and an assortment of painful personal problems looming over them.