Sentences with phrase «philosophical influence»
Any attempt to strip theology of the pagan influences of the past, we will only replace it with cultural and philosophical influences of today — which might possibly be worse.
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Perhaps this is not surprising» for, over his long career, this American thinker, born in Germany in 1928, has proved extraordinarily willing to draw on Christian theologians: Karl Barth, for instance, whom Wyschogrod deploys in his efforts to free Judaism from dependence on such extraneous philosophical influences as Aristotle and Kant.
I have often wanted to get back to the Bible, to just what the Scriptures teach, to strip theology from the pagan philosophical influences that have crept in over the years.
Apart from some traditional philosophical influences, this is due mainly to the fact that relativity excluded the universal cosmic «Now» as the substratum of absolute simultaneity; and since such «Now» was naturally viewed as a boundary between past and future events, its elimination was interpreted as a denial of the successive character of the world.
A problem with the back to basics movement is its presupposition, showing the philosophical influence of John Locke, and shared by much of our educational practice, that the human mind is a «tabula rasa,» a blank, empty receptacle waiting to be filled with information and knowledge.
The philosophical influence of Whitehead opened me to the recognition that, at very basic levels, Buddhist teachings were more profound and accurate than Western formulations of Christianity.
In addition to drawing its subjects from the so - called developing world, my work often draws its aesthetic from the «Global South», as well as its philosophical influence, in the form of Paolo Freire, Eduardo Galeano, Augusto Sandino, and Edward Said.
Each painting possesses a distinct sense of fluidity — between the various faiths and texts that constitute Kami's philosophical influences; between representation and abstraction; and, most unexpectedly, between painted portrayals and energies present.