The word
"pluralistic" means that something or a society includes and respects different opinions, beliefs, or cultures. It emphasizes the acceptance and coexistence of diverse ideas and perspectives.
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The sophomoric nastiness regularly displayed in Charlie Hebdo most certainly does not constitute any sort of warrant for homicide; the incapacity of some Muslims to live in
pluralistic societies and the rage to which those incapacities lead is a grave threat to the West.
Politically pragmatic liberalism may be practically necessary
in pluralistic societies, but as an individualistic secular ideology it is no more viable in the long run than its illiberal counterparts.
What Cord overlooks is the process of change and development in American history, which makes the principles that originally guaranteed liberty to Christians of every denominational persuasion equally operative in our highly
pluralistic age.
Some of my Christian ethicist colleagues get nervous when someone even hints that religion might be good for the larger
pluralistic culture.
Photo 03: One of the distinct ways in which Canada can help developing nations is to provide the expertise and experience of Canadians in justice, in federalism, in
pluralistic democracy.
And if this alternative approach can at least prepare them for a more open,
more pluralistic society, then I will take the time and energy it requires from me.
The word «Secularism» is used in India usually in relation to the idea of the Secular State which has been established in the
religiously pluralistic context of India.
We have a long way to go to develop a vision of the common good
for pluralistic American society.
If there is one point about this predicament that Elshtain seems to wish to stress (and one central affinity among Augustine, Arendt, and Elshtain), it is that awareness of the fallen and
pluralistic nature of the world «should usher into a rueful recognition of limits, not a will to dominion that requires others for one to conquer.»
Neither the liberals nor their arch critics are sufficiently open «to genuinely
pluralistic conversation in which people from very different starting points can debate and sometimes reach conclusions.»
In particular, I am suggesting that Dalit Christian communities may offer living examples of ways to cope
with pluralistic challenges and possibilities.
A more
pluralistic approach to charter creation — one that embraces more - diverse types of schools, academic offerings, and leadership and helps more independent schools get off the ground — might entail risks in terms of quality control, but it could also help the movement expand more quickly.
In the theological society's new study, Scripture is treated
as pluralistic, setting forth no unified code, with many of its dictates referring to social situations that no longer obtain.
All these were faithful, non-compromising people of faith in deeply secular
pluralistic environments who 1) had integrity in their convictions; 2) genuinely loved, listened to and served those who did not share their convictions; and 3) consistently did both at the same time.
Behind these works and underlying their organismic philosophy were Bergson's Creative Evolution, which had made a deep impression on Wieman, and the radical empirical writings of William James, especially
Pluralistic Universe and Essays in Radical Empiricism.
Nancy Graves at Mitchell - Innes & Nash, through March 7 Nancy Graves (1939 — 1995), was a key figure in the transition from the dominant forms of Minimalism and Conceptualism that marked the late 1960s and»70s, toward a more
pluralistic view of art production that became widely embraced in the 1980s and later.
Although more than half a century has passed since the era of Inventing Downtown, many of the issues mined in the exhibition still resonate in today's art world — split as it is between the booming commercial market for contemporary art and ever more
pluralistic models of artistic production, promotion, and display.
But just as new understandings of cosmos, history and society have compelled us to revise our views of revelation, so also our new understanding of the world's
pluralistic religious situation demands a similar rethinking.
EIGHT YEARS AGO, Diana Eck published a much talked about book called A New Religious America, in which she argued that the forces of globalization had transformed America from a Christian nation to a religiously
pluralistic nation like many others in the world.
Very much as local
pluralistic churches and harried ministers, seminaries also have an uncertainty of purpose.
And to win the support of educators who do not share the neoconservative commitment to educational reform rooted largely, if not exclusively, in Western traditions, he argues that in
pluralistic America, if schools do their job there can indeed be one cultural vocabulary.
By way of initial orientation, let us say that Whitehead's universe is a connected
pluralistic universe.
Although the «appeal to tradition» is persuasive to some, many regard parliamentary prayers as an anachronism — inimical to a modern
pluralistic secular democracy.
But he haunts our often bewilderingly
pluralistic art world still and the AGO exhibition in particular.
And we will establish a Commission for Countering Extremism to identify examples of extremism and expose them, to support the public sector and civil society, and help the government to identify policies to defeat extremism and promote
pluralistic values.
In contrast, in
pluralistic countries, there are coalitions which often vary from issue to Issue, and ethnicity is not the determining factor.
Be engaged, because merely being present in the classroom does not necessarily qualify as participation, and a
truly pluralistic community requires all voices.
Of particular interest is the way in which the religiously
pluralistic character of student bodies, including those of many denominationally affiliated schools, is being addressed.
Whitehead's
pluralistic metaphysics properly accounts for the uniqueness and individuality of each existing thing in the world.
If the church is to take the Jesus - tradition seriously and become Jesus - communities, its mission should be to build religiously
pluralistic communities for concerted action for a better world in the common hope of the Kingdom of God to come.
It's felt like a wildly
pluralistic moment because, as you say, there was the emergence of video and the emergence of performance artists like Joan Jonas alongside formalist object - maker like Richard Serra.
Pluralistic democratic politics was constitutionally hardwired into the three traditional parties as a basis for securing the peace of the federal republic, whereas in this country the perpetual evolution of party structures means that there remains a representative body of opinion on both right and left within Labour and the Conservatives which tends to revert to dogma.
But given our
very pluralistic environment, in which you're likely to come up against five different worldviews in the course of a day's encounters with the media, you need a way of thinking, imagining and acting that makes deep sense, and that allows you to adapt and improvise in relation to these diverse views.
But Notre Dame is trying to break out of this pattern, to bring Christian scholarship into full dialogue with modern
pluralistic intellectual life.
On the other hand, it may be that some are more favorably situated than others to benefit from the
radically pluralistic situation in which we are now immersed.
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pluralistic education systems empower parents to choose schools that align with their values, and universal access to such systems can be achieved through scholarship tax credit laws.
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