Sentences with phrase «practical affairs of life»

The gods were conceived as visual objects having excellence in themselves, an excellence that inspired interest and admiration rather than numinous terror or the expectation of interference in the practical affairs of life.

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They would only allow discussion of questions related to the law (shari`a) and the practical affairs of everyday life.

Their practical grasp of the ways of things enabled people to carry out the necessary affairs of everyday life in a tolerable fashion.

This was the first simple formula in explanation of suffering, and the practical conclusion was that life's main business lay in so conducting affairs as to win the approbation and avoid the dislike of the superhuman powers.

The sin of the church, according to Annie Dillard, is the absence of expectancy in its life and witness, the failure to take adequate account of what the living God is contemporaneously doing in the world to bring his reign to visibility in, with, and under the affairs of the earth; the practical denial of the trustworthiness of the Father, the efficacy of the Son, and the agency of the Holy Spirit in personal and public life.

In opposition, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that he would be the «Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs» and he has consistently argued for a «focus on practical changes to improve the lives of Aboriginal people».

His commitment to achieve positive and practical change in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is demonstrated by the elevation of Indigenous Affairs to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the appointment of a designated Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion.