Sentences with phrase «practical expressions of»

Wesley believed that Christianity was essentially a social religion, and Methodist preachers engaged in a variety of humanitarian endeavors that were practical expressions of the ideas of the moral philosophers.

But aside from that this potential can be used for good (such as orienting us as a community to bring practical expressions of God's love to the world, such as pursuing social justice) or for evil (such as when we turn our worship services into corporate naval gazing that never moves beyond the intention to touch the world — there is far too much of this kinda BS pretending to be worship of God, the Bible would call this idolatry).

Ernie Cortes's work in Texas was the first practical expression of the new approach, which departed significantly from Alinsky's style, not least in taking seriously religious issues and the well - being of congregations.

It is the task of general sociology to investigate the sociological significance of the various forms of intellectual and practical expression of religious experience (myth, doctrine; prayer, sacrifice, rites; organization, constitution, authority); it falls to the specific sociological study to cover sociologically concrete, historical examples: a Sioux (Omaha) Indian myth, an Egyptian doctrine of the Middle Kingdom, Murngin or Mohammedan prayer, the Yoruba practice of sacrifice, the constitution of the earliest Buddhist Samgha, Samoyed priesthood, etc..

With regard to the practical expression of religious experience we have noted already that common acts of devotion and of service provide an incomparable bond of union between the members of a cult group.

However, it serves as the practical expression of the Federal Executive Council, which is Australia's highest formal governmental body.

The conference was one practical expression of the concern of Legal Reform that year with women's issues.

Not exact matches

What was his drive to perfect his writing and craft but an expression of a real love of the good, though undoubtedly mixed with some idea of the practical benefits (fame, fortune) of writing well?

This way of thinking about education reappeared among the Romans in the expression liberalia studia, «liberal studies» or studies liberated from the concerns of practical doing, studies concerned with all the activities that belong to «play.»

This may appear to be an admirable expression of an undogmatic attitude, but it depends upon characterizing as «practical atheists» historians who, like Sanders, reject supernatural intervention.

They strengthened the tradition, probably in part an expression of the practical Roman spirit and partly derived from Jesus himself, which made Christianity in the West a more effective force for molding civilization than was Christianity in the East.

These forms give practical and verbal expression to the common faith of any one generation and, when handed on, become the vehicle for transmitting and nurturing the faith of the next generation.

On occasion these go beyond the strict rules of law, but to a certain extent constitute their expression in everyday concrete terms, their practical realization.

Beauty in all its material and practical expressions exists to draw humanity into the redeeming beauty of God.

As far as the former is concerned we find a considerable amount of variableness in the nature, intensity, and color of the unifying, basic religious experience, shades or differences in theoretical (belief, myth, doctrine) and practical (worship, activities) expression.

In the process of giving theology a practical expression he shaped a distinctively American social ethic that dominated Protestant thought in America from the close of World War I to the widening of the war in Viet Nam.

It is not possible in this context to develop a theory of religious experience and of its theoretical, practical and sociological expressions.

The history of our discipline is replete with examples of leading scholars and schools preoccupied with one or the other form of expression of religious experience: theoretical or practical, myth or cultus, rational or mystical piety, individual or collective religion.

This inventory still does not include an examination of the internal consistency of the features that make up the theoretical, the practical, and the sociological expression of the experience of the religious community in question, nor does it include an inquiry into the rational arguments set forth in support of its tenets.

While it shares with the former an insistence on the necessity of well - defined and rigidly adhered - to principles, strictly conceived authority, and discipline, it shares with denominationalism an opposition to traditionalism in principle and, empirically, to definite historical developments in doctrinal, practical, or social expressions.

That goal is the expression, on the level of duty, of the demand, the claim — the Verlangen — which constitutes pure reason in its speculative and practical use; reason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of Practicalpractical use; reason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of PracticalPractical Reason).

The very expression «postulate» should not mislead us; it expresses, on the properly epistemological level and in the language of modality, the «hypothetical» character of the existential belief involved in the demand for completion, for totality, which constitutes practical reason in its essential purity.

It can be a healing process or practical act of human expression in being «known.»

On one hand, organized religion needs to find expression in practical social services and should encourage the development of these parachurch activities.

Throughout his life, he never altered his views on the basic structure of the discipline: its twin tasks (historical and theoretical); the centrality of religious experience and its threefold expressions (theoretical, practical, and sociological); and the crucial importance of hermeneutics.

This proposition is examined in terms of the three universal expressions or functions of religious faith, whether theistic or non-theistic: the practical, or the system of worship or ritual; the sociological, or the system of social relationships; and the theoretical, or the system of beliefs.

The rise of new popular religions in the nineteenth century and again after 1945 gave practical expression to that possibility.

The Congress, therefore, was an attempt to give practical expression to the mystic's vision of unity.

We who have pursued such radical expressions of it may now be sure that we know its secrets as authentically as any one can know them who learns them from another; and we have next to answer, each of us for himself, the practical question: what are the dangers in this element of life?

By seeking to educate the head, heart, and hands of the child, the curriculum covers a broad spectrum of subjects, balancing academics, artistic expression and skill, and practical learning.

By seeking to educate the head, heart, and hands of the child, the Linden curriculum covers a broad spectrum of subjects, balancing academics, artistic expression and skill, and practical learning.

Harmony, thank you for reminding us all that emotions come and go (in all of us, including our children) as well as sharing practical strategies for how you've helped so many young ones through their expressions of difficult emotions.

«Our present study shows examination of the gene expression profiles at the very early age of initial clinical detection reveals both strong evidence of early biological processes in ASD and abnormal signals with the potential to serve as an early, practical biomarker of risk for the disorder in general pediatric settings.»

One option would be to shut down the expression of BCL11A, using small pieces of RNA, in blood - forming stem cells that would then be given to a person with the disease; another would be to inhibit the action of BCL11A directly using a more traditional, and possibly more practical, small - molecule drug.

«Having a very efficient and practical way of generating patient - specific stem cells, which unlike human embryonic stem cells, wouldn't be rejected by the patient's immune system after transplantation brings us a step closer to the clinical application of stem cell therapy,» says Belmonte, PhD., a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory and director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Spain.

They're a unifying symbol as well as an expression of individuality; both practical and rebellious, familiar and new.

Raising her big - screen stock considerably from last year's soggy showcase in «Breathe,» the British actress doesn't softly edge around the ways in which Sawyer herself can be a jagged little pill, while the script serves ample evidence of how personal and professional relations with men have made her armor up over the years; even Foy's candid expressions of terror come with a terse, practical edge.

The Audi S8 is the ultimate expression of luxury, performance and practical business - sedan sense or, as Audi V8 engine head Jurgen Konigstedt said, «It is the most powerful sedan in our history.»

Aside from creativity, we emphasize the simple practical skills of our writers: speed of typing and self - expression, the competence in traditional writing software, communication abilities, knowledge in basic linguistics, and so on.

In the next section we will take a look at practical regular expressions for eBook designers that will help you make short work out of eBook design.

A meeting of the practical and the decorative, a mundane task given a new expression and a fictional typology for an imagined purpose.

Most importantly new media has acted upon art in two different directions: the first, theoretical, concerning its very definition; and the second, more practical, about new possible ways of expression.

I'm aware that archtecture is an expression of desires, hopes and ambitions, as well as myriad practical needs and limitations, which shape a structure's design.

As a practical matter, it's simply not feasible in a global media market to tailor one's freedom of expression to the varying local bylaws.

Whatever else may be included in the expression «non-legal»» or «non-judicial» documents and papers» pertaining» or «relating» to commercial cases, and whatever notional or practical difficulties might arise in relation to the need for service or delivery of all such documents relating to the proceedings on the KRG (correspondence etc), the Order and the inter partes application, as a matter of DIFC procedural law, had to be served on it and the Article provided that they «shall be sent / dispatched» by the «authority or the competent legal officer / judicial body or officer concerned» to the court of the district where the defendant resided.

The Court observed that in this case, focused on trade secrets, such freedom of expression concerns are more theoretical than practical but specifically noted that if freedom of expression issues arise, Google can and should apply to vary the order.

In terms of our own cultural diversity in Canada, Rae called the Idle No More movement «an expression of frustration,» but was quick to point out that aboriginal protesters need to determine «to what extent this new movement takes on a stronger, keener sense of what the objectives are beyond simply that of protest» because «protest movements eventually have to turn positive and have a series of practical objectives that are very focused and very achievable.

They have great papers, great explications and a wonderful group that is continuing to turn out, for lack of a better expression, practical guides and white papers on how to do e-discovery properly.

You'll also learn: More sex doesn't necessarily improve a marriage Frequent arguing will not lead to divorce Financial problems do not always spell trouble in a relationship Wives who make sour facial expressions when their husbands talk are likely to be separated within four years There is a reason husbands withdraw from arguments - and there's a way around it Dr. Gottman tells you how to recognize attitudes that doom a marriage - contempt, criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling - and provides practical exercises, quizzes, tips, and techniques that will help you understand and make the most of your relationship.

This focus, and its expression through the catchcry of «practical reconciliation», is discussed below.