Sentences with phrase «prevailing culture»

Social revolution has had a de facto redefinition due to the massive disconnect caused by prevailing culture.

The most rebellious thing a person can do is NOT go along with prevailing culture, and by getting tattoos for no real purpose other than consanguinity with that culture is really to miss the entire point of the gospel.

I'm saying that there is no appetite for that as an un-compromised artistic pursuit in our current prevailing culture.

Focusing on «culture fit» alone makes it difficult to hire and welcome employees who are different than the prevailing culture, even if they'd be an asset and great counterbalance at your company.

If biblical «facts» are debatable then how about «Did Jesus ever condemn gay relationships, or were these condemnations just a part of the prevailing culture?»

An Orthodox Christian, Dreher emphasizes that believers often must stand against the assumptions of the prevailing culture.

But in terms of priorities, focus, and direction, assumed evangelicalism begins to give gradually increasing energy to concerns other than the gospel and key evangelical distinctives, to gradually elevate secondary issues to a primary level, to be increasingly worried about how it is perceived by others and to allow itself to be increasingly influenced both in content and method by the prevailing culture of the day.

The challenge of the Enlightenment continues to destabilize the Church, causing it to doubt the substance and sources of its tradition and tempting it to resort to authoritarian reassertion on the one hand or to accommodation to the prevailing culture and private revelation on the other.

If the idea of religion as an entirely private matter» no longer welcome in the public square except as it validates public policy» seems like a new development, Shaw illustrates that its seeds were planted long ago and nurtured by a desire for inclusion within the prevailing culture.

Sanneh says the fact that the indigenized gospel is both «novel and patriotic» makes it a force for moral reckoning in the prevailing culture.

Individuals in community define themselves and are shaped by these intersecting parameters, being both limited and / or enabled by the prevailing culture type.

So, what does this mean for Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and so many more who believe that their authoritative religious texts teach something the prevailing culture finds so unacceptable that they are no longer welcome within the mainstream context, even if they are (as Louie Giglio is known for) working to eradicate slavery?

On the contrary, that form will be profoundly influenced by the character of the prevailing culture.

The Food Network, and the prevailing culture of urban young adulthood, taught me to treat coffee, ethnic foods, and cocktails as well nigh sacramental.

If the prevailing culture subtly (or otherwise) still pushes children towards predetermined gender interests, colour schemes, roles and aspirations, how easy is it to stand against the tide?

The depth of this reform represents a challenge, not just to the prevailing faith but to the prevailing culture.

And this new way of seeing God's rule in and through human effort has called for a re-interpretation of the prevailing culture.

Conversely, a radical critique of the prevailing culture involves a re-interpretation of the ultimate goal.

Our first values are not invented by ourselves, but received or absorbed from others: usually, to begin with, from the home; but as time goes on also from the outside world, from our environment, from the prevailing culture.

Whatever course forward First Things adopts, it must begin with a sober realization of how truly heathen and hollow the prevailing culture has become.

Through the vicissitudes of human history it has encouraged ordinary men and women to become heroic followers of Christ when love might otherwise have died down in prevailing culture.

The prevailing culture of our country is often buried in the stories that are chosen to be shown.

Research from the US and the UK, looking for unique «dad factors», has found that fathers in these countries tend to make learning more fun than mothers, probably because the prevailing culture of masculinity is playful and «jokey».

Harold Lloyd became a comedy star by playing the sort of youthful go - getter that exemplified the era, displaying a confidence and enthusiasm that captured the spirit of the prevailing culture.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

Too many change efforts fail because leaders have underestimated the power of the prevailing culture in undermining change.

Gradually, the prevailing culture of caution and control gave way to curiosity and innovation.

He depicts the prevailing culture of this vibrant international city, and hones in on key elements of social behavior, language and mores.

He masterfully depicts the prevailing culture of this vibrant international city, and doesn't overlook key elements of social behavior, language and mores.

It is all part of the prevailing culture of empowering and investing in employees that has become a hallmark of the Mud Bay retail model.

In 1949, Dubuffet cofounded the Compagnie de l'Art Brut, a collection of 1,200 works by 100 artists working outside the prevailing culture.

Is there any mileage left in the idea of art as an oppositional practice, a set of moves made against the prevailing culture and its norms from outside its territory?

One either complies and becomes assimilated into the prevailing culture, or they will be ejected and if necessary destroyed.

-- Raise public awareness about the impacts of unsustainable consumption and shift away from the prevailing culture of consumerism to sustainability.

When a buyer's market lasts that long, the buyers» advantages become locked into the prevailing culture of the marketplace.

Our advocates participate at the state level to seek regulatory and statutory changes that benefit all elderly persons, and we work to promote targeted reform of the prevailing culture in nursing homes and other long - term care facilities.

That makes no sense to me unless what the firms are really looking for are drones — worker bees to rack up the billable hours and accept the prevailing culture without question.

A more direct obstacle to internal referrals could be the prevailing culture at Chinese law firms, where there is typically little centralized management and partners compete with each other for business more than they co-operate.

Improving relationships between Crowns / other court staff and defence lawyers and a general shift in the prevailing culture of the court.

The prevailing culture of the bar, for many years, has been to attach an unusual amount of prestige to big law firms and the lawyers who practise there.

Discuss with your adolescent the ways in which the prevailing culture has become deceived about healthy sexuality.