Sentences with phrase «public morality on»

Douglas Farrow's «Thirteen Theses» speak of sexual and public morality on the most universal level possible.

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When Airbnb and Amazon become the self - proclaimed voices of public morality — a trend we're seeing in America more broadly — the pressure on megachurches to act with no less magnanimity is even stronger.

Marr wants to insist on the futility of any expression of public morality that must rely on theological premises (which he calls «dogma»).

They had tacitly accepted a truce on theological discussion in order to concentrate on a task in which they were all at one — action in the spheres of public morality and social evils.

The reform of canon law is still far away... in short, there is nothing like a new Pentecost to be noticed, but rather quarrels and alienation among Catholics themselves, new unsolved questions in theology as well as in Christian living on which we had seemed to be agreed before the Council, the continuing silent apostasy of the masses, the rejection of faith, Christian morality and conviction in public life.

Any society in history will need structures which balance enhancement of freedom and self - determination with checks on it by long - established legal and moral traditions of keeping power in the service of order and mutual responsibility, as well as creation of new structures of public morality.

William Provine, for example, has been on a crusade to persuade the public that it has to discard either Darwinism or God, and not only God but also such non-materialistic concepts as free will and objective standards of morality.

Let us be mindful that it is not our Muslim fellow citizens who have undermined public morality, assaulted our religious liberty, and attempted to force us to comply with their ideology on pain of being reduced to the status of second - class citizens.

Presumably, the committee from the United Church of Christ that called on Abernathy to «repent» of his authorship of the King autobiography felt that King's personal life was so uninteresting, or that such a neat separation could be made between personal morality and public ethics, that Abernathy could have only destructive motives for his revelation.

The author of both books says King's stance on gay rights is unclear because the Ebony advice column may be the only public exchange on record where he touches on the morality of homosexuality.

Indeed, judging by the reporting on the presidential campaign, it seems that in the absence of any substantive public debate on morality among religious leaders, media representatives have emerged as the new priesthood in our culture: they demand confessions of misconduct from public figures and then determine the seriousness of the sin and the degree of penance required for the sin to be forgiven.

For example, one of the great problems facing liberal and conservative churches alike is that their membership has been schooled on the distinction between public and private morality.

She has closely examined fundamentalist rhetoric in several «texts»: Falwell's own biography, fund - raising for Liberty Baptist College, the public language used by conservative Christians during the 1980s, Falwell's «stump sermon» on morality and politics, pro-life writings, interpretations of Israel and the end times, and the telescandals.

Events of recent months» in particular, the execution of Timothy McVeigh and, just prior to it, public airing for the first time of audio tapes of executions in Georgia» have focused attention on the morality of the death penalty, even if administered fairly and equitably.

1) multiple interpretations of the Bible exist 2) there are many ways to apply the teachings of the Bible to public life 3) no one denomination or spokesperson has a monopoly on how to accurately interpret the Bible and apply it to public life 4) because we live in a pluralistic society, we must learn to raise the level of public discourse so that we not only appeal to our specific religious tradition, but to a common sense of morality and justice

I find civil religion motifs in Reston's focus on «the American Dream,» in his belief that the precepts of the Republic's founding documents were political affirmations of certain religious concepts, in his belief in America's unique moral role in world affairs — and in his concern for injecting morality into public - policy discussions.

Political correctness has many forms, but they are united in a shared repudiation of anything solid and substantial in public life, whether in the form of nationalism or strong affirmations of constraints that human nature places on any healthy society, constraints that get articulated by all forms of traditional morality.

But every major school of educational theory when reflecting on public moral education agrees that there is a universal and all - inclusive morality.

It isn't likely that public bettors will take Penn State and the points as it may feel immoral to root for JoePa and the Nittany Lions on Saturday (although bettors» morality may be considered an oxymoron in some circles).

Omand had stated that public trust in the organs of the state was going to be crucial, because from then on,» Finding out other people's secrets is going to mean breaking everyday rules of morality.»

Then, there are the many troubles of Senate President Saraki, all hinged on alleged lack of basic integrity in government and scant regard for public morality.

If they are married it might say something about their personal morality, but that fact has no bearing on their political morality, which is all that should concern us as members of the public.

The case sparked a public debate on the morality of adoption when it interacts with commercial interests.

The plaintiff also sought an order of mandamus compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack both ministers in public interest and public morality based on the allegations of attempts to influence court decisions recently levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Court.

In the late 1980s, after he was diagnosed with AIDS, Wojnarowicz» art took on a sharply political edge, and soon he was entangled in highly public debates about medical research and funding, morality and censorship in the arts, and the legal rights of artists.

In recent years, they have worked with a collective of performers and musicians in the group My Barbarian, creating projects including «Gods of Canada,» a super-heroic paean to Canadian liberalism commissioned in 2005 by the Power Plant in Toronto, Ontario; «Pagan Rights,» a quirky California dreamscape celebrating opposition to the Christian Right performed in 2005 at the Evidence Room Theater and UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Participant, Inc., in New York, and the Drake Hotel in Toronto; «Squirrel Radio Action,» a public radio send - up commissioned in 2005 by Pacific Drift on NPR - affiliate KPCC; «Medieval Morality,» a site - specific play at Los Angeles» MAK Center Schindler House in 2004.

But of course, fossil fuel consumption is determined not only by personal morality, but by the infrastructure of the places people live, the work available to them, the public services they can draw on, and the demands of their daily lives.

The moral straitjacketing of anyone who raises a critical peep about eco-orthodoxies is part of a growing «new secular public morality», he says, «which seeks to impose its views on others, even at the cost of political censorship».

The fact is that the war on drugs has been an abject failure: addicts are criminalized, public health suffers, criminal organizations profit, the young and marginalized are stigmatized and our courts grind to a halt under the weight of morality prosecutions.

The Tribunal, if its members are any where near being open - minded, and if TREB's lawyers are as able as they must be, can / should rule in favour of protecting the public interest from the perspective, on the surface of it, of a legal perspective only, all morality - driven driven arguments officially aside.