Sentences with phrase «public square issues»

Any witnessing together on public square issues must be grounded in a common faith in the Holy Trinity, in Jesus Christ, the Eternal Word made flesh, and in the Bible, the written word of God which norms Christian life, thought and action.

Second, evangelical Protestants will benefit immensely from listening to Roman Catholic thinkers engaging with the pressing public square issues of abortion, sexuality, and religious freedom.

Not exact matches

The ordained leaders of the Church, and the laity who are Christ's principal witnesses in the public square, do not enter public life proclaiming, «The Church teaches...» When the question at issue is an immoral practice, they enter the debate saying, «This is wicked; it can not be sanctioned by the law and here is why, as any reasonable person will grasp.»

Different organizations will highlight different issues: Some Jewish leaders will be most concerned with anti-Semitism, Vatican relations with Israel, and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict; others will focus on interfaith dialogue on theology and history; others will discuss social and economic policy, and the place of religion in politics and the public square.

And it has left us without an effective vocabulary or framework to talk about the relevant issues in the public square.

REAPPEARING SOCIALISM On opening the April issue, it was great to learn in «The Public Square» of «The disappearance of socialism as a live political option in the West.»

But, somehow, the combination worked» the newsletter transmogrified into The Public Square at the back of every issue, and the quarterly morphed into a monthly analysis of religion and publicPublic Square at the back of every issue, and the quarterly morphed into a monthly analysis of religion and publicpublic life.

A preview of The Public Square, forthcoming in the March issue of First Things.There is an understanding of liberal pluralism that is compatible with Islam.

I found Richard John Neuhaus» Public Square column in the February issue most thoughtful.

As you know, there were a number of intrinsic political issues in play during this period: the tariff, oft overlooked by the politically correct in the continuing effort to locate Southern apologists on the side of pro-slavery, the compact theory, and Nullification, an issue that is again in the public square.

While I appreciate the attention given to my presentation to the National Workshop on Christian Unity in the October 1996 issue of First Things («Ecumenism as Consolidating Divisions,» Public Square), I would like to eliminate a possible misapprehension.

For some reason, the May issue's Public Square chose to pick two sentences out of my review of Jefferson Powell's book on the Supreme Court and twist those few words to portray both Powell and me as at least «confused» and perhaps as defenders of an imperial judiciary.

• In his item on gambling in «The Public Square,» the editor neglects to mention that he is one of the thirty - three scholars who as the Council on Casinos issued the report.

• In his «Public Square» in the April issue, the editor explained why the Obama administration will «accommodate» Notre Dame and similar religious enterprises but will not consider them to be religious employers protected by the first amendment.

And much though not all of First Things» work has been in the service of a religiously informed «public philosophy,» seeking to find a common language for perennial truths about marriage, life, freedom, and other issues in the public square.

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

What we have a huge issue with is you trying to force your belief on us in the forms of laws, regulations, in medicine, in our schools or anywhere in the public square.

Off - duty NYPD cops who patrol in uniform inside city stadiums and other high - risk public venues have been sidelined, after the venues like Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden could not come to an agreement over liability issues.

«Public finance is a policy - slash - political issue, so I wasn't overly surprised» about the divide, Cuomo said Tuesday after a news conference announcing a series of concerts by Billy Joel next year at Madison Square Garden.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a Democrat running for reelection, squared off against her Republican opponent, J.C. Polanco, in a friendly yet competitive debate on Monday that highlighted substantive differences, and some shared opinions, between the two candidates on a range of policy issues.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

In this capacity, he works closely with the Pro-Life Secretariat to develop messages, promote issues and legislation, develop new programs and materials and implement communications strategies designed to educate the public and promote pro-life issues in the public square.

The stage was set with the two public education luminaries, ready to square off on such lightning rod issues as tenure and teacher dismissal laws in the wake of last month's Vergara trial: Randi Weingarten, leader of the nation's second largest teachers organization, AFT, and Superintendent John Deasy, leader of the second largest school district in the...

ICEF Public Schools (ICEF), a network of 12 charter schools in South Los Angeles and Inglewood, announced this week that its flagship View Park Preparatory Elementary and middle schools will move to a new 54,000 square - foot campus currently being constructed with the use of $ 19.8 million bond issue from the California School Finance Authority (CSFA).

At issue is legislation signed by Herbert in March that demands the federal government relinquish control of public lands by 2014, which sets up a potential legal battle over nearly 4,700 square miles.

Recommended reading A statue in Bloomsbury Square of the 18th - century British statesman Charles James Fox prompts Tom Crewe to think about the UK's public statuary in the latest issue of the London Review of Books.

To mark the third installment of «Sculpture at Bermondsey Square», VITRINE and Pangaea Sculptors» Centre will be hosting an afternoon of talks and discussion featuring the three commissioned artists with curators, open call judges and a panel of experts, exploring issues within public sculpture today.

By bringing together practitioners from different creative fields, Delfina Foundation explored how artistic strategies have and can be used to address wide - ranging issues related to the commons and public space, both the real and the imagined, from the city square to the computer screen.

By exhibiting significant artworks in its storefront location at the edge of Taksim Square in Istanbul, collectorspace seeks to engage the general public on issues that motivate contemporary artists while creating reference points for next generations of collectors regarding their role in supporting knowledge production.

This is a complex, global issue that requires global engagement in the public square, not in a courtroom.

Journalism Ethics Videos Leaders in the field of digital journalism talk about the ethical issues in their field, including journalism's mission in the public square and whether technological approaches can solve ethical dilemmas.

If Americans can bring to the public square the same genius for generational interdependence they bring to their family lives, the politics of these issues will become less toxic and the policy choices less forbidding.