Sentences with phrase «public squares as»

The project consists of a specially designed research pavilion, a prototype monument by artist Terry Adkins, and free dialogues led by Philadelphia artists and critical thinkers using William Penn's iconic plan for the city's five public squares as inspiration.
«It is time we stopped viewing the pastors in jacket and tie who go and preach the Bible in public squares as depoliticized imbeciles» (Veja, 26/10/94).
Where are the articulate leaders in Catholic communications and Catholic education putting forth a practical and visionary plan that will help the church provide leadership in the public square as our nation staggers toward the millenium?
Indeed, his commitment to religious liberty was at least as much a function of his worry about domineering religious sects imposing themselves on the public square as of any concern about a loss of society's fundamental moral character.
Neuhaus having been among them, but they are still just as unheeded in the public square as before.
Many evangelicals cite what they see as religion's shrinking role in the public square as another concern.
It should energise you either to become a Catholic leader or to support real Catholics who will bring the faith to the public square as legislators or congressional representatives or governors or members of the Supreme Court.
«There is still a little bit of hostility in the public square as it relates to Muslim Americans and their place in society,» Younis said.

Not exact matches

As Square explains in the earnings report, the «company purchases Bitcoin from public cryptocurrency exchanges or from customers.»
Square now has the ability to tap the public markets for further financing, if necessary, and is better able to use its shares as currency in acquisitions.
Once feted by billionaires, Levandowski now finds himself starring in a high - stakes public trial as his two former employers square off.
Closed department stores will most likely become other businesses that could benefit from the large square footage, such as fitness centers, churches, offices, public libraries, and even medical clinics, Williamson says.
Not too long after payments technology company Square goes public, Dorsey will leave the company, while staying on as permanent CEO of the other tech giant he co-founded, Twitter TWTR.
As a newly public company, Square needs a seasoned chief who can weather Wall Street's demands for growth, says Sucharita Mulpuru, analyst at Forrester Research; Twitter, on the other hand, needs Dorsey's design and product expertise.
Amazon's wish list includes an initial 500,000 square feet of space in an urban or suburban area, with access to highways, airports and public transportation, as well as a qualified technology workforce in the area.
This gave Square an initial public valuation of only $ 2.91 billion, a shocking 51.56 % below its final implied valuation as a private unicorn.
He has also made huge contributions to the community as a volunteer board chair of numerous organizations, including the Centre in the Square, the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, the Waterloo Public Library and the BarnRaisers Council, and was recently appointed to the board of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Twitter's successful debut is likely to stoke interest in other up - and - coming consumer Internet companies such as ride service Uber, scrapbooking site Pinterest, accommodation service Airbnb and the payment start - up Square, all of which boast private - market valuations well north of a billion dollars and could go public in the coming years.
Or they can help pave the way for the next public software - engineering school, as Union Square Ventures» venture capitalist Fred Wilson did in New York.
As Owen shows, contemporary liberalism requires that religious beliefs be bracketed out of the public square, which is why liberalism is unable to understand or even converse with these religious movements.
I was a bit wary, then, when in the late 1980s I received an invitation to spend some time with a small group of Christian scholars and activists — with Tim LaHaye as one of the persons who had already agreed to participate — to discuss strategies for representing our convictions in the public square.
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.»
As long as we allow it to continue to fester in the public square, we will unfortunately have bigotry, hatred, and oppression of either one group or another or botAs long as we allow it to continue to fester in the public square, we will unfortunately have bigotry, hatred, and oppression of either one group or another or botas we allow it to continue to fester in the public square, we will unfortunately have bigotry, hatred, and oppression of either one group or another or both.
But if the problem began, as I would suggest, with the courts, then the battle continues and will not end until the Supreme Court proclaims a new dispensation more respectful of the appropriate role of religion in the public square.
As a committed Christian and former Baptist pastor, I do not wish to see religion excluded from the public square.
As Richard Neuhaus wrote in The Naked Public Square, unless our «engagement moves toward dialogue, we will continue to collaborate, knowingly or not, in discrediting the public responsibility of religiPublic Square, unless our «engagement moves toward dialogue, we will continue to collaborate, knowingly or not, in discrediting the public responsibility of religipublic responsibility of religion....
Against this approach Budziszewski insists that man's natural knowledge of God is essential to his natural knowledge of morality: a naked public ethic is as dangerous as a naked public square.
The Secular City helped accelerate the secularization of American elite culture, which created not only new openings in the public square for more - traditional religious bodies but also new fault lines in our politics» fault lines that are as visible as this morning's headlines and op - ed pages.
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.»
As mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - centurAs mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - centuras the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - century.
And, as always, First Things contains The Public Square, Richard John Neuhaus» popular column on religion, culture, and publicPublic Square, Richard John Neuhaus» popular column on religion, culture, and publicpublic life.
First there is a tendency, owing perhaps to its MacIntyrean inspiration, to conceive of this «option» primarily in practical or political terms, that is, as a kind of «communitarian» stance within an increasingly hostile public square.
Sometimes I get the idea that folks in the mainline are so frustrated with how evangelicals have wielded the Bible and faith in the public square, they avoid language, practices, and teaching that might be construed as overly religious, overly biblical, or overly exclusive.
Telling people they are sinning for being LGBT or for having an abortion or using birth control or trying to impose your specific set of beliefs upon others in the public square is not a good thing and certainly doesn't show that you have a clue as to the meaning of the word respect.
If they do, such member or members will be dragged into a public square and I will randomly choose a couple of techniques out of the Malleus Maleficarum that I deem appropriate, to use against the violatior or violatiors, so as to make sure they get the message and that they don't intefere again in the future.
As Richard John Neuhaus warned three decades ago, in demanding exemptions, protections, and accommodations, we need to be careful not to be understood as champions of universal non-judgmentalism, or of a naked public squarAs Richard John Neuhaus warned three decades ago, in demanding exemptions, protections, and accommodations, we need to be careful not to be understood as champions of universal non-judgmentalism, or of a naked public squaras champions of universal non-judgmentalism, or of a naked public square.
As America lurches toward a fully same - sex - affirming public square, it is increasingly urged along by that most curious of cheerleaders: the «affirming pastor.»
As Christian humanists in the public square, we should persist in making the very best arguments that we can.
As we renew our commitment to religious pluralism in the public square, we should embrace debate, welcome dissent, and encourage civility as we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our homAs we renew our commitment to religious pluralism in the public square, we should embrace debate, welcome dissent, and encourage civility as we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our homas we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our home.
Of course Lewis was aware of «modernism» in the arts, but it was then on the edges of the public square, presenting itself as the avant - garde.
Believing that they, unlike Catholics, acted as «individuals,» not a «church,» Protestants did not understand separation to prevent them from taking their religious beliefs into the public square.
The power of this metaphor diminishes as we lose and forget how to make real public squares fronted by real churches.
The idea that there are spiritual forces at work in the world, or that human action does not fully control the public square, is of course rejected as an absurdity by many, if not most, people today.
Richard John Neuhaus» essay («Forget the Bilderbergers,» Public Square, February) on United Nations officials» interest in promoting transnational sovereignty and Non «Governmental Organizations» role in support of their effort was, as is everything he chooses to comment on, instructive.
As a matter of fact, there seems to be a secular ecumenism developing in the public square, but based upon mass capitulation to pagan values.
On these and other matters, he would tell the bishops that, «as preachers of the gospel and leaders of the Catholic community, you are also called to participate in the exchange of ideas in the public square....
As townspeople go about their everyday tasks, a madman bursts into the public square announcing to a confused crowd, «God is dead, God remains dead.
Like Yale's Stephen Carter in The Culture of Disbelief (a book Clinton has promoted on several occasions), Clinton sometimes seems to suggest that it is fine for religiously based views to be aired in the public square, so long as they don't seriously impinge upon the business of governing.
But, as Colson and Neuhaus remarked, common witness in the public square must be founded on the gospel.
Regarding «Lord Acton, Cardinal Newman, and How To Be Ahead of Your Time» (Public Square, August / September): More than thirty years ago I read Acton's electrifying inaugural lecture as Regius professor at Cambridge.
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