Sentences with phrase «questions about the nature»

The philosophical significance of his own attitude to transgenderism seems lost on him: Transgenderism raises fundamental questions about the nature of the human person — indeed, about whether one can even speak in terms of human nature anymore in any universal, meaningful sense.

Questions about the nature and mission of the Church as it relates to political responsibility are shunted aside as energies are consumed in the contest to capture the Church for partisan advantage.

Fourteenth, there are questions about the nature of student life and organization.

Although generally categorized as a novel for young readers, this Newbery award - winner and science fiction classic, grapple with adult - sized questions about the nature of God and the existence of evil.

In general, academic theology spends too much time asking formal questions about the nature and method of theology and too little in actually doing the work of theology.

They usually answered questions about the nature of God and redemption in an embarrassed, defensive, or ingratiating way.

Disputed questions about the nature of Christ's divinity or the details of human salvation are not ancient quarrels that modern Christians ought to forget.

Questions about the nature of God, the nature of the Qur» an, the Other World, punishment and reward, predestination, and the whole realm of metaphysics were fervently disputed everywhere.

In metaphysics, issues of realism and antirealism are relevant to Whitehead's fundamental attitude, as well as questions about the nature and identity conditions for events.

One of the accounts in the Hebrew Scriptures which does a masterful job of portraying this age - old question about the nature and character of God is the book of Jonah.

To another side lie questions about the nature of interpretation.

She rightly sees (4:25) that this is a question about the nature of the Messiah, but wrongly says that it can not be settled until he comes.

The argument from suffering reaches beyond medicine's responsibility and competence; it extends into metaphysical questions about the nature of human happiness and what constitutes a meaningful life.

, and briefly address some questions about the nature of God (What is God like?).

Looking at these passages it is clear that the authors were investigating fundamental questions about the nature of reality, and seeking for ultimate principles that would explain its existence and nature.

Science majors, along with other students, should confront the perennial questions about the nature of man, God, and the goals of life, and some of the diverse answers which have been given.

When teachers examine themselves and their schools for the sake of discovering how to overcome difficulties or how to improve their work they are quickly led to ask far - reaching questions about the nature and the purposes of education.

But the issue will not die, because the moment we begin to do theology we arc involved in questions about the nature of reality.

Different theologies of scripture exist not because the Christian tradition is inherently contentious and can not reach a consensus, but because each moment, era, and epoch raises different questions about the nature, authority, and interpretation of scripture, and about how scripture relates to tradition, reason, and experience.

Included are questions about the nature of evangelization, the authority of the Bible, church memembership, and the role of Western churches.

Without necessarily seeking to do so, women clergy are presenting some serious questions about the nature of Christian vocation.

The controversy stems from a series of news reports that raised questions about the nature of a Central Intelligence Agency partnership with the New York Police Department, pointing to the alleged surveillance of Muslims living in New York.

* These are three ways Christianity has answered the question about the nature of God.

Biblical studies oriented to theological questions about the nature and criteria of adequacy of congregations» common life are central to study of congregations as characterized by distinctive social space.

By working toward a realistic metaphysics — in line with common sense — Whitehead is attempting to answer some of the basic questions about the nature of causality, actuality, the mental and physical poles.

Despite the many books that continue to be published on the topic, «New Testament ethics» is a misleading category, confusing historical constructions with normative judgments, eliding difficult questions about the nature of a scriptural canon, and above all failing to take with sufficient seriousness the dialectic between the formation of a community and the development of the community's norms of belief and behavior.»

God's horrific, undeserved treatment of Job — who of course knows nothing of the wager — raises fundamental questions about the nature of God.

It is these hard questions about the nature of development, the life - style and justice that have to be raised.

Indeed, in February, SI posed three basic questions about the nature of 7 - footers (population size, factors responsible for height, and health risks) to the membership of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.

The imminent possibility of Scotland's departure from the United Kingdom is bound to raise serious questions about the nature of the ties holding the component parts of the UK together.

The former president of Romania met Clegg this afternoon for talks, in which he raised questions about the nature of debate on Romanian immigration.

«There are questions about the nature of the escalation of this violence last night and the nature of the policing that led up to it.

The debate over Bahar's future has raised hugely controversial questions about the nature of race and the future of the left and caused outrage both on and offline.

«Sharing services also brings questions about the nature of local authority boundaries to the fore.

Last week the First Minister resisted pressure to resign but agreed to calls for an independent inquiry into his actions and decisions in relation to Carl Sargeant, although there are still questions about the nature and timing of that inquiry.

Some New Rochelle residents have raised questions about the nature of the mayoral position in New Rochelle and whether Bramson is a woefully underpaid full - time City employee or a significantly overpaid part - time government spokesperson who doubles as official cheerleader for economic development for New Rochelle's downtown business district.

«Even if government policy included an acceptance of private schooling for those with special needs, the fact that the complainant did not feel that the current state system could meet her child's requirements raised questions about the nature of publicly - funded schooling and its ability to cater for children with special needs (including those whose families would not be able to pay for private schooling).»

Bees do remarkable things with a brain the size of a pinhead, raising some intriguing questions about the nature of intelligence for David Robson

In addition to helping scientists answer fundamental questions about the nature of matter, the material is theorized to have a wide range of applications, including as a room - temperature superconductor.

For example, there is probably a material answer to philosophical questions about the nature of reality.

A computer - assisted proof is so big it may never be checked by a human being — raising questions about the nature of modern mathematics

The mission has answered one long - standing question about the nature and behavior of the belts, and revealed that the outer belt can split into two separate belts.

Despite the seriousness of his ideas, Thorne is also famous for placing playful bets with his longtime friend Stephen Hawking on questions about the nature of their favorite subject, black holes.

These fundamental questions about the nature of life and our own cosmic significance are endlessly fascinating.

«With the results from the WB - 57s and complementary observations from space and other experiments on the ground we have an opportunity to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of the corona.»

While this suggests that the culture flourished between 200 BC and 600 AD, it ignores broader questions about the nature of ancient Nasca society.

Researchers are also hoping that it will open the door to answering some of the most basic questions about the nature of our genetic endowment, though no one expects the answers to come easily: making sense of the information produced by «blind» sequencing will be a daunting task.

«We're asking fundamental questions about the nature of reality, so it's understandable,» Mersini - Houghton says.

«This in essence addresses the long - asked question about nature and nurture: Is it genes or environment?

This prediction, dubbed Hawking radiation, is probably his most influential work, but Hawking spent his life probing many deep questions about the nature of space, time and the origins of the universe.