Sentences with phrase «relies upon tradition»

George and Bradley's strongest argument for their position on sexual morality relies upon tradition, including common law tradition.

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They rely upon the Qur» an and the Traditions of the Prophet and reject consensus (ijma) and individual interpretation (ijtihad) as sources of legislation.

The various schools of Tradition agree that natural reason relies upon experience for its initial signals of reality; hence, to start philosophy with sense and image is no crime, but it is a crime to end there.

We have, therefore, more than the outline of Mark to rely upon; it is supplemented and confirmed by the tradition recorded in the speeches of Acts — themselves perhaps embedded in old Judean, Jerusalem, or Caesarean sources, oral or written, which had come down from the primitive community and were incorporated by the author of Acts in his volume.

I think, for example, it is arguable that the small Karaite Jewish sect that relies upon the Bible only and rejects the Talmud and the Protestant reformers with their similar reliance upon sola Scriptura came up with standards that can be applied practically and that are rooted in the traditions they seek to reform.

Cultural forms, on the other hand, can never be relied upon to refer back to a tradition of religious truth.

Whereas Rorty relies exclusively upon philosophical writings that have subverted the foundationalist project, Palmer draws primarily upon Christian classics and upon a tradition of Christian spirituality that he traces back to the desert fathers.

As a transcript of a living community tradition, the Gospel of Mark relies not only upon the early passion narrative and the oral records of Jesus» life and teachings, some of which may already have been gathered into little collections, sequences, groups of sayings; it relies also upon the apostolic experience which supplemented and interpreted those traditions.

Instead, they relied upon oral traditions of the same sort as those recorded by the evangelists.

Nalder said he will reintroduce his «Respect for Marriage Act,» to repeal DOMA and «ensure that committed, loving couples can rely upon the legal responsibilities and security that come with the time - honored tradition of marriage.»

The Sept. 15 Democratic primary will test Albany's insular political tradition represented by the incumbent mayor versus a new generation of values represented by Obama's victory that Ellis relies upon.

Their selected works demonstrated how MEMORY can be relied upon to recreate, imagine and reconstruct cultural traditions in varied efforts to establish home in distant environments.

The appeal raises the question as to the place, if any, of the concept of «abandoning of laws and customs based on tradition», first articulated by Brennan J in Mabo [No 2][44] and relied upon by the trial judge and Branson and Katz JJ in the Full Court [45], in the statutory determination of native title pursuant to sub-sec 223 (1).