Sentences with phrase «religion against culture»

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But that this should be interpreted as freedom from religion, and used as a means of sealing our culture against the imparting of religious knowledge, has no justification in fact.

For this reason alone, Echoes of Discontent is an important corrective to the dominant culture's bias against religion and religiously grounded explanations of social life.

Here's what the pontiff said at an interreligious prayer service at Ground Zero during his visit to the United States: «We can and must build unity on the basis of our diversity of languages, cultures, and religions, and lift our voices against everything which would stand in the way of such unity.»

Mormon polygamy was outlawed in this country, despite the constitutional protection of freedom of religion, because it violated the sensibilities of the dominant Christian culture, even though no explicit biblical prohibition against polygamy exists.

As an educated country we should take more time to educate ourselves on outside culture and religions and not make ignorant judgments against a people as a whole.

especially around the commemorations of 500 years of European presence in Latin America, should warn of against an instant inclusivism of other cultures and religions into a comprehensive macro - ecumenism.21

In the previous episode, we really only saw that Moses was in fact writing a polemic against the gods of these other religions and cultures.

A government that is supported by a plurality of peoples morally should not give preference to one of those people and use resources of a people against their religion or culture.

Secondly, modern missionary movement which became dominant in the 18th and 19th centuries have been emphasizing proclamation of the gospel to people of other religions and cultures making clear that they were called to decide for or against Christ and that their decision for Christ involved joining the fellowship of Christians in one of the denominational churches as representing the Church, the Body of Christ.

In the Roman Empire it had to make its way against the competition of many other religions and cults, numbers of which were long established and were an integral part of the dominant culture.

Even in such a highly technological society like that of Japan it is reported that there are 81,511 Shinto shrines, 77,186 Buddhist temples and 6,446 Christian churches, well attended by people.22 Second, the strongest defense against the creeping tide of a secular global culture today is based on religions — Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim.

In practice, we can guard against misconceptions of God's will through ecumenical dialogue, not only with other Christians, but also with other cultures and religions.

There are many cultures, people, employers, and laws that actively discriminate against people for not being a member of a particular religion.

Religions and cultures have a right to determine their own norms (as long as it's balanced against the rights of individuals to express themselves and live as they please).

There have been pockets of instances where perceived homosexuals have been attacked by those against the practice either on the basis of religion or culture.

The project regularly gives evidence to the hypothesis that peace education should start as early as possible, before prejudice, ignorance and agression against other cultures, religions and nations develop.

The book is refreshing in the sense that it covers a very real issue that is happening today with unfounded biases against certain cultures and religions.

Violence against women and children is a significant problem in all communities across Canada regardless of culture, religion, ethnicity or race,» says the brokerage in a news release.

For some Muslims, Western secular culture and the conspicuous consumption that often goes along with it are seen as undermining their faith; others acknowledge the democratic systems of the West but struggle to balance that appreciation against a religion that they feel leaves little room for liberal values.

Later in life, I realized that the church was against many other ways of life, cultures, other religions, and beliefs and that instead of spreading peace and love, it often promotes hate and discrimination.

«By the mid - and late - 1970s,» wrote the curator Richard Marshall in his essay for the exhibition «American Art Since 1970» at the Whitney Museum, «painting had moved further away from the confines of the Minimalist approach — even from a negative reaction to it — and the artists [Jennifer Bartlett, Vija Celmins, Lois Lane, Neil Jenney, Bill Jensen and Elizabeth Murray] inaugurated new ways to treat subject matter and meaning -LSB-...] there emerged a move against an insular, elitist attitude towards art and what it is, should be, or must be -LSB-...] artists began to look at more diverse visual repertory: commercial art, advertising, fashion, television and movies, popular culture, the decorative arts, rugs, religion, ancient artifacts, and Middle Eastern Cultures.»

This overwhelmingly «christian» congress represents an overwhelming «christian» nation has that: performs a million abortions a year, has out 40 % of births out of wedlock (approaching 70 percent in minority communities), has a Supreme Court that has ruled that virtual child pornography is protected by the first amendment, has a culture that teaches ever younger girls (through movies, music, tv, books and magazines) that their primary function is as living sex toys for men, forces religions to provide insurance to include abortifacients against their faith, and is rapidly redefining marriage by judicial edict.

These instruments are relevant to native title because they protect property against arbitrary and discriminatory interference and acknowledge rights to freedom of religion and culture.

Violence against women and children is a significant problem in all communities across Canada regardless of culture, religion, ethnicity or race,» says the brokerage in a news release.