Sentences with phrase «religious awe»

While the imagery suggests personal memories and old scrapbooks, it also evokes a time when Romantic artists viewed wild nature with religious awe» (Ken Johnson, «Rudolf Stingel», The New York Times, March 13, 2014, online).

People spread rugs on their stoops to eat supper in the open air, watching, with something that approached religious awe, the horse - drawn ice wagons pull along the streets.

People spread rugs on their stoops to eat supper in the open air, watching, with something that approached religious awe, the horse - drawn ice wagons...

It gave him back a sense of religious awe — if not for the God of his parents, then at least for a God he could call the Absolute.

But religious love is only man's natural emotion of love directed to a religious object; religious fear is only the ordinary fear of commerce, so to speak, the common quaking of the human breast, in so far as the notion of divine retribution may arouse it; religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge; only this time it comes over us at the thought of our supernatural relations; and similarly of all the various sentiments which may be called into play in the lives of religious persons.

Although religious awe might need to stop at the door of the laboratory, a scientist can still be inspired by it, as were Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, and even Darwin.

Some will thrill to the contempt for the human; some will feel a jolt of free - floating religious awe; some will decide that enough's enough (though most of those are unlikely to have started the novel in the first place).

Even primitive societies were aware of it, and it inspired not only feelings of religious awe (many expressions of which are found in the Bible itself) but also the earliest attempts at mathematical science.

Not exact matches

He has experienced awe, the religious passion, during the dark vision between the sacrificial pieces; he has enacted the new covenant marked by (self --RRB- circumcision — a symbolic act of «partial sacrifice,» betokening dedication to God's ways; he has been God's partner in the judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, and in his own heart has accepted responsibility for (what he thought was) the «death» of Lot; he has beheld the wondrous birth of Isaac and endured the banishment of Ishmael.

I experience that same awe when I see people of different beliefs coming together across lines of religious difference to recognize that we are all human — that we all love and hurt.

The questions of the universe and the intricate workings of nature are far more awe - enspiring when viewed through the lens of science than from any religious text passed down through the ages.

The religious heart, he suggests, approaches the Sacred, the Beyond, the Other with a sense of awe, and moves toward the celebrative that is on the far side of inhibition.

There is nothing more painful than the helpless attempt at the interpretation of religious documents or monuments by one who does not know what «awe» is or to whom these testimonies to man's search for communion with ultimate reality are just the dead records of the experience of «sick - minded» or backward people.

The universe is itself so vast and mysterious that it is more than enough to induce the sense of awe and joyful gratitude that characterized earlier religious experience.

I feel a sense of awe and humility when I look at it; I would even consider it a sacred object even though I am not a religious person.

Not in any sort of religious sense, but Peace2All put it pretty succinctly with the idea that a sunset can bring you a moment of awe, but it's just our planet revolving away from the sun for 12 hours.

Basically, he was in awe of Nature and her Laws, and used the word «God» to describe that which he had a «religious» feeling toward, but he rejected all claims that it was a being, or intelligence.

An additional safeguard against literalism is provided by the sense of awe and mystery associated with religious experience.

«We can not validly commit ourselves without reservation to God's loving providence unless all things are completely subject to his power».25 In reply, one might cite an article in which Peter Appleby concludes that the religious attitudes of trust, love, awe, gratitude and repentance presuppose a personal deity, but not a necessary or omnipotent being.26 Process theologians have held that it is God's goodness, not his power, which justifies reverence and worship, though presumably a totally impotent deity would evoke pity more than respect.

One of the main functions of religious models is the interpretation of distinctive types of experience: awe and reverence, moral obligation, reorientation and reconciliation, interpersonal relationships, key historical events, and order and creativity in the world.

(Reden, Rede 10) This sense of awe, however, is related not only to the fullness of religious forms, ideas, and experiences, which Schleiermacher described as «having developed out of the eternally provident bosom of the universe.»

Scientists of the stature of Einstein, though they reject traditional ideas of God, have called for a religious response of wonder and awe in the face of the cosmic mysteries.

Actually, looking around and seeing awe & wonder in the natural world is a well known acknowledged religious concept that predates organized religion; Naturalism, related to Natural Law.

The snakelike tile patterns in old mosques and cathedrals «might enhance the religious, fervent emotions,» eliciting a mix of «awe and reverence.»

During our years abroad, the kids visited 16 countries on four continents, they became fluent in French, developed friendships with kids from other countries, often who did not speak the same language, they participated in multiple religious and national holidays, and they developed a food palate that most adults would be in awe of (can you say fish eyes and liver pâté?!).

Like the man - apes before him, Dr. Floyd is similarly awed and stirred by his first view of the alien form - it is a religious experience as the men worshipfully gaze at the altar where the monolith stands.

He's dutifully sincere and in awe of the efforts that crafted the film's striking look, but with zero info on the novel, script adaptation, lead actors, memorable character actors, and Mamoulian's obvious style and use of heavy subtext in so many scenes (including the heavy religious iconography that goes bonkers in the final reel), it's a huge lost opportunity for film fans.

Sissy Spacek is the perfect balance of freckle - faced vulnerability and awed vengeance, but she may be overshadowed by Piper Laurie's glorious evil zeal as her religious nutjob mother.

But the very awe that these men evoke can be off - putting to «regular» people who deny their own nonviolent practice in the face of these mighty religious figures.

At every turn this holy land is blessed with ancient and fascinating religious sites, and customers who embark with Great Rail Journeys upon an escorted rail tour of Israel can expect to be both awe - struck and inspired by destinations including the Sea of Galilee, upon which Jesus is said to have performed the miracle of walking on water, Acre, a former stronghold of the Knights Templar and one of the oldest continuously - inhabited locations on earth and Masada; the mountain - top site of King Herod's fortress and refuge.

Built as a religious monument of the mighty Khmer Empire, a visit to Angkor Wat is an awe - inspiring experience — and something perfectly suited newlyweds.

From the mighty Pyramids of Giza to the awe - inspiring temples of Abu Simbel, we've got the perfect tour for you with the chance to visit neighbouring Jordan for the Lost City of Petra and the many important religious sites of Israel.

Titled Black Friday (2016), Al - Maria's awe - inspiring multimedia installation meditated on the vertiginous mashup of consumerism, religious conservatism, and environmental damage in Gulf nation states as embodied in Arab renditions of the American mall.

I am not religious, but I often find myself in a state of awe and joy when contemplating the wonders of this planet we inhabit.