Sentences with phrase «religious communities on»

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«The Department of Justice is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in the country on the basis of their religious beliefs.

«I don't want the IRS looming over our faith leaders in the community as they express their religious freedom,» said Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the highest - ranking Republican working on the bill, told reporters when the bill was introduced.

A spokesperson for Facebook directed Newsweek to its community standards on hate speech, which said that the platform «removes hate speech» that directly attacks people based upon «race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, or gender identity, or serious disabilities or diseases.»

«I could not be more proud to stand with President Trump as he continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with communities of faith,» she told Religious News Service, which first reported on the initiative.

In addition to making policy recommendations on administration policies affecting faith - based and community programs, the newly - formed office will also inform the administration of «any failures of the executive branch to comply with religious liberty protections under law.»

A little religious cultural awareness goes along way, especially on a flight to LA where there is a significant Orthodox Jewish community...

The group has also prided itself on trying to reach into religious communities and bring people out of the closet.

I remember watching his science videos in elementary school but now whenever I see him on the news talking about science it seems like he is politicizing science (when it comes to climate change) and promoting evolution as the only option to the creation of the world to try and discredit the religious community.

Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of aReligious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of areligious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of areligious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.

Perhaps those communities who chose not join to join these «religious» had valid reasons, they are not all on Medicare or in retirement homes.

(CNN)- A California college where authorities say that seven people were shot dead on Monday is a religious school that caters to the burgeoning Korean American Christian community.

This is an example where interpretation can be very dangerous and people allow themselves to be brain washed and follow evil in the name of religious idiology, next people like this will be blaming the woes on our country on the gay / lesbian community, Hitler and Germany come to mind.

It features a running update on the latest preacher scandals to hit the religious community.

also not covered by medical insurance, though some have sliding scales for fees), and - Psychaitrists (medical doctors who have specialized in psychaitry, are able to perscribe medications, and generally are not as focused on talk therapy)- Religious therapists (may, or may not, have professional training)- Community / Volunteer therapy (may, or may not, have professional training)

Although I believe this is true on many fronts, the most direct and obvious one is with regard to the Christian stance toward other religious communities.

The IRF office carries out its mission by issuing reports on persecution, meeting with foreign government officials, partnering with NGOs, and reaching out to religious communities.

Now, I realize I could just as easily call it «How to be Decent to One Another on the Internet» or «How to be Human on the Internet,» but given this particular community of readers, I wanted to frame the discussion around specifically Christian values and concerns, (many of which also apply to those of other religious persuasions, of course).

«As America and the global community tackles the rising restrictions on religious freedom worldwide while working to ensure that religious minorities remain in such places as the Middle East, particularly the Nineveh Plain, we will need the imagination and inspiration of Sam Brownback,» he said.

To complicate the picture, we have to acknowledge that the Catholic Church today represents the largest single religious community in the United States, while American Catholics have absorbed the free - church traditions on the relation between the Church and politics, believing that a Church that is separate from the state better guarantees the moral foundation as a whole.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said it «strongly condemns» the measures, which commission chair Thomas J. Reese said would «make it easier for Russian authorities to repress religious communities, stifle peaceful dissent, and detain and imprison peoplReligious Freedom said it «strongly condemns» the measures, which commission chair Thomas J. Reese said would «make it easier for Russian authorities to repress religious communities, stifle peaceful dissent, and detain and imprison peoplreligious communities, stifle peaceful dissent, and detain and imprison people.»

If you want to get a sneak peek at what the Christian community will be talking about in 5 - 10 years, just spend some time on a Christian college campus.From evolution to religious pluralism to homosexuality, the issues that play out on the national scene often begin in classrooms, late - night dorm room discussions, and chapel services.

While an individual's religious values will certainly factor into his or her perspective on this hot - button issue, the diversity of opinions within the faith community should make us pause before claiming God is on one side or the other.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, for example, noted in its 2015 annual report the increase in reports of violence in India in recent years and observed that a «climate of impunity» against wrongdoers appeared to exist in a number of Indian states, «exacerbating the social and religious tensions among communitieReligious Freedom, for example, noted in its 2015 annual report the increase in reports of violence in India in recent years and observed that a «climate of impunity» against wrongdoers appeared to exist in a number of Indian states, «exacerbating the social and religious tensions among communitiereligious tensions among communities.»

Religious members of the movement are embarking on our 40 Days for Life campaign, in which we pray, fast, hold vigil, and perform community outreach, all in service of saving men, women, and children from abortion.

Police also held a meeting with religious figures and local community groups to discuss the incident and caution against rumours circulating on social media.

He developed no systematic position on the question of the rightness of converting sincere members of other religious communities to Christianity.

Although the American Catholic community has been confronted with yet more difficulties — ranging from the redefinition of marriage to assaults on religious liberty — one of the reasons for hope, moving forward, is that John Paul II left behind a rich spiritual and intellectual infrastructure for Americans to draw upon, to deal with these ongoing challenges.

B.Consultation: to provide a religious specialist on the staff of the mental health center to serve as a consultant to the center staff, local clergy and the religious communities.

Our society, even the religious community, works on the basis of mutual invitation.

And after my young friend leaves me and turns her back again on her family, once more to take refuge in the commands of her master, I rejoin that community of scholars and reflect on the religious context of what has gone on here, just as it has in a hundred other interviews.

We also call on the Iranian authorities to take steps to ensure that the nation's practices, legal procedures and provisions come into alignment with its international commitment to ensure freedom of religion or belief for all of its religious communities.»

Thomas added that the sentence was «clearly issued on a punitive rather than on a legal basis» and said: «The constant harassment of members of the Christian community ought not to be occurring in a country where the constitution not only recognises Christianity, but also states that no - one should be molested or taken to task simply for holding a religious belief.

Similarly, he may conduct seminars on religious aspects of mental health for the staff of the community mental health program.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community Germany's top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament «to ensure religious freedom» following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.

For further discussions see Edward C. Dimock, Jr., «On Religious and Ertoic Experience,» The Sound of Silent Guns, Edward C. Dimmock, Jr. ed., (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989), 11 - 20; Norvin Hein, «Radha and Erotic Community,» in The Divine Consort, Hawley and Wulff, eds.

Orthodoxy is being able not only to repeat the same teachings but also to show their relevance to the new context.2 Other individuals, on the other hand, interpret religious beliefs as merely expressions of the human community's search for some kind of meaning, an accumulated source of information built up over the years as the community reflected on its life and activities.

Could it not also be looked on in another way, that religion has caused Sophia to hate herself through the indoctrination and be encouraging women to escape and find freedom from such religion to a place of healing from self hatred and community that is more healthy than the opressive religious forces that are depicted in the picture.

Nowhere does Bingham give careful attention to how soul and immortality have actually been used by religious communities, nor does he admit explicitly that Churchland's remarks on germs versus demons and the pitting of Ptolemy against Galileo amounts to saying that religious terms are comparable to pre-Copernican astronomical theories.

The black church has often focused on community uplift and centered their religious experiences in the story of the Exodus.

From the perspective of process modes of thought, there is but one fundamental datum on which religious experience is based: the generic contrast between the individual and the community, or, more metaphysically, the one and the many.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

They are exerting increasing pressure on educational institutions to equip them to be resources to the communities in which they will serve, as well as competent leaders of religious institutions.

In Russia and in other totalitarian states, both left and right, the most fearless advocates of human rights are usually nurtured in minority religious communities which on the surface have no power at all.

Ruse's works are accessible and invaluable sources of information on evolutionary history and philosophy They can be of great help to those in the theological and religious communities who wish to take Darwin seriously.

At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.

Being a professional driver in a major city, I try to keep informed on the outward practices of the major religious AND community groups, street festivals, etcetera, because they can directly affect my job (through traffic patterns), so it is quite useful.

The emphasis on the right of the individual to pursue and obey one's «reason and conscience» even against the dictate of church, community and / or the State whether in the realm of scientific or religious truth was a basic principle affirmed by them in common.

On the other hand, the book is in turn the source of the tradition which ensures the continuity of the religious community through the generations.

One that was based on a survey of mainline church members, for example, suggested that identification with the local community served as an important plausibility structure for traditional religious tenets.13 Furthermore, those who made such localistic identifications were considerably more likely than «cosmopolitans» to espouse traditional religious beliefs (controlling for a variety of other factors) and to allow these beliefs to influence their thinking on racial and social questions as well.

I have repeatedly related the story of how the Constituent Assembly came to accept the inclusion of freedom of religious propagation in the clause on fundamental rights of religious freedom in response to the Indian Christian community voluntarily giving up the communal representation proposed by Britain as safeguard for the Christian minority.