Sentences with phrase «religious traditions of»

Luxurious materials, like pearls, crystals, and gold - leaf, can pull double - duty as reference to both the religious traditions of Iranian art and the opulent superficiality of Western pop culture.

The Germans indicate the sincere religious traditions of Africa, ever since Germany introduced Christianity to Namibia.

Some of the most popular cultural festivals include the Holy Ghost Festivals, that represent the religious traditions of the Azores and are celebrated on all islands including Sao Miguel.

Later he became a professor of religious studies — his specialty, religious traditions of heavenly ascent.

The strong religious traditions of the country and slovenly nature of Indians are among their negative features.

Santeria is often described as a mix of Roman Catholicism and the religious traditions of the Yoruba people of West Africa.

This essay was written with the conviction that the curriculums of all institutions of higher learning should include courses in the religio - scientific study of a variety of religions, including some of the major religions of the East as well as the Judeo - Christian religious traditions of the West.

Given the distinct religious traditions of Christianity and Judaism, it is no wonder that the revival of religion takes different forms in the two religious communities, exemplified by «born - again Christians» and the ba «alei teshuvah, «penitents» or «returnees,» in Judaism.

Some of these people may feel that their lives are too fragile to risk breaking their ties with the religious traditions of their childhoods.

They loathe the religious traditions of the West, and they love to strike the pose of fearlessness before the abyss, especially after the manner of Nietzsche.

We have valued especially the cultural and religious traditions of Asia and India which have helped us to open ourselves to the dialogue with other cultures and religious.

The ritual expresses one of the central convictions shared by various religious traditions of the world: the importance of being starkly aware of one's own finitude.

In another episode, when Lovejoy is citing the various religious traditions of the neighbors who saved Homer's life, the minister pauses in the case of Apu, the Indian who runs the Kwik - E-Mart.

Just as Copernicus lifted us out of Ptolemaic anthropocentricism, process cosmology may help us beyond the particularity of the religious traditions of our time.

They are not really radicals at all, when they suggest the necessity of starting entirely fresh, and demand that there be no commitments of any kind to the religious traditions of the past.

The view that God has a subjective aspect is supported by the religious traditions of the West and brings the principle of novelty and order into closer proximity to the main streams of Western religious experience.

They then link their interpretations to the sciences they teach, to the culture in which they live, to the expressed needs of their students, and (often preconsciously) to the metaphysical questions that the religious traditions of India have posed for centuries.

We now need an understanding of our American secularity which will let our manu religious traditions of values and ends play a mew role in maintaining the common life the Constitution was designed to reflect and protect.

One of the important achievements of recent scholarship has been the recovery of religious traditions of subdued cultures.

However, at the deepest levels, the philosophical and religious traditions of the West tend to place truth and justice at the foundation of all else in our common life.

At our school we recognize all religious traditions of our students as well as cultural traditions.

As with Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Jews... the religious traditions of men are intended to be seen by men..

Much of Panikkar's work has been devoted to clarifying the mythic structures contained in modernity (in «secularism») and in the major religious traditions of the East.

In the case of the religious traditions of South and East Asia, they precisely represent challenges to the radical monotheism of the West.

Nostalgia for the religious traditions of rural and small - town America forms part of the appeal of popular evangelists from Billy Sunday to Billy Graham.

The context in which the spirit and intention of the present book are most clearly revealed is that of the religious traditions of mankind.

We recognize that this mentality has from the beginning and ever since continually threatened the cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions of the native peoples.»

These last few sentences also apply to how I view the religious traditions of others.

«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»

But he saw that the religious traditions of India and China played a similar role for them.

But that is neither here nor there with respect to Smith's main point, which is to propose, against the innumerable «spiritualities» with which we are culturally inundated, that ultimate wisdom and human flourishing are to be discovered in the historically grounded and communally normative religious traditions of the world.

«The metaphysical content of the religious tradition of the Bible, both Jewish and Christian, is utterly different from the metaphysical content or structure of the religious traditions of India, Africa, Oceania or Greece.»

The metaphysical description of God serves to purify the religious tradition of accidental accretions, while the religious experience of God gives concrete embodiment to these philosophical abstractions.

At the same time, we will work from the standpoint of our own religious tradition of protestant Christianity, understood both in its own history and in its openings to other religious traditions.

The counsel he gave was strongly rooted in a Saxon religion, five centuries old or more, itself stemming from a religious tradition of a millennium in the Mediterranean basin, the Roman and the Celtic lands.

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the importance of this developmental aspect of the religious tradition of Israel, and of its direct continuity in the Christian Church.

Like Corinth, Kasseböhmer was pursuing a private project in his two Walchensee series: recalling the religious tradition of meditation images, he appears to be confronting his grave illness and immanent death.

I'm writing this column on the ironic alignment of holiday and calendar as agnostics and atheists join those who celebrate the religious tradition of crucifixion and resurrection culminating on April Fools» Day.

Not exact matches

«They are always an opportunity to celebrate family, friends and religious traditions that mean so much to many of us,» she said.

Loyola keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity in American public life (and, again, I'd say the same as to other religious universities; I can imagine some religious belief systems that are so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal to contribute).

Restorative punishment, much like other practices of reconciliation, retrieves the distinctive logic of a religious tradition and brings it to bear upon modern liberal democracy.

I belong to a wonderful church where we welcome (encourage) diverse points of view and seek to learn all we can about different religious traditions.

Isn't this what so many of us don't like about people who use religious tradition as a means for explaining their behavior... they're not CONSISTENT?

The disposal of unsound religious beliefs and practices through the resolute application of knowledge leading to common acceptance of their fatal flaws is a well - established and time - honored tradition whose constructive value is populated with hundreds of noteworthy precedents that serve as benchmarks in the continuing enlightenment of the human race.

Are you saying that I need to learn about every religious sect within each religion and I need to memorize every tiny nuance and «tradition» of these thousands of different forms of religious expression?

In extracting «insights from sources as varied as Greek mythology, Catholic mysticism and fairy tales like Cinderella», Mr Rohr has followed in the steps of the religious leaders of Jesus day, who «made the word of God invalid because of your tradition».

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.

They fail to distinguish two types of religious persons who may be part of this group: the first, who depend completely upon the literal interpretation of Scripture and tradition by an authoritarian pastor, and second, those who undertake rescue activity as the command of God, based upon a thoughtful and self - ratified interpretation of the ethical imperatives of the gospel.

The distinction the Oliners made between the appropriation of religious traditions by non-rescuers and rescuers comes to mind here: The rescuers tended to understand the inclusiveness and extensiveness of injunctions to love to extend to all persons and groups.

He also founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an organization that encourages acts of justice rooted in prayer and respect for other religious traditions.