Sentences with phrase «role of the mother of»

Longenecker, the Catholic, and Gustafson, the evangelical Protestant, sometimes debate and sometimes puzzle together about the perduring and often strange role of the Mother of God in Christian faith and devotion.

So far as anyone can ascertain, she entered films around 1937; her first important assignment was the dual role of the mothers of the title characters in The Prince and the Pauper (1937).

Irishman Tóibín delivers a stunning interpretation of the life and role of the mother of Jesus that is as beautiful in its presentation as it is provocative in intention.

Not exact matches

Mattel's decision to make the dolls is based on a global survey of 8,000 mothers it conducted in which 86 % of respondents said they were worried about the kind of role models that their daughters were exposed to.

The long article is a deep dive into the anxieties of the creative mother and the steps women artists and writers take to manage their dual role as mothers and creators.

People in China and Japan are, to some extent, buying what Trump's selling: her image as a have - it - all feminist who's masterfully balanced her roles as successful entrepreneur, mother of three, and style icon.

As for working with her mother: «We clearly define each other's roles by focusing on each of our strengths,» Grubb says.

«It has been hard and it will continue to be hard, there's not a day William and I don't wish that she was still around and we wonder what kind of mother she would be now, and what kind of a public role she would have and what a difference she would be making,» Prince Harry said.

Angela Bassett, 59, has had some iconic roles in her day, but she captivated audiences this year with her portrayal of Denise's mother on the Emmy - award - winning «Thanksgiving» episode of «Master of None.»

The study, which surveyed 50,000 adults in 24 developed countries, found that «daughters of working mothers completed more years of education, were more likely to be employed and in supervisory roles, and earned higher incomes,» reports Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times.

His own mother's diagnosis of Alzheimer's — and his sudden move into the role of caregiver — prompted the Sudbury, Ont., entrepreneur to start Care Link Advantage in 2009.

She considers her mother, who was never in the business world but raised 10 children in a two - bedroom home, one of her biggest role models.

But there were a few caveats before he took it out on the market: there couldn't be rewrites without his consent, and Allison Janney had to play the role of Harding's mother.

Before playing Barney Stinson on «How I Met You Mother,» Harris was mainly known for his role as the namesake child doctor on «Doogie Howser, MD.» But the raunchy, stripper - loving, drug - using alter ego he plays on «Harold & Kumar» banished all thoughts of Doogie.

In a matter of a few days, the mother of five, who at the time was living as a housewife in London, had to decide whether to take up the role her father had played.

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As a businesswoman, we know you may also need to cope with the extra roles of mother and wife too.

Nicole wears many hats in and outside of the studio, and says «Balancing the roles of wife, mother, friend, and business woman is an ongoing challenge that I embrace every day.»

My twin sister and I were thrust into the role of caring for our grandmother after our mother's unexpected and sudden death.

Do so by depicting yourself in terms of your role as mother or father.

The role of mother is so firmly grounded in biology that it can come to seem only necessity and not at all free opportunity — all biological given, and no freely developing history.

With one hand, she tore down the Victorian assumptions that relegated woman to the home and, with the other, she upheld the sacred role of wife and mother, while maintaining that «the responsibilities of men and women were complimentary and parallel, not dependent and hierarchical.»

Our understanding of the role of Mary, the Virgin Mother through whom the Divine Word comes into his own things in the flesh (cf. John 1:10 - 14), is greatly deepened and enhanced through this perspective.

Our church needs to see itself in the role of Erik's mother, as a relentless advocate for the faith formation of its people.

Less noticed than references to homosexuality in Pope Francis» widely circulated remarks to the press on the Rio - to - Rome papal airplane was this comment on developing a theology of women: The role of women doesn't end just with being a mother and with house work... we....

With the currently accepted definitions of masculinity and fatherhood abroad, it maybe more flattering to be accused of mothering someone than of playing a fatherly role.

What availed as the common wisdom of mankind until the day before yesterday — for example, that man, woman, mother, and father name natural realities as well as social roles, that children issue naturally from their union, that the marital union of man and woman is the foundation of human society and provides the optimal home for the flourishing of children — all this is now regarded by many as obsolete and even hopelessly bigoted, as court after court, demonstrating that this revolution has profoundly transformed even the meaning of reason itself, has declared that this bygone wisdom now fails even to pass the minimum legal threshold of rational cogency.

This redemption is most perfectly won for Mary, because of her role as the Mother of God, the one through whom the Incarnation would occur.

The starting point is of course to feel confident and at ease with the lover role, but then a little mental and physical journey has to take place to cross over from mother to lover.

Certainly other factors are at play here, from low levels of education to strong kinship systems, but it's likely that Christian and Muslim teachings celebrating the generation of life and customs and rituals honoring the sacrifices of fathers and mothers play a role in accounting for the close connection between fertility and faith around the globe.

The trapped - mother - of - young - children syndrome is a danger which can be lessened, if the husband fulfills his highly important role of supporting his wife emotionally during this period.

Conflicts between the wife's pictures of what constitutes the appropriate roles of a mother and a father and the husband's pictures of these roles, call for reconciliation of differences.

This involves expressing his love and respect for her, creating opportunities for continued sharing on as many levels as feasible in light of the new demands of parenthood, encouraging her to maintain at least one satisfying interest outside the home and the marriage, and taking over the parenting role regularly to give his wife a «chance to come up for air,» as one young mother put it.

He described an «exceedingly close, best - friendly relationship» to his mother, often serving the role of her sole confidant, and a subsequent alienation from his father.

What if the church started spouting off things like «It is inappropriate for men to ever hold their children unless the mother is absent or given permission by the mother, to do otherwise usurps the God - given role of the female in the family»?

Moreover, whatever we make of Wilson's discussion of the well - known facts, Lewis's relation with the two women who (after his mother) played important roles in his personal life was, by ordinary standards, quite unusual.

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Because men are invariably the fathers of children for whom women are mothers, and those men are permitted to hold all those other roles too, right?

Should there be some sort of legal remedy for what Georgetown professor Robin West describes as the «state of servitude» inherent in the role of wife and mother?

The majority of people living in the developing world are still deeply attached to their cultural traditions and universal human values which western civilization has deconstructed, such as the family, male and female complementarity, and the role of woman as mother and educator.

By speaking in terms of mother and daughter churches, the mother churches are given a clear role in church planting.

During the nineteenth century, the spiritual power attributed to parents — especially mothers — gradually undermined the priestly role of the Protestant pastor as an agent of God's grace.

From the perspective of the family ideal, women already played a crucial though indirect role in the public arena as wives and mothers.

The pastor takes on the role of the mother — instructing, nurturing, inspiring, comforting members in times of trouble.

His unconscious sexism caused him to exaggerate the role of fathers and underestimate the role of mothers in the growth of children.

But defenders of church - state separation point out that years before, another homemaker and mother, Vashti Cromwell McCollum of Illinois, played a key role in legal history.

Women who have few sources of esteem and power outside of the family tend to overinvest in wifing and mothering roles.

Mary, put in the rare role of a stage - managing mother, was confident her son could redeem the situation.

There is one more myth regarding «biblical womanhood» that we really need to address as part of our series — and that is the myth that a true woman of God is defined by her roles as a wife, mother, and homemaker.

When one adds this to the role of «father» as protector, guardian, and provider of the family and the life of the womb, it is easy to see the preference for father as the proper anthropomorphism for the role of God to mankind in care and love, rather than for a mother figure.