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Not exact matches
Named
for two significant figures in American history — President George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — Washington and Lee is steeped in
traditions, including the
school's honor code, which allows students such freedoms as scheduling their own exams and taking them without supervision.
The ping of an aluminum baseball bat is not a common sound at Pahokee High
School, a place far more known
for it's
tradition of producing top pro and college football players.
Here in Texas, we have all three holy days (from the Abrahamic
traditions) covered: Friday nights
for high
school, Saturdays
for college, and Sundays
for the Cowboys!
Further, they are already aware of «disagreement about some theological matters» and the CCCU
schools are committed to «certain essentials of the faith once
for all delivered to the saints» simultaneously adhering to particular theological postures in one's particular
school and its theological
tradition.
To seriously entertain the possibility that the Christian
tradition may hold some of the answers
for which they are looking would be to go backward, even though
for most of these writers it would be going back to where they had never been except as children with a Sunday
School impression of Christian doctrine.
The MORAL LIFE AND THE CLASSICAL
TRADITION SEMINAR is a week - long program
for advanced high
school students interested in the origins of Western moral thought and its influence on Christian ethics.
Moral Life and the Classical
Tradition:
for rising high
school juniors and seniors, with readings in Plato and Aristotle, and discussion of contemporary moral issues from a Judeo - Christian perspective.
And Roy Peachey's brilliant description of the emergence of the novel from the British
tradition of Christian «protest», and of the related de-Catholicisation of the English
school curriculum, sets the scene
for the Church to reclaim this
tradition in the name of true humanism.
This need not happen from the pulpit, but perhaps a Sunday
school class or Bible study addressing these issues would be helpful, not only
for those new to the church but also
for those who grew up in the
tradition and need a refresher.
Robert moved to North Carolina to pursue
school at Duke, and while searching
for a new church and faith
tradition, Robert found Durham Friends Meeting and the Conservative Quaker
tradition.
There has also been a deliberate attempt to develop our particular situation into a strong culture
for the College, mainly rooted in
traditions that staff experienced in their own
schools a generation ago, or in revivals of medieval
traditions, such as that of the boy - bishop (a boy rules the College
for a day on the feast of St Nicholas.)
Christian congregation; some have seen a theological
school as distinct from but interrelated with congregations in ways analogous to the relation in the Reformed
tradition between the congregation and its clergy; others have seen a theological
school as related, not to congregations, but to a cadre of active clergy
for whom it provides «in - service» or «extension» education.
Lindbeck's «experiential - expressivist» model does a reasonably good job of accounting
for the romantic and mystical streams of liberal theology, but it does not account
for variants of liberal theology that make gospel - centered claims (such as the
tradition of evangelical» liberalism), that base their affirmations on metaphysical arguments (such as the Whiteheadian process
school) or that appeal to gospel norms and metaphysical arguments (such as the Boston personalist
school).
The various
schools of
Tradition agree that natural reason relies upon experience
for its initial signals of reality; hence, to start philosophy with sense and image is no crime, but it is a crime to end there.
If religion is understood in its elemental sense, and not merely in its sectarian expressions, it is entirely practicable
for the public
schools to educate religiously without violating any ideals of religious freedom, without partisanship
for any historical
tradition, and without transgressing the principle of persuasion, not compulsion, in all matters of faith.
For me, the prime attraction was attending a
school that took its Catholic identity seriously and would educate me in the faith's intellectual
tradition.
Guides were published about how to treat religious holidays in the
schools, how to teach students about religious
traditions, and how to create equal access
for organizations, including religious clubs on campus.
A lot of Muslims where I live in NYC don't show much respect
for our
traditions / customs, so why should we close
schools for them?
Liberal Catholicism has many mansions, and depending on how the term is used, it can sweep in everything from worldly prep
schools «in the Jesuit
tradition» to passionately ascetic Catholic Worker houses, everyone from the all - but - lapsed Catholic who shows up at Mass twice a year to the devout Catholic who attends every Sunday but felt glad
for his gay nephew when the Supreme Court ruled
for same - sex marriage.
Moral Life and the Classical
Tradition (Women: June 19 — 25, 2016; Men: June 26 — July 2, 2016) is a seminar for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in the ancient philosophical tradition and its influence in the Christian mo
Tradition (Women: June 19 — 25, 2016; Men: June 26 — July 2, 2016) is a seminar
for rising high
school juniors and seniors interested in the ancient philosophical
tradition and its influence in the Christian mo
tradition and its influence in the Christian moral life.
Some Moslem writers speak of these Companions as essentially
schools for the transmission of the
Traditions.
Writing from the vantage point of Yale Divinity
School in the late 1940s Niebuhr had little interest in this
tradition and little notion of its potential
for continuing vitality.
Among university divinity
schools today, Duke is notable
for its efforts to reappropriate the fullness of the Christian
tradition, refusing to be dominated by the fashions du jour.
Moreover, in its examination of problems of government in theological
schools, the study continues in the
tradition of the University of Berlin by voicing a powerful protest against patterns of
school governance that «seem to have little confidence in the power of God to establish the victory of truth» and an eloquent plea
for the freedom of inquiry that disciplined critical inquiry requires.
It will be impossible to assess the fruitfulness of that larger proposal to a particular theological
school if the understanding of «worship» and of «congregation» it takes
for granted is inapplicable in a particular
tradition.
The Witherspoon Institute (where I direct the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution) is now accepting applications
for the following seminars: Moral Life and the Classical
Tradition:
for rising high
school juniors and seniors, with readings in Plato and Aristotle,....
It is actually a double option which determines Professor Radhakrishnan's explicit and implicit evaluation of religion: his preference
for the apprehension of ultimate reality as proclaimed by the seers and sages of India and, within this
tradition, his preference
for the teachings of the Upanisads in the peculiar interpretation of the Advaita
school.
That will provide the context
for turning finally in the last two chapters to what makes the
school's curriculum a course of study rather than a clutch of courses, what it can do to and
for its students, to and
for congregations, and to and
for traditions of academic research.
(Second ed., Strassburg, 1903) And these
traditions, be it observed, were the
traditions of legal interpretation or of Bible hermeneutics,
for the most part, handed down in
schools of Jewish law.
If you are stupid enough to use religion as a voting criteria, here are your choices: a guy who committed to one religion and has been living it; or a guy who went to muslim
schools, sat in Reverend Wright's Marxist church
for 20 years and then dumped both
traditions when it was politically expedient.
The choice among these various
schools of commentary on the Qur» an and Sunnah depends on one's attitude with respect to three basic issues: the credence to be attached to historical
tradition; the weight to be given to the claim
for a hidden meaning in the Qur» an; the amount of subjectivity to be allowed in interpretation.
Nor do they account
for the fact that the Thomism they dismissively deprecate (while failing to recognize the variant
schools within the Thomist family) was taken seriously as an intellectual
tradition by such respected secular scholars as Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mark Van Doren.
■ Bishop Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1168 - 1253), Bishop of Lincoln and founder of the «Oxford
School» known
for developing the
tradition of experimental science.
For these reasons the great
tradition of the Franciscan
school, and of Scotus in particular, were not given due prominence.
Like his more speculative contemporary Ptolemy, a moderate Gnostic teacher, he undoubtedly thought of himself as standing in «the apostolic
tradition» in a «succession» of teachers.24 Like pagan teachers and rabbis, Justin laid hands upon the head of each disciple on the completion of the course.25 At his trial, Justin, philosopher - prophet - teacher, describes the «
school» where he has been teaching
for the examining prefect, who will presently put him and several of his students to death.
Apparently the
tradition started in 17th century Poland and the coins were intended
for the children's
school teachers.
A recent new
tradition at my
school is a Chili Cook Off to raise money
for our band department.
(See here
for a fantastically written article about a very nerdy
tradition at my
school, which is the nerdiest of the nerdy)
In the
tradition of the Humanitarian Bowl (the former name of the Famous Idaho ® Potato Bowl), many events during game week will raise funds and awareness
for local charities, including the United Way, Optimist Youth Football, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boise
School District, Treasure Valley YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, and Armed Forces personnel.
It's a
tradition that I travel to our daughter's and help «babysit» with grandchildren while their parent's attend the Home
School conference
for 2 days.
The WCAL just happens to include several
schools not just that have been strong
for the past 30 or 40 years, but a few that have great baseball
traditions that stretch more than 100 years into the past, especially with Sacred Heart Cathedral (formerly just Sacred Heart) of San Francisco.
These
schools have
tradition to rival some of today's powerhouses, but they're fit
for the old brand of college sports, not the current culture that values athletics as its own industry, not just part of the college experience.
The Bears start their pregame routine by performing the HAKA (Warrior Dance) led by # 53 Moala Tautuaa who transferred from Tonga as he went to Toloa High
School known
for their rugby
traditions.
Still, don't
for a minute think that Mission's first - ever title is a sign of city public
schools that don't have a rich, colorful and at times a dominant basketball
tradition.
They talk about the dream possibility of playing
for the same pro team, how Rick, Kay, Norm and Kelli could still caravan to games and how the two players would marry their high
school sweethearts (Greene's girlfriend, Veronica Clark, and Pollack's, Lindsey Hopkins, are Georgia students) and continue the family - getaway
tradition.
They also would allow
for «important
traditions,» such as parents sending cookies or cupcakes to
school for a child's birthday, or «occasional fundraisers and bake sales.»
Perhaps the
traditions of the Waldorf
School, in the large sense are a wonderful fit
for every child, but in a small sense some of it is very difficult
for the average homeschooler.
You see a lot of back to
school gifts
for TEACHERS, but I was thinking of all the fun
traditions I'll start with my kids when