Sentences with phrase «scientific knowledge of the world»

The first part of the same column deals with a topic that has recently become more prominent in the Christian interpretation of our scientific knowledge of the world, namely our experience of beauty.

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Our increase knowledge of our natural and scientific world has not led to an increase of peace and tolerance.

And this is what the Catechism teaches: The question about the origins of the world and of man has been the object of many scientific studies which have splendidly enriched our knowledge of the age and dimensions of the cosmos, the development of life - forms and the appearance of man.

Parts One to Three of Personal Knowledge expounds the dogmas and practices of this world of scientific faith.

First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)

In the period when I went to the World Student Christian Federation as a secretary, in 1947 religious scientists worked within the thesis in Martin Buber's I and Thou that separated the scientific I - It approach to things and the knowledge of persons through dialogue and mutual love.

The quotation captures the noble project of the book in this way: «The old Catholic religion - culture of Europe is dead... the inheritance of classical culture... has been destroyed, overwhelmed by a vast influx of new knowledge, by the scientific mass civilisation of the modern world.

During thisperiod our knowledge of the natural sciences has progressed and there are now significant tensions between the Thomistic synthesis and what the scientific method has revealed about our world.

Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

Modern humanity has become expert in its knowledge of the scientific, exterior forces in the world — electricity, gravity or nuclear force — but we know little about the existential forces of the inner world — love, hate, hope, fear, doubt and faith.

The world is reaching a situation in which the present type and level of resource depletion and environmental pollution can not be continued indefinitely or for long without disastrous environmental hazards and resource shortage, according to present scientific knowledge.

Although his way of working this out may not appeal to us, with our quite different scientific knowledge, and our own philosophical idiom, the point here is that Aquinas, like the other theologians of the great Christian tradition, was no «spiritualist», denying or minimizing the material world and the physical body and their ways of working.

We know so much more than people of the past — not only scientific knowledge about the physical world, but also historical knowledge about our cultural origins.

The kerygma, says Bultmann, otherwise called the gospel message, must be accepted in its purity, free of the distortions of mythology and free of the falsifications imposed on it when it is confused with scientific knowledge about the natural world.

I also got some neat stories from it, but scientific breakthroughs has furthered my knowledge of the world and universe around me, given me the tools to think critically and not just «go with the flow»

Some abandoned traditional religion altogether, only to find that scientific knowledge of the natural world does not in itself provide answers to the meaning and purpose of life.

Let them blend new sciences and theories and the understanding of the most recent discoveries with Christian morality and the teaching of Christian doctrine, so that their religious culture and morality may keep pace with scientific knowledge and with the constantly progressing technology... Thus they will be able to interpret and evaluate all things in a truly Christian spirit,... and priests will be able to present to our contemporaries the doctrine of the Church concerning God, man and the world, in a manner more adapted to them so that they may receive it more willingly.»

Perhaps these preachers at first felt secure in the scientific world because it reinforced their view of their task: to communicate knowledge, a special kind of knowledge, information about God and eternity.

«Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God.

Can anyone think of an explanation of the world and how it works, or any piece of knowledge at all, where we once had a scientific explanation, but then later rejected that explanation in favor of a religious one?

Palmer always uses the term «objective» to describe the antagonistic posture of the isolated, active knower who seeks, for purposes of manipulation and control, to grasp, through the scientific method, the passive objects of the world in such a way that the knowledge that results «will reflect the nature of the objects in question rather than the knower's whims.»

to madtown, Why Jesus was sent in Israel, because that place was part of the Roman Empire, the center of the worlds civilizatoon at that time, in the third century after Him, the Roman emperor, Constantine decreed that christianity was the official religion of the empire, and soo the teachings of Jesus inspired the whole empire, now the present Europe and the Middle East has prospered more than anywhere else in the world, The Americas was not even discovered yet by Columbus, With the prosperity of the empire was the growth of scientific knowledge that leads to what we are now, it happened because its part of Gods Will, History is its Reflectiom.

In these questions there is doubtless at work in Aristotle's mind a concept of bodies that is pragmatically oriented to the world of things, a concept that Whitehead, from the higher vantage point afforded by modem scientific knowledge, is able to dismiss.

The Universe, known and unknown, is possibly not the most used definition of God, at least in the western world... but it is the Pantheistic version that jives so much more with science and is not a misappropriation of the smaller definitions of God, merely an unfamiliar definition to those with less knowledge of various more advanced religious and philosophic thought, within and outside those religions... The idea of Pantheism also thoughtfully considers why there is, rather than ridiculing, such a wide range of philosophical and ritual beliefs from a scientific perspective... without having to classify large groups of people, as senseless idiots from one end or destined for hell from the other.

WORLD: I think part of all the facts to consider, are who wrote the Bible, what their level of knowledge was... and how believable to them it would have been... if God spoke to them using the scientific facts we know today.

I think I was put on this earth to make the world a better place — or help people to get more out of life — in a way that doesn't require any scientific knowledge.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

They learn scientific approaches to learning and gain knowledge of the natural world and learn about family, community and self.

World Health Organization 1998, Complementary Feeding of Young Children in Developing Counties: a Review of Current Scientific Knowledge World Health Organization, Geneva.

With its festival atmosphere and a panel of judges from the worlds of venture capital and communications as well as science, the Skolar Award contest also expresses a somewhat subversive notion: that researchers need not only to discover important new knowledge, but also to convey it beyond the lab and readers of scientific journals so that society at large can understand it, value it, benefit from it, and support it.

To expand the scientific knowledge base, a team of UC Santa Barbara scientists set out to estimate the vulnerability and extinction risk of migratory birds, mammals and fishes from different regions and ecosystems around the world.

Instead of encouraging the brain drain, top world academics, funders, and researchers should collaborate to build scientific infrastructure in the less resilient regions not only to improve their self - ability to conduct, access, and use the best science but also to ensure that they can contribute to global scientific debates while developing local solutions with cost - effective, participatory, and sustainable strategies (including the reconnaissance and use of indigenous knowledge in some cases).

Demands for scientific knowledge that makes a real difference to real peoples» lives grow as the consequences of global environmental changes become a reality for communities across the world, and societal risk profiles become increasingly complex.

World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), & United Nations Educational, S. and C. O. (UNESCO).

Do we face a world in which we will become «Vulcanized» so that, like Mr. Spock in Star Trek, we operate only at the level of rationality and scientific knowledge?

The briefest acquaintance with the real world shows that there are some forms of knowledge that will never be made scientific.

They also borrowed 94 samples from 24 countries from museums around the world in order to complete the project, highlighting the importance of museum collections for the growing body of scientific knowledge.

These bodies — the International Bioethics Commission (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)-- advise member states» governments through UNESCO's Executive Board and General Assembly, as well as various intergovernmental organisations that use UNESCO as a discussion forum.

-- the International Bioethics Commission (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)--

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In order to promote the quality of the dialogue on the new roles and challenges of scientific knowledge within today's global society, in partnership with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Government, UNESCO and ICSU organised the first World Conference on Science in Budapest, Hungary in 1999.

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It planned to expand human knowledge of space; lead the world in space - related technological innovation; develop vehicles that can carry both equipment and living organisms into space; and coordinate with international space agencies to achieve the greatest possible scientific advancements.

In line with the outcomes of 1999 World Conference on Science (WCS) and taking into account the 2011 Budapest Declaration on the New Era of Global Science and the 2013 Rio de Janeiro Declaration on «Science for Global Sustainable Development» we renew our commitment towards the responsible and ethical use of scientific knowledge in addressing the grand challenges of humankind.

2017 Jordan Science For Peace Declaration underlines the 8th World Science Forum's commitment to the responsible and ethical use of scientific knowledge in addressing the great challenges of humankind, more equitable use of natural and human resources and commits to promote diversity in science.

The World Science Forum contributes to knowledge dissemination, helps ensure public endorsement and explores solutions to challenges which might deny us access to the fruits of this scientific revolution.»

The scientific knowledge gleaned by the researchers may eventually help clinicians to better prevent gastric cancer among diverse world populations by using the ancestry of both an individual and the strain of H. pylori as risk factors for the development of the disease.

Thetford, Norfolk, UK About Blog The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is one of the world's leading impartial scientific research organisations specialising in knowledge about birds.

What's interesting as you work backwards through films we've made about traveling to Mars is: the further back in time you go (and therefore, the less scientific knowledge about the planet with which the filmmakers would have been working), the more Mars ceases to be a cold, inhospitable ball of red mud and becomes a brash, romantic fantasy world onto which stories more and more achingly mythic can be grafted.