Sentences with phrase «seen against the background»

Biblical norms and historical models must be related to contemporary possibilities with an imaginative grasp of what this history is apt to imply for those who see it against the background of their own fears and choices.

Seen against the background of McGovern's book, however, Sigmund's invitation to liberation theologians to make an either - or choice between «revolution or democracy» seems too simple, and in the long run it obscures the kind of fundamental freedoms for which Latin America still awaits.

But in another way, seen against the background of the Divine Corporation, they are quite similar.

Seen against the background of the life - long process of parenting (one is always a parent after the process is begun), intercourse plays a tiny role.

Hegel's political philosophy, when seen against the background of his fundamental notions, is at least a political theology in nuce, if indeed it needs working out in detail.15

This achievement must be seen against the background of recent German history.

Even a solitary red blob seen against a background of green blobs will disappear in the same manner — the green blobs fill in.

The researchers found that males are very conspicuous to bird predators, to other damselflies, and to prey, while females remain predominantly cryptic (i.e. hard to see against the background).

The bringing to light of a processual artistic activity, such as Morris called for in his theoretical texts Notes on Sculpture, Part 1 - 4 (1966 - 69) and Anti-Form (1968), likewise addresses the social context of production and labor, a perspective which is also to be seen against the background of the institutional criticism of Concept Art as well as the social expectations during the 1970s with regard to art production.

Seen against this background, when western clothing was becoming more standard, the outfits represent strong declarations of Zulu identity and pride.

Does nature mean more to us when seen against the background of the human form?

Concern about climate change and China's role must be seen against the background of China's economic and social development.

AGW mainstream scientists would say that before 1950 CO2 contributed about 0.3 C of warming, which may be hard to see against the background, but after 1950 it is more like another 0.6 C on top, that was as expected, which is rather easier to see.

Rex Tillerson is undoubtedly an unusual choice for Secretary of State, but perhaps less so when seen against the background of several other Trump nominees supported by the oil and gas industry, including former Texas Governor Rick Perry who is the pick for energy secretary.

The insurance lobby's complaints about the time frame need to be seen against the background of the 16 - year period in which the discount rate was manifestly too high causing them huge savings at the expense of claimants with life changing injuries.

Not exact matches

Seeing the coffee against the stark, white background of the mug makes it stand out more, boosting its perceived strength and thus increasing intensity and decreasing sweetness.

«We are disappointed to see that Uber has selected a team of insiders to investigate its destructive culture and make recommendations for change,» they wrote in an Medium post published on Thursday, referring to the fact that Holder's firm has close ties to Uber and he previously advocated against fingerprint - based background checks for Uber drivers.

They see the challenges for those on limited or no incomes and the difficulties of those whose family backgrounds work against self - belief or learning.

Earlier we had occasion to note the relationship between Jewish faith as portrayed for us in the Old Testament and the Christian event which is the subject matter of the New Testament; and how it was indeed inevitable and right that the primitive Christian community should see their Lord and apprehend his significance for men, against the background of the whole history of the people into whom humanly speaking he was born.

We have seen that when the Bible is read against the background of the ancient mythological cultures, it is found to be pointing in a different direction.

This forms the background to his lifelong battle against what he sees as modern Protestant theology's subjectivism.

But if the abstractive nature of speech formation is recognized, then it must be seen also that the abstract term always implies more than itself; it always brings with it the presupposition of the total context from which it is drawn (12:84).6 All speech, in other words, implies a metaphysical background against which it must be interpreted for its significance to be grasped (PR 16 - 20; 12:46).

Now against this background let us see what Tillich says about the revelation of God in Christ.

In opposition to liberalism, I believe that the text should be seen not simply against its immediate historical environment but also against the background of Eternity.

This, then, is our deep political problem, as Levin sees it: We want to endorse various politics of freedom against a background of stability.

And seen against Jesus» contemporary religious background, the presence of obviously unqualified diners was essential to his sign.

What I have tried to do is to see the movement of primitive Christianity as a whole and against its total background, political and economic as well as religious....

The suffering which Jesus was to undergo, which was a result of many individual sins (the betrayal of Judas, the envy of the Sanhedrin, the cowardice of Pilate, the injustice of the crowd) was seen by the Son of God against the background of Sin itself as an assault on the will of an all loving Creator uttering it forth through his Word.

When theological schemes are interpreted against the background of this wider reality, we can come to see that the concerns which have shaped specific theological positions are ones that other traditions often share, even if with a different emphasis and linked with other concerns.

Being a chameleon means that you must see my shape against the background, the essentials as opposed to a convenient «label».

It is against such a background that a Christian process thinker sees human existence.

Against South Africa's cultural and economic background, the only hopeful efforts to mitigate and control AIDS that I see are coming from the churches.

Against a background of these events and actions, in which more than fifty congregations are now involved and in which hundreds of people have gained experience in dealing with elected and appointed authorities, the story of the Nehemiah Project can he understood As Saul Alinsky said: «The relevant skill in modern urban life is that of knowing how to hold public officials accountable» — and that, as we shall see, is what EBC and the Nehemiah Project have been all about.

Understandably so, for seeing Jesus against the background of later first - century Judaism makes it easier to portray him as the hero of moderns alienated from religious traditions and structures.

Preparing myself daily for death will help me to see everything against the background of eternity and to have a right perspective about the tumult, the activities, the fashions and issues of this 21st century.

«Against this depressing background, at the least, consumers will likely see further reductions in fuel prices and an acceleration of cuts in retail dairy prices,» Rabobank added.

The call saw Zimbabweans of all political and racial backgrounds throng the streets of the country's three major cities in protests against Mugabe's rule.

But, as Fraser shows, the passing of the Great Reform Bill was not just about dry electoral detail, but set against a background of widespread violence and fear of revolution, as was seen in France in 1830.

It is against this background that, we the Northern Progressive Youth Group and stakeholders of Tamale South Constituency wants the constituency to be divided as stated by the Electoral Commission of Ghana for a speedy development of the constituency and we therefore appeal to His Excellency the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the man destined to change Ghana, the man who listens, the man who has so far done very well for our dear nation to give us an ear and see to the split of the constituency and Metropolis for the betterment of our dear Tamale South Constituency.

Against the background of a general breakdown of public confidence in the political elite, politicians on both left and right have seen themselves not as part of a broader governing elite but as outsiders, empowered by their democratic mandate to shake up government and make it more responsive to the wishes of the people.

Old World monkeys, apes and hominins — the branch of the ape family tree that includes humans — inherited that ancestor's ability to see red, particularly against a green background.

The researchers speculate that the streaks formed when water bubbled up from a subsurface reservoir and ran down the gullies, leaving behind a pale - toned trail of sedimentation that is seen in the Surveyor snapshots as a bright line against a darker background.

The repeating pattern of high contrast seen in clusters of holes, for example, is similar to the pattern on the skin of many snakes and the pattern made by a spider's dark legs against a lighter background.

Even more remarkable, the same thing happens in c; most people will see the yellow disk pop out conspicuously against a background wallpaper of yellow rings.

When you see the satellite as a line against a background of stars, it is due to the object's motion in the sky during a long exposure.

There are so many distant galaxies that every nearby galaxy is seen against a backdrop of thousands of others, and the image of each background galaxy is distorted just a little bit.

As she viewed it through a microscope, she saw specks of green shining against a background of black — cells glowing in response to the dye — as many as 1.6 million cells in each cubic inch of water.

Finding the Higgs boson is a question of seeing a signal against a background.

When confronted with copepods in front of a red or blue background, individuals produced blue and red ocular sparks non-randomly (figure 4 and table 1): blue ocular sparks were shown in a significantly higher proportion of pictures against a red background, and red ocular sparks were seen in a higher proportion of pictures against a blue background.

Extremely dense clouds of gas and dust are seen in silhouette, appearing dark against the bright background stars.