The justification of that interpretation is that it makes
sense of the traditions about him, that it is true to the living experience of his presence and power, that it illuminates the whole field of history, and that it throws light on all nature and life.
After four years, there was almost
a sense of tradition about it.
Not exact matches
«A lot
of the
traditions and quirks
of what we do are
about fostering a
sense of humor and individuality, so that we aren't taking ourselves too seriously, so that we can have frank conversations.»
The concept
of international human rights from which no country is exempt is consonant with the idea that Shari'a, the large body
of legal
tradition that informs the Muslim community
about how God requires it to live, is in some
sense the rule
of God.
It's
about living within this
tradition and letting it be a mediator
of the sacred — letting this
tradition, critically, have its way with us, shaping our identity, shaping our
sense of what is real, shaping our
sense of what life is
about.
My suspicion has to do with the
sense that, in a period
of anxiety
about the inroads made by secularism and
about the loss
of, say, a distinctive Reformed or Lutheran
tradition, some would embrace «
tradition» in an uncritical way.
Another point
about the common
tradition that requires note if we are to make progress toward sorting out the relation between authority and office is that, within it, authority is a term that is applied in a proper
sense only to persons, either the divine Persons
of the Trinity or human persons who act on God's behalf.
Does it make
sense to continue to talk
about Christian theology without the context
of the other
traditions?
He holds simultaneously that existing democratic ideas,
traditions, and institutions were often championed in actual history by those who were non-Christians or even anti-Christian; and yet that, in building better than they knew, such persons were often generating in human temporal life constructs whose foundations were not only consistent with Jewish and Christian convictions
about the realities
of ethical and political life, but in a
sense dependent on them.
It was in this setting, as the church modified the
sense of loyalty to family and nation
of the Jewish
tradition, that Christians were instructed
about obligations to blood relatives.
But if they do name the same feature
of totality, then it does make
sense to suppose that persons in each
tradition have learned truly but imperfectly
about this feature.
They are not at home in America, but they wish to be, and they write
about people who are nostalgic for a time when smaller - town values, continuity,
tradition and a
sense of duty and public virtue presumably colored common life.
There's a lot I love
about the Catholic
tradition — the connection to history, the liturgy and ritual, the time for contemplation, the
sense that the «great cloud
of witnesses» that surrounds us is very much alive and active and a part
of our lives.
To me, when I talk
about «class» in a football context, I'm talking
about talent and style, sure, but I'm also talking
about clubs with a
sense of ethics and a respect for history and
tradition; clubs that conduct themselves with decorum, and that supporters can be proud to follow.
It might be helpful to know that in many
traditions, it is believed that the mom provides the
sense of security and
sense of self, and the dad shows the child how to move
about the world.
Yet it is true that it is based on
traditions, but not in the Burkean
sense of unchanging
tradition, but as an ongoing argument
about the meaning
of for example a nation or an institution - which is more how MacIntyre defines it.
I'm not sure what I think
about what that means for painting: I often think
about the durability
of certain artistic
traditions in the past over long periods
of time with small variants based on location and time and then that a style and even an aesthetic idea would continue to be worked within and around for sixty or seventy years makes a bit more
sense.
Fernández seeks to respond to their interpretations and biases through a conversation
about a deeper
sense of these varied American cultures, contesting the iconic view
of the «American Landscape» painting
tradition constructed by Church and his peers that often omitted or erased other narratives and figures.
In this
sense, his work continues in the
tradition of artists like Andy Warhol and Richard Prince, all
of whom appropriated recognizably commercial images in order to say something more profound
about modern America and its romance with consumption.
He provides almost no internal or psychic depth, instead giving people a
sense of being in on some art - world in - jokes
about style,
tradition, kitsch, and appropriation.
This makes
sense from the perspective
of the court itself, and in the context
of the Aboriginal oral
tradition, but it concerns me that the main method for communicating information
about courts» decisions and the way they are distributed to influence other courts» judgments is in the form
of printed judgments.
develop a servants heart by thinking
of ways that you can bless your husband and children every day... keeping seasonal
traditions alive and fun... creating time for family togetherness... cherish each moment... give your children a
sense of belonging... laugh a lot... count your blessings and be joyful
about them... find 10 things to be thankful
about every day and then thank God for them... be creative, make do with what you have.....