Sentences with phrase «social beliefs of»

This deaf - ears argument was rejected right away — two - thirds of the ministers (68 per cent) agreed that «Clergymen have great potential to influence the political and social beliefs of their parishioners.»
Drawn by the idea of a time bereft of high expectations as the prerequisite to conceive efforts abreast of the present challenges, it endeavors to break a consensus shaped by the social belief of «country of the future.»

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The real turning point for her career was her completion of a Graduate Certificate in Social Impact in 2012, which tapped into a long - held belief that helping those around her and contributing to society is important.
Through her work at Emerson Collective, Laurene has been a longtime leader in areas of education, immigration, social justice and the environment, and has demonstrated that she shares Ted Leonsis's belief in a double bottom line philosophy: that the companies that do best are those that do good in their communities.
By the early 20th century, bandwagons were commonplace in political campaigns, and «jump on the bandwagon» had become a derogatory term used to describe the social phenomenon of wanting to be part of the majority even when it means going against one's principles or beliefs.
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One of the biggest complaints about Facebook — and its all - powerful News Feed algorithm — is that the social network often shows you posts supporting beliefs or ideas you (probably) already have.
Zakaria wasn't suggesting ceding Western values and beliefs — but rather recognizing that prevailing attitudes on such issues as the environment, human rights, and social affairs are different in many parts of Asia than those that hold sway in the West.
A recent report carried out by SocialReferral found that 63 % of HR professionals surveyed believed that social media would play a critical part in their future recruitment strategy but few surveyed were actually backing up that belief in practice, with only 23 % encouraging employees to promote the employer brand and roles on social media.
On the topic of McAfee, he commented on social media that the $ 1 million figure did not constitute Fundstrat's core belief.
While many are willing to concede that they agree with the basic definition of feminism — «belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes» — debate soon moves on to the finer points of specific beliefs and campaigns.
I do not attend any kind of church or social gatherings in regards to my non-religious beliefs.
It would be nice in my lifetime to simply be able to publically say my beliefs without social ramifications, but I am probably a couple of generations too soon for that.
The Enlightenment belief that logical thinking and education alone, without any consideration of other factors apart from ignorance such as the survival instinct and clinical cognitive dysfunction in the formation of behavior patterns, can solve all of our individual and social ills is the fundamental heresy of the Enlightenment philosophy.
Gary, Sabio claims that his beliefs are based on reason and objectivity and yet he totally ignores the objective historical evidence from the failure of atheistic Communism to usher in an earthly Utopia that the cause of man (kind)'s individual and social ills is theistic beliefs.
To me, the most effective way of doing so is pointing out the sheer absurdity of their beliefs in public forums such as this, so as to weaken the underlying social support and impetus for such draconian views.
This section, «Christianity Today and Tomorrow,» contains four essays on belief, community, moral theology and social ethics, and the future of Christianity.
shrewdly aligned with the American ethos of individual success and self - fulfillment, mainline churches have courageously taken unpopular stands, confronting head - on the diversity of American life, the depth of our social problems and the intellectual challenges to belief.
If one is not prejudiced either by social beliefs or by scientific training into the conviction that life originated spontaneously on the Earth, this simple calculation (of the 2,000 proteins coming about chance) wipes the idea entirely out of court.»
«I think internalizing the fact that no opinion / belief / enthusiasm inoculates either you or anyone else from the baser aspects of the human condition, or the larger social milieu in which we all exist, is probably a very smart thing to do.
That authenticity stretches through every part of Anderson — from his thoughts about politics and social justice, to his beliefs about faith which are, like Dre's, complex.
A more reliable description of religion would make reference to its many aspects, including knowledge, beliefs, experience, ritual practices, social affiliation, motivation and behavioral consequences.
The abnormalities of atheistic beliefs are in today's timelines littering profusely many cherished religious societies whose fundamentalisms have been a social consistency for many good years... Even though I am distasteful of today's religions in that they are usurping the least wealthy, I see their mismanaging of financial dexterities due each religion's hierarchies needing more money for themselves than for their communal poor folks...
The two notes of individuality defined in a social world and action or embodied belief, which we saw are characteristic of Scriptural stories, are also, according to Auerbach, the central qualities of the Western literary tradition.
The bottom line is that so many people are going through a crisis of belief, faith and intellect and there is no room for them to experience this safely, which often results in very tragic social ramifications.
But parabolic hiddenness is what predominates, I believe, in the stories of the fathers and sons, and because Paton has shown the reader through dramatic personal growth the pattern of disintegration and restoration, he has created an extended metaphor of the experience of coming to belief in the workings of the gracious transcendent in both personal and social realities.
With its Marxist sheen dulled, much of this debate has ceased to be about class divisions (although it retains that edge in certain thinkers) and more so about mentalités — mindsets or common outlooks — that comprise the beliefs inhabiting the social imaginary.
Social and family pressures are very powerful in forcing acceptance of some type of belief system.
And if libertarians are afraid of conservatives» social positions, all they need to assuage their fears is a belief in their professed ideology — that small government will mean less involvement in people's personal affairs.
I definitely have a deepened respect for our brothers and sisters around the world who pay for their beliefs with their lives and not just the pangs of social rejection.
A graduate of Spelman College and Duke Divinity school, she molds her life after the strong belief that we are called to be agents of social and spiritual change.
Every one of them tries to perpetuate an archaic belief set derived using the world's worst decision - making technique — faith — and survives only because it provides a handy social outlet for people, most of whom aren't even aware of as much as 5 % of what their religion supposedly teaches.
Religious beliefs and practices are observed and discussed, but treated as states of mind and social customs, mere human constructions unsupported by any transcendent reality.
He then insists that any attempts to revive myth as a viable organ of belief are doomed to failure: «For we must remember that belief in myth is not a personal attainment alone; it is more, much more so, a social phenomenon and depends for its efficacy on group acceptance and adherence; a private myth, however admirably expressed in whatever form, is therefore an ultimate, irreconcilable contradiction.»
This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.»
The Journal of Religion & Society published a study on religious belief and social well - being, comparing 18 prosperous democracies from the U.S. to New Zealand.
Further, belief is seen to have a concrete social base in the organized body of believers.
Social conservatives, including the Religious Right, will not vote for Paul because some of his beliefs are too open - minded and cosmopolitan.
Whereas Orthodoxy made belief (doxa) its starting point, and Reform Judaism put ethical monotheism atop its theological pedestal, Conservative Judaism's worldview emanated from a specific assumption about the social nature of Judaism.
He provides a fascinating if troubling examination of how belief systems, physical distance from one's «enemy, tribalism, humiliation and other social forces destroy normal psychological inhibitors to cruelty.
Nathaniel Lawrence sees this interconnected social fabric of Whitehead» s philosophy of organism as forming the base for his beliefs about education (NES).
He takes pains to show that in every respect except the specific matter of prophecy belief they looked and behaved remarkably like anyone else occupying a similar position in the social system.
Obama's home church in Chicago subscribes to liberation theology, a strain of theology rejected by main - stream Christians pretty much since its inception for the manner in which it mixes in Marxism and often reject core christian beliefs in favor of using the Christian message to serve a social agenda that is not inherent to Christianity.
I do not agree with many of the social & political beliefs expounded by fundamentalist Christian organizations, but it was Christ who defined Christianity, not the fundamentalists & not the social justice Christians.
Thus, democracy is the social expression of belief in objective qualities of goodness and of common loyalty to them.
One is a lack of belief in gods, the other is an economic and social ideology that promotes a classless society based on public ownership of the means of production.
Wolfhart Pannenberg has pointed out that until the seventeenth century it was assumed that uniformity of belief was a prerequisite for orderly social life.
There's been quite a bit of discussion lately on my blog and all my social media sites about belief and unbelief, Christianity and Atheism.
Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.
Mr Diamond claimed Mr Ngole's comments were presented in a «private / social as opposed to professional» setting, adding: «Mr Ngole's expression of his beliefs was a genuine contribution to an important public debate.»
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