Sentences with phrase «societies and cultures today»

Not exact matches

My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton's Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook - up culture on college campuses: by arguing for chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds.

For some Wesleyans today the greatest challenge confronting the church is to respond to the diversity of cultures and ethnicities that now characterize urban American society.

Paul Tillich's theology of culture, Rudolf Bultmann's demythologization, today's death - of - God theology are all adaptations of Christianity to what is conceived of as the nature of man and modern society.

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

Ok so the cartoon would be consistent with the idea of «the patriarchy» and the bible written in a patriarchal society being sexist, and the culture being sexist and that being true today.

While each of St Benedict's twelve steps of humility (which are listed below) have a strong message of their own, the second step in particular is quite a striking one, being of great importance in today's society which is so full of consumerism, family breakdowns, celebrity culture, social media, vanity and many other problems and challenges.

Hindu nationalism, which is alive and well in India today, is concertedly engaged in the assignment of absorbing minorities into its ideology, Driven by the ideology of Hindutva — a term coined by V. D. Sarvarkar10 which has always advocated a comprehensive project involving the coming together of culture, society, and politics, it seeks to fuse all the distinct particularities and differences of religious minorities (Muslims and Christians) and ethnocultural minorities (Dalits and Adivasis) into its Brahmanic construction of an Indian nation.

Even in such a highly technological society like that of Japan it is reported that there are 81,511 Shinto shrines, 77,186 Buddhist temples and 6,446 Christian churches, well attended by people.22 Second, the strongest defense against the creeping tide of a secular global culture today is based on religions — Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim.

Today, many Unitarian Universalist congregations and all Ethical Culture societies describe themselves as humanist in the modern sense.

Anyone who try to minimize the escalation of evil in our society in past few decades, especially blunt, shameless, «in - your - face» type of evil that's celebrated in our today's culture, is blind and has no ability to think coherently..

«The authors have created a story that opens up and deals with the very real issues of food prejudice in today's society as well as the disturbing food culture that has been inflicted on our youth», said Jennifer Schell, food & wine writer / columnist.

He co-authored the Recreational Sport: Program Design, Delivery and Management textbook; and he also edited Youth Sport in America: The Most Important Issues in Youth Sports Today and Sports Global Influence: A Survey of Society and Culture in the Context of Sport.

In particular, the concept of Ayni, roughly translated as «right (or proper) relationship», can be seen as analagous to the socialist dictum «from each according to their ability; to each according to their need», and was a cornerstone of Inca society, just as it remains an intrinsic part of indigenous Andean culture today.

There is true potential in being apart of a multicultural relationship in today's society, as these relations have really become a more common and accepted part of Western culture.

Program FocusThe Assata approach implements strategies that empower students through self - esteem, self - reliance and increased knowledge and appreciation for African - American culture and its relevance in today's society.

No stranger to the field of progressive education, Head of School and Founder of The Grauer School and the Small Schools Coalition, Stuart Grauer has just published Fearless Teaching: Collected Stories (AERO press) leveraging his broad experiences and insights on the cultures of teaching and learning in our society today.

Having knowledge of one's class as a whole and their different ethnicities and cultures is essential for teachers today in this diverse society.

- The Spectator (UK) «A masterful plot, a terrifying subject, and a gripping read... Patrick Flanery's topical, multi-layered novel probes the ubiquitous culture of surveillance today and its potential ramifications for a democratic society.»

«Today, computer and video games occupy a central position in culture, economy, and society.

The secrecy may ultimately signify the murky intersection within today's society of faith, morality, and politics, but can also be seen to underscore the ritualistic nature of human life across centuries and cultures.

Online and offline surveillance accompanied by the consumer capitalist culture within today's society are the main issues surrounding his work, in association with current and future utopian environments, the continued automation of our daily lives in relation to the internet of things and the various cultures associated with online communities.

Advised by curators Jacob Proctor (Curator, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society) and Fabian Schöneich (Curator, Portikus), Focus brings together specially curated projects by some of the most innovative galleries working today.

Both exhibitions speak to the rapidly advancing media culture of contemporary society, and reflect the museum's ongoing commitment to providing a platform for the work of the most innovative and experimental artists practicing today.

Also new for 2016, Fabian Schöneich (Curator, Portikus, Frankfurt) joins Jacob Proctor (Curator, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago) as advisor to Frame, a section featuring 18 of the world's most exciting galleries under eight years old, presenting solo shows of today's most relevant artists.

Not without humor, DOUBLE TAKE invites the viewer to question today's hegemony of the image, the truth and lies of reality and its influence on our society, politics and culture.

Nick Hannes, the Documentary series winner, pursued a project featuring the culture of the elite in Dubai, while Lissa Rivera's striking portraits of her non-binary partner explore contemporary notions of gender and its narratives in today's society.

Contemporary art is the art of today, a mirror of present - day culture, society, its issues and solutions.

Her use of multi-layered staging of paradoxical dualities within the theme of idealized female imagery investigates the issues of race, culture, identity, and perception in today's pluralistic societies.

Through these spaces, Suh examines how home and identity are ever - evolving concepts in today's global society, and how culture, tradition, migration, and displacement intersect as we construct our ideas of selfhood and origin.

Over the past decade, she has been exploring the theme of idealized female imagery as a means to investigate the issues of race, culture, identity, and perception in today's pluralistic societies.

Reflecting America's increased emphasis on transparency and international engagement, the exhibition offers a view of the rapid shifts occurring today in culture, society, technology, and science.

Drawing his inspiration from pop culture and American expressionist painters such as Willem de Kooning, Todd James, often called «master of modern - day satire» seems to strip down his characters to a cartoon level showing them in absurd and meaningful situations as a witty comment to todays society and reality.

Linking the stories of yesterday to the reality of the world today in relation to culture, life, economy and the politics of Mauritian society.

The radically different forms of art created by the two artists give us an extensive look at today's society and culture from distinguished angles.

On the other hand, this is a hot topic in today's society since so many different ethnicities, cultures, and styles have been coming together, including myself having a daughter of «Mexican» and «Vietnamese» decent.

Working outside the context of contemporary society and the capitalist market - based culture of today, Sensebe's show is an exploration of the term «pure art».

He fearlessly tackles some sensitive issues that the world deals with today, and he does it with a pinch of humor and in the manner of an effective wake - up call to our culture and society.

Although such population loss represented a huge threat to First Nations societies and cultures the museum demonstrates that the cultures did survive and that their languages, stories, and traditions continue, at least to some extent, today.

Factors contributing to our disadvantage are more than phantoms haunting us, they are very much alive today in the form of everyday and structural racism — the discrimination, marginalisation and substantive inequality faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to our ethnicity — the colour of our skin, and the view, implicit or explicit, that somehow our relative disadvantage in society is because of our own failure or weakness as individuals, or a result of practicing our culture.

Factors contributing to our disadvantage are more than phantoms haunting us, they are very much alive today in the form of everyday and structural racism - the discrimination, marginalisation and substantive inequality faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to our ethnicity — the colour of our skin, and the view, implicit or explicit, that somehow our relative disadvantage in society is because of our own failure or weakness as individuals, or a result of practicing our culture.