Sentences with phrase «standing against culture»

Yesterday the Stuckists, whose co-founder Charles Thomson is standing against Culture Secretary Chris Smith in Islington, opened five exhibitions all called Vote Stuckist across London, to vie with the Turner announcement, which they described as «a national joke».

Jesus stood against the culture.»

Jesus did NOT stand against the culture.

Not exact matches

An Orthodox Christian, Dreher emphasizes that believers often must stand against the assumptions of the prevailing culture.

While many Christians in the past have acted directly contrary to those very clear biblical teachings (i.e., the Crusades, etc.), others have actually appealed to those very teachings in fighting the tide of a culture that would demean humanity (i.e., MLK, William Wilberforce, the Confessing Church's stand against the Nazis, etc.).

Here's what the pontiff said at an interreligious prayer service at Ground Zero during his visit to the United States: «We can and must build unity on the basis of our diversity of languages, cultures, and religions, and lift our voices against everything which would stand in the way of such unity.»

The glorification of violence as a means to solve conflict is everywhere in our culture and I was that lame person that couldn't stand mixed - martial - arts battles and railed against video games and movies that depicted war or crime as an adventure, even arguing we are «a generation of virtual sociopaths.»

For him the revelation of God as attested by Scripture stands over against contemporary human culture, whether religious or secular, with the divine Word of promise and judgment.

For instance, even American Protestant liberals whose theology may seem as bland as a Hallmark card, can be shown to stand firmly against the culture on certain issues.

But if it has any message for modern man, if it has any place for him to stand and fight against the demoralizing and tyrannizing structures of a culture that has been severed from its true secular responsibility to serve human need, then those Christians who know this must speak and act.

However, there have been plenty of times throughout history when taking a stand against the government or the Church has been met with the charge of capitulating to culture or even denying the faith.

I loved the music and I loved the culture, but as I became more of a fanatic I realised that most of the content stood against everything that I stood for.

And when we see what God is doing, we can join with culture in standing against war, hunger, and other forms of inhumanity, but infusing such stands with the principles of the Gospel and the example of Jesus Christ (Resident Aliens, 46 - 47).

Now I have my own children and like any other parent, I hope and pray they will never have to live through the experience of physical abuse, but I also hope that if they ever do, I'll have provided them the right kind of tools and language for them to feel confident in stepping forward and standing up against rape culture.

And maybe it shouldn't be the biologically normal thing that needs to change, maybe we should focus on changing culture and take a stand against the objectification and over emphasis on the sexual nature of the female breasts so we can feed our children without fear of it being confused with pedophilia.

Moral notions, in particular — which in contemporary times have been demonstrated to vary significantly from one culture to another — stand as evidence against the innateness of ideas.

«Indeed, our culture, emphasizes being together physically and frequent face - to - face contact for close relationships, but long - distance relationships clearly stand against all these values.

We often stand helpless against the swift changes in every aspect of the culture in our constantly value - challenging, progressively innovative modern world.

[Chicago Sun - Times] • Noah Forrest stands up for Megan Fox against a weird culture of hatred toward the actress.

«This collection stands as protest against silence, and challenges us to create a culture that fosters true mental health.»

The game is currently in development for PC and will offer players new ways to interact with the world, expand their empires, advance their cultures and compete against history's greatest leaders to build a powerful, long - standing civilisation.

The game now offers players new ways to interact with their world, expand their empire across the map, advance their culture, and compete against history's greatest leaders to build a civilization to stand the test of time.

Being avant - garde implies being ahead of, outside, or against the dominant culture; proffering a vision that implicitly stands (at least when it is conceived) as a critique of entrenched forms and structures....

If one can trust Clement Greenberg, his generation also took a stand against the most modern of all cultures, kitsch.

The scenes in Michael's paintings are quiet, the participants are paused as they stand withdrawn, juxtaposed against a dynamic population; they are overwhelmed by mass - culture; one which has been composed from the interaction, assimilation and constant change of subcultures.

Considering various cultures that use copper for medicinal purposes, Ward seeks a healing power that could stand against such traumas as racism, violence, and other injustices.

According to the artist, her aim is to stand against the «culture of gloss» and the «fanatical cult of plastic beauty» by drawing on the inherent «aggression» of the streets.

In May 2001 Tamanui, Stein, Grubb and Kouvelis were represented with 24 international groups in the London show Vote Stuckist, so named because Thomson was standing as a candidate in the United Kingdom general election, 2001, as a Stuckist candidate against the then - Culture Secretary, Chris Smith.

The Standing Rock protest in North Dakota attracted an unprecedented protest that brought together native and non-native cultures in a unified front against the proposed Dakota Access pipeline.

The Standing Rock protest in North Dakota brought together native and non-native cultures in a unified front against the proposed Dakota Access pipeline in unprecedented ways.

Culture Vulture Kim Howells Praises Writer's Anti-Tate Venue; Minister Hails Gallery's Stand against Art World «Stasi» Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); November 26, 2003; 700 + words OUTSPOKEN government minister Kim Howells - in backing a controversial art gallery which calls itself... Meldrew of Westminster.

We see the Roski community as having taken on the work of standing against a broad financialization of culture and dispelling the notion that the model of education we share is anachronistic.

The statue was unveiled by the then - Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, against whom Thomson was standing in the United Kingdom general election, 2001 as a Stuckist candidate.

In 2001, Stuckist Co-founder, Charles Thomson stood as a Stuckist candidate for the 2001 British General Election, on an anti-Britart ticket, in the constituency of Islington South and Finsbury, against Chris Smith, the Culture Secretary.