Sentences with phrase «stark alternatives»

But once you've worked your way through this up - and - down massing of some 300 works, equally fitting and less stark alternatives may come to mind, including «the expansion of art» and «the internalization of art.»

He says Muslims should not have to choose between «the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty».

Updike resisted such a stark alternative, of course, but he did admit that it was both «a discussion of Barthianism and an arrival at its limits, so to speak.»

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

For many, however, these stark alternatives seem equally unattractive, or even arrogant, as though we know what only God can know: who is saved and who is not.

Yet viewed against the background of the stark alternatives proposed in Strauss» book, Buber appears to be much closer to liberal German «Jewish thought than many of his subsequent interpreters, and perhaps even Buber himself, have recognized.

If one rejects the stark alternative of an open - ended relativism or some variant of absolutist retrenchment, one is faced with a simple but far - reaching question: How is one to live with uncertainty?

«I think the only way out of this is going to be a vigorous election, where people lay out the stark alternatives, not muffle it like politicians like to do,» the Democratic governor said.

«WASHINGTON — Republicans in the House Wednesday pressed a budget plan today that would cut taxes and radically overhaul Medicare, offering a stark alternative to blueprints offered by President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.

Giambattista Valli - Bare - faced minimalism isn't going anywhere, but this season there's a stark alternative.

Steeped in the fundamentals of basic activity and process (like boring, stacking, cutting, casting, etc.), these sometimes - quirky objects reveal a stark alternative to the many impersonal presentation models clients normally see.

Against this prevailing consensus, environmental economics stands indeed as a stark alternative.

When it comes to the best Chromebook laptop, you have a choice between two stark alternatives.