Sentences with phrase «symbolic action»

I get kind of tired of symbolic actions, but what the heck.

The works in this exhibition were chosen for the innovative ways in which the artists engaged with ritual — including through studio art - making and artistic practices that use symbolic actions.

Unilateral symbolic action by the Federal government has not affected change in China in the past, and a similar course action by the government of Ontario is likely to produce a similar disappointing result.

I have some faith in symbolic actions.»

The law was given through Moses, but Moses performed symbolic actions pointing towards Christ and actually wrote about him (John 1:17; 3:14; 5:46).

But can't symbolic actions be valuable?

The problem is that symbolic actions often substitute for truly effective actions by fooling ourselves into thinking we are doing something meaningful about a problem when we are not.

At CP, he took many symbolic actions to instill in the whole organization the need to think and act like a railroader.

The calling of twelve disciples, the cleansing of the Temple, the entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, were highly symbolic actions, which appear to have been deliberately planned by Jesus and of which the significance would have been clear to his contemporaries.

For weeks a sizable procession marched to the music of drums, bells and cymbals as similar symbolic actions spread rapidly throughout the region.

The long day of teaching, culminating in the impressive symbolic action, may have been something like a last appeal to the Galileans to understand and embrace his true purpose.

Certainly by our psychological standards Ezekiel's frequent symbolic actions, his strange visions, his trances, and his clairvoyance all consign him to one of our categories of emotional illness.

The context, artifacts, and symbolic actions associated with prenatal care function to stack or layer meanings for participants by providing a text and subtext that are simultaneously both literal and metaphorical.

By creating a «theater of cinema» in which the audience can be immersed, Marcin brings awareness through a hyperbolic interpretation of relatable scenarios, enacting symbolic actions, catalyzing the visibility of hidden codes, and mirrors the ambiguities of human behavior and psychological mechanism.

Trump's decision, and his inane rationale for it, is, in the end, what one can expect after decades of climate activists» supporting prioritizing symbolic action...

Those who argue against symbolic actions miss the fundamental linkage between the symbolic and the practical.

Sputnik: We give our data away with everything we do (driving licenses, card payments, loyalty cards), will deleting Facebook increase our data privacy, or is it more of symbolic action?

The Hebrew prophets who were his predecessors were accustomed to perform symbolic actions to reinforce their words — «acted parables» as they are sometimes called.

But can't symbolic actions be merited for moral crusades?

«The problem, Harvard Professor Robert N. Stavins wrote for the Wall Street Journal, is: «Symbolic actions often substitute for truly effective actions by allowing us to fool ourselves into thinking we are doing something meaningful about a problem when we are not.»

But symbolic action is not the best course at this time.

Language is, as Kenneth Burke says, symbolic action.5 The church should be asking its artists to create worship experiences that work.

Mulligan, in this symbolic action, expresses Joyce's critique of Christianity: a combination of sadism, the razor, and narcissism, the mirror... Continue Reading»

Many kinds of material have been identified in the Bible: oracles in the prophetic books (as well as reports of visions and symbolic actions), laws (general laws, case - by - case laws), wisdom sayings (proverbs, numerical sayings), and so forth.

This Roman custom of raising the newborn infant probably underlies Jesus» symbolic action in our Gospel text for today.

Cf. Turner's introduction to Edward R. Spence, ed., Forms of Symbolic Action (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1970).

Greater Love Has No Man The washing of the disciples» feet, then, is closely associated in meaning with Jesus» symbolic action with the bread and the wine in the synoptic accounts of the last supper.

The symbolic action by the entire UN would be a much better enactment of the principle of the law of nations than the U.S. and a few allies playing the role of global police officers.

Would such preaching actually encourage pro-choice or would it short circuit the choice process in an adolescent who is unduly pressured by the symbolic action of the pulpit's assurance?

Sometimes this can be done through «symbolic action».

With their use of symbols and symbolic actions, the liturgical element of all ceremonies reveals the intimate association between religion and public oath - taking.

It was a symbolic action which expressed both the interior feelings of the one offering and God's response to the prayer.

For the rest, substantially a unit from the priest - prophet Zechariah, the first six chapters contain eight symbolic visions and one symbolic action; while chapters 7 and 8 comprise historical narrative.

But Morton Grove Park District Commissioner Dan Ashta's symbolic actions have spurred an ideological tug of war with a local veterans group, which recently halted cash donations to the Park District until its entire board stands for the pledge at park board meetings.

But Morton Grove Park District Commissioner Dan Ashta's symbolic actions have spurred an ideological tug of war with a local veterans group, which recently halted cash donations to the park district until its entire board stands for the pledge at park board meetings.

An effort to pass the bill in the Senate through a hostile amendment — usually a symbolic action brought by minority lawmakers in order to draw attention to an issue — failed on Monday afternoon.

This symbolic action carried with it a serious message: that the banking system needed to pay attention to the wisdom contained within these books if it was once again to serve the common good.

«Symbolic action won't cut it,» said Teachout.

This symbolic action represents seeing - off the Lord Ganesha towards his home while he takes with him all the misfortunes of man.

For example, I think of painting as a stage set on which symbolic action is performed.

In Washington, DC, Saxelby is currently creating participatory installations that investigate contemporary cultural relationships to women and feminine identity through invented ritual practices and symbolic actions.

The head of Symbolic Action, a media investment firm, and prominent collector of contemporary art is seated in the offices of L.A.'s Hammer Museum in Westwood, where he is on the board of overseers.

Divestment would at best be a symbolic action only, without meritorious direct effects.