Sentences with phrase «tradition means today»

Also, those who inhabit a tradition have greater right to say what that tradition means today than those who systematize and reject it from the outside.

Not exact matches

Just because something is part of our history does not mean we need to carry on with the tradition today.

The name BYT is a code for a new sustainable attitude towards life: BYT means «Be Your Truth», «Be Yourself Today», «Begin Your Tradition».

Whereas in traditional societies this openness often amounted to somewhat uncritical acceptance of the dominant cultural patterns, today it can also mean incorporation of ranges of concern and action from the prophetic traditions of Israel.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, J. as he then was, expressed himself thus in Ramsharan vs. Union of India, (AIR 1989 S.C. 549, paragraph 13): «It is true that life in its expanded horizons today includes all that give meaning to a man's life including his tradition, culture and heritage, and protection of that heritage in its full measure would certainly come within the encompass of an expanded concept of Article 21 of the Constitution».

To me, the most significant single point is that for people today «sacred meaning does not derive from a rooted concept supported by common tradition and institutions; rather, meaning is located in the unfolding of one's own life.»

Theology, if it is to explore adequately the meaning of play and its relation to the sacred, must «study the various biblical traditions and engage in the systematic hermeneutical task of appropriating the meaning of the biblical message for today's world.

Enjoy all the chocolate, marshmallow and dye you want without worrying about having to fabricate some Christian meaning for every aspect of today's holiday traditions.

As Timothy George wrote in his introduction to «The Gift of Salvation» in the December 1997 issue of Christianity Today: «We rejoice that our Roman Catholic interlocutors have been able to agree with us that the doctrine of justification set forth in this document agrees with what the Reformers meant by justification by faith alone (sola fide)... [But] this still does not resolve all the differences between our two traditions on this crucial matter.»

Schubert Ogden insists that people today no longer express their understandings of the meaning of existence in the mythological language of the classical theological tradition.

It springs from theological reflection on what reception has meant in the ecclesial tradition and what it can mean today in the context of ecumenism.

RELEVANT looks at the ancient tradition of Ash Wednesday, drawing lessons from the church calendar and exploring why the day still has meaning for the church today.

What would privileging the «Judeo - Christian tradition» mean for civil peace today, when the profound disputes are within the faiths that make it up, not between them and the secular world?

Furthermore, Francis resists the implication that this dialogical strategy means adapting or accommodating the Tradition to today's standards; the pastoral context is not an isolated motive for renewal.

Although fishing restrictions off the coasts for conch are quite strict today to prevent over fishing, the seafood is still a well loved tradition, even if that means bringing conch in from the Bahamas to keep the dishes alive.

The yoga practiced by most Americans today has little in common with the ancient tradition, but that doesn't mean you should throw away your mat and leggings.

Just because certain cultures have had long - standing traditions does not mean that in today's world they are acceptable any longer.