Sentences with phrase «traditional contexts of»

[1] At the same time, however, a sizable proportion of those wishing to live together stubbornly continue to do so within this traditional context of vows that bind for life.

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But the context of most traditional leadership discussions are in relation to a immediate, micro-environment that you are working within or traditional, offline spheres of influence.

Meanwhile, over in Europe, we seem to be somewhat more flexible with homosexuals in the church, at least in the «traditional» European churches that focused on the practicality and contexts of the written documents contained within the Bible.

Cosmology theology is the traditional theology found within the Jewish - Muslim - Christian - Catholic religions and elaborated in a space - time context of our present universe and confined by it.

The Fundamentalontologie of Sein und Zeit «goes deeper» than existing ontology (if it does) precisely by restoring to the traditional role of temporal presence the larger context of the problem of the unity of all three horizons.4

Dr. Cobb lends processes theological concepts to those who systematize the teaching of the Bible, to those who consider contemporary thought as normative and access the Bible in that context, to those who give simplistic traditional understanding of the Bible, and to those searching the perplexities and mysteries of quantum thought.

Young people whose pattern of thinking is historical and secular no longer find the traditional explanations of belief as formulated in the context of a static universe significant and meaningful.

A. Pastoral Services: to facilitate traditional pastoral functions in the context of the relationship of religion to illness and health; these may include but not be limited to religious services, pastoral counseling and religious education.

It would seem to me, therefore, that the use Altizer makes of Jesus» eschatological message, Paul's notion of the self - emptying of Christ, and the traditional doctrine of the incarnation, is suspect in the light of their historical contexts and original intentions.

It became clear that not only the traditional doctrines of Christology, but the whole context in which the discussion was couched was problematic.

Since the traditional definition of marriage requires the physical act, and the physical act is sinful in a gay context, gay marriage can not be justified by Christianity.

That is, having made one's image of Christ for instance, in a given context, the theologian then needs to show how this image reconciles, in broad terms, with the mainline «conservative» or traditional» components of Christianity.

Unfortunately, most of the traditional ones come from another era, another culture, a time a place and a context which seem only distantly related to us in these modern days whether we have been brought up in the West or the East.

These theologies have ranged from the traditional absolute and exclusive positions to relativised image of Christ in the context of the plurality of faiths.

Liberals, on the other hand, aim to increase women's power and expression by working within traditional contexts, rereading, redefining and reclaiming traditions in light of women's reality.

Third, the context has shifted: in contrast to the traditional Catholic conception of the political community, and politics within such communities, as the means of achieving real if limited justice for human life in the world, and a corresponding theory of international relations, recent Catholic thought on war often treats the state as a locus of injustice and the goals of particular states as inherently at odds with the achievement of common human goals, while an internationalism defined in terms of the United Nations system is proposed as the best means to those common goals.

In the context of India it has resulted in strengthening the traditional inequalities such as caste and ethnicity.

More recently, the idea of plausibility structures has been employed in several studies concerned with the question of how American evangelicals are able to maintain their traditional religious beliefs within the secular, pluralistic context of modern culture.

Margaret Mead notes that «within traditional American culture... there runs a persistent belief that all leisure [play] must be earned by work and good works... [and] second, while it is enjoyed it must be seen in a context of future work and good works.

By focusing on individual conversions apart from traditional church authorities that had, even for Protestants, provided the context for the communication of biblical truth, the revivals encouraged individuals to appropriate Scripture for their own purposes.

There is, it seems, simply nothing to be said for traditional practices that violate contemporary norms in this context; the sooner we get rid of them, the better.

Instead of conceiving of God as acting through miracles (in the traditional sense) we will conceive of God as being present in the processes of our world, in the context within which we live.

Fr Holden, assistant priest in St Augustine's, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and co-author of the popular Evangelium catechetical resource brings out the traditional context in which Pope Benedict is trying to place modern scriptural exegesis, and the great enrichening for all this could involve.

It deals with Christology and the doctrine of God, as well as prayer, the resurrection, heaven, etc. and it provides a general introduction to Whitehead's thought.128 The Task of Philosophical Theology by C. J. Curtis, a Lutheran theologian, is a process exposition of numerous «theological notions» important to the «conservative, traditional» Christian viewpoint.129 Two very fine semi-popular introductions to process philosophy as a context for Christian theology are The Creative Advance by E. H. Peters130 and Process Thought and Christian Faith by Norman Pittenger.131 The latter, reflecting the concerns of a theologian, provides a concise introduction to the process view of God together with briefer comments on man, Christ, and «eternal life.»

To that extent, Volf's analysis is a traditional one placed in a contemporary context of religious diversity and a global economy.

Put otherwise, one can see Jesus as a charismatic but misunderstood teacher within a traditional Jewish context (my own view) or one can see him as the savior of humanity, but one can not reasonably see him as the savior for Gentiles and a mere test of faith for Jews.

However, the newer definition is a retraction of the traditional statement in its objective form and now simply refers to the subjective context of the non-believer.

Appearing as they do in the context of vigorous debates among Roman Catholics about Pope Francis's leadership of the Church, Rose's comments are clearly meant to be taken not only as a criticism of Taylor but more specifically as the apology for «traditional» Christianity that Rose «regret [s] to say» he doesn't find in Taylor.

What I present is not a rehash of traditional discussion on the subject but a rethinking of God and belief in the context of process thought and of a world in process.

In the context of a universe in process, the option I am suggesting is not a return to traditional metaphysics but a historicizing of it by seeing it as the eschatological dimension of the universe.

Nevertheless, whenever we choose to lift certain scripture from it's context and choose to focus upon it based upon our past religious and traditional training, is perhaps the most dangerous usage of scripture and can lead to much spiritual abuse.

But when addressing a somewhat similar line of reasoning in another context, Griffin states that the «question is not whether one can prove beyond any doubt that every traditional free - will theodicy is false.

Parsons's book is devoted to providing «an introductory examination of recent attempts to defend traditional theism within the contexts of analytic philosophy.»

Assume for the moment that there is no genuine doctrine of God in Whitehead, or none that is meaningful within a Western philosophical or Christian theological context; then is it not possible that Whitehead's language about God is fulfilling an intention which is wholly distinct from our traditional and established speech about God?

This will mean making clear the authentic interpretation of the teaching of the faith, challenging false interpretations, and may mean re-examination of traditional teaching in the current socio - historical context.

In our new context, traditional religious practices frustrate the postmodern project, which is one of weakening the strong convictions that once bound people together.

Instead of talking about the gospel to men who, for the most part, are unable to hear it in its traditional forms, he must learn to listen to people and observe them in a context that has no awareness of the gospel.

It maintains the same standards of academic excellence as the traditional Ph.D. while providing a delivery system designed for students currently engaged in missiological work in a North American context.

He did not draw on the recognizable experiences of his people in order to provide a context for his explication of a traditional doctrine, that is, he did not preach inclusively.

In Catholicism, he sought to preserve a traditional view of the Catholic Church, but also rethink its presentation in a modern context.

The context of narrowing it just to the US, or traditional «missions» is dying.

For me, feminine theology calls an end to the traditional Christian framework and asks us to return to the basis for all theologizing: the experience of the demonic and the holy within the context of our particular, limited existence.

It is a form of deep personal engagement, as is the parable, engagement to the point of creating a radically new context for traditional symbols.

Traditional and authentic, each recipe I've tried has been a success, and the author does a great job putting the recipes in context of the cuisines from which they come.

The traditional method of making this bread — brief kneading and a single rising — makes sense in this context.

Liz of Feasts & Festivals — delicious food in the context of seasonal and traditional celebrations Laura of How to Cook Good Food — a relative newcomer to the world of blogging with some delicious looking recipes which I'm keen to try.

Growing up in the States, the poppy seeds existed almost exclusively in the context of everything - bagel garnish and lemon poppyseed muffins; this traditional Hungarian pastry, however, was more poppyseed paste than it was pastry.

While in the Netherlands the traditional ideal of role division has given way to ideals of egalitarian role sharing, Moroccans continue to adhere to an ideology of motherhood situated within a patriarchal context.

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.