Sentences with phrase «traditions of peoples of»

Here is our entry into the history of the interpretation of the traditions of the people of God as von Rad understands that process.

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«Part of it is the nature of working with creative people that are looking for an outlet to express it not just in their work, but as a way of showing affection for their co-workers and having fun,» explains Bluebeam's Chief Human Capital Officer, Tracy Heverly, about the tradition.

«It is of our opinion that children in newly forming households are made up of people who have a tradition in this newly forming lifestyle,» says Brannon.

They have been successful in that kind of an environment and those are the kinds of people that are attracted to aviation,» says Stonecipher, who is not himself a veteran but has grown up in a family that made it a tradition to give back to those who served.

Funeral potatoes are what they sound like — the dish originally comes from the Mormon tradition of bringing the well - liked comfort food to people at gatherings after a funeral.

«There's a tradition in America of people of principle when they are sufficiently offended and disagree with their president on matters fundamental resign,» he said.

The fact of the matter is when you talk about central banks, you're talking about powerful institutions rooted in their own management styles and tradition (even if the latter has just now seen a very unusual break) and it's not likely that one person can radically change things, even if he or she wanted to.

Transgender people are, however, also sometimes venerated in the South Asian tradition of according spiritual powers to eunuchs and others who fall outside traditional gender divisions.

«Many successful people I know have a routine of starting their morning with a simple chuckle — whether it's from a «joke of the day» email they subscribe to or some tradition they've created to give themselves a chance to laugh each morning,» says Kerr.

As people's tastes widen for all things handmade and delicious, the old traditions of cheese making and aging have become big business.

PASTA has been enjoyed for centuries and by tradition, Italian people have consumed more than the rest of the world's population put together.

«Indigenous peoples are being forced into long and costly court battles to defend their traditions and ways of life because governments in Canada still refuse to accept the need to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples on important decisions about environmental protection and resource development,» said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

Political Life and Human Dignity Mary Ann Glendon («The Bearable Lightness of Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.»

But, we also criticize people who adhere to the dogma — of Christianity, of Islam, of Hindu tradition — when the actions are far removed from what the «policies» of the respective texts dictate (e.g. love thy neighbor, but act badly to others, specifically non-Christians *), or when the «policies» are adhered to VERY closely and make no sense in today's day and age (e.g. homosexuality is a sin).

Theological tradition speaks in this connection about a «quasi-sacramental character» in matrimony, because a person is permitted to contract a new marriage after the death of the spouse, but not while the spouse is alive.

Second, the tradition is too big and too full of parties, caucuses, movements, and organizations to permit such a person emerging on a national scale.

It is no surprise that the Emperor Constantine created the belief / church / assembly of Roman peoples that embraced the «universal / καθολικη» values of the Roman Empire, a popular mix of «compromised Christian» and non Christian beliefs and traditions.

How can there be so many del usi onal people out there that ignore that he follows some sort of Christian faith tradition or label is brand of Christianity «non-Christian»?

Isn't this what so many of us don't like about people who use religious tradition as a means for explaining their behavior... they're not CONSISTENT?

The phenomenon of globalization is frequently invoked: «Accelerating globalization makes it essential for young people to be exposed to different cultural traditions.»

Maybe it would be easier to get people to convert to Christianity if Christians went back to their old tradition of killing those that do not want to convert.

Religion is a central part of the society and tradition as a whole; and as such, is hard to break away especially without hurting the people we love.

Institutions offering separate women - only swim hours demonstrate that they seek to include in their community people from many different cultures, faiths, and traditions, representing a range of values, beliefs, and experiences.

Some people would rather not engage in any of the traditions or festivities, and that's fine.

I consider myself a descendant of the Roman people and feel I would have been much better off being raised according to pagan traditions.

Or... you can put asside your prophecies of doom & gloom, praying and hoping for God to smite all the yellow, black & brown people who don't believe the way you do anyway, and attempt to make peace with your neighbors, not by converting them at swordpoint, but accepting them and learning about their cultures and traditions and give them as much respect as you want them to show you.

They fail to distinguish two types of religious persons who may be part of this group: the first, who depend completely upon the literal interpretation of Scripture and tradition by an authoritarian pastor, and second, those who undertake rescue activity as the command of God, based upon a thoughtful and self - ratified interpretation of the ethical imperatives of the gospel.

I don't hate you at all, but I do see people following religion that hate out of tradition.

The distinction the Oliners made between the appropriation of religious traditions by non-rescuers and rescuers comes to mind here: The rescuers tended to understand the inclusiveness and extensiveness of injunctions to love to extend to all persons and groups.

So, just because of the situation that someone was born into, in your example a person born to Muslim parents in a different part of the world than you, where that person took on the religous traditions and practices of their parents (as many of us do when we're children), and just never had an opportunity to learn about christianity and Jesus, again only because of where they were born... you contend that person is going to «burn» in an eternal lake of fire?!

For Hart and the traditions from which he draws, it is a gross anthropomorphism to speak of God as «a person» or «personal.»

There are people of many Christians traditions that have been abused in the name of God.

Most people celebrate this tradition, if so, then celebrate this day in the name of Jesus Christ.

The Western tradition of moral reflection has produced a long line of reasoning about the fundamental worth of people and the immorality of direct killing.

crazy that when i was watching the news it had a split screen with 1 guy saying the buried him with all the muslim traditions to show respect to islam and on the other side of the screen it had people singing na na na na hey hey hey goodbye!!!

In nearly every nation whose cultural heritage, moral and legal systems developed from this western, Christian tradition, he is free to insult people of faith as much as he wishes.

An entire people was mesmerized by the rupture of a culture and a tradition that were entitled to be called the best in Western civilization but that ended up as the worst ever in Western civilization.

@RUReal, «In nearly every nation whose cultural heritage, moral and legal systems developed from this western, Christian tradition, he is free to insult people of faith as much as he wishes.»

People follow religions because of custom and tradition.

Indeed, over the years, Georgetown has been perhaps the clearest example of what many such schools practice: the whipsaw of «Catholic tradition,» in which the strongest declarations of Catholic identity come from the fund - raisers, the alumni association, and the public - relations office ¯ all the people trying to sell the university in a tight economic situation that requires a good bit of niche marketing.

Oral tradition was a self correcting excercise, as opposed to the ridiculous comparison people make to the game of telephone.

However, in our Jewish tradition, the possibility of return — teshuvah — turning away from evil to come back to a more primordial source of good, can not be denied to any person or to any people on earth.

Each person who made the journey, each person who tacitly or actively acquiesced to the Nazi slaughter of the innocents as well those who opposed it, had to define and redefine the meaning of his or her career and life in improbable conditions of place, language, and tradition.

The more I have tried to comprehend the nature of the Wesleyan tradition and to develop a theological method informed by its distinctive vision of Christianity, the more I have had difficulty understanding my own tradition and myself within the outlines of what most people seem to mean by evangelicalism.

It sucks when people ignore the traditions and make money off of their recovery like this, but it doesn't affect you one bit.

It is this conviction that Yahweh is recognized by his intervention on behalf of the poor that explains the denunciations in the Jeremiah traditions of the falsehood of Judaite faith.3 For prophets to speak words of peace in the name of Yahweh to a people who practice injustice is to speak a lie, for it is not Yahweh who has sent them (Jer.

While I agree that the church could definitely be less political and break with tradition in some areas, I think that a lot of this has to do with people hardening their hearts to the truth of the Bible.

Among those gathered here in her modem voice (through scriptural images, verbal echoes, parallel situations) are women whose stories have been muffled in the Bible's tradition — Hagar, Bilhah, Zilpah, Mary, the Lord's «handmaiden,» Sarah, Rachel, Leah, Rebekkah, Ruth, Puah and Shiphrah (the Hebrew midwives in Egypt), Jael, Jephthah's daughter, the «Jezebel» of Revelation, and other, unnamed ancestresses, «missing persons without textual authority.

Traditions and rituals bond people together in a common, shared experience and offer a sense of familiarity and security, but discovering vashti said they seem to be more authentic.

Contrary to the Editorial Board's portrayal of sin, the tradition Christian teaching is not that certain people are «inferior» or «second - class» because of sin.