However, children often gain a better
understanding of world events and politics by studying world history.
Not exact matches
If you've ever been curious about what happens at Tony Robbins
events, or just want to get a better
understanding of the
world - renowned life and business strategist, from how he prepares for 60 + hours on stage in front
of thousands
of people to what truly drives him to do what he does, this film is a must - see.
«Time» is something humans created to quantifying the passing
of events, because we need it to
understand the
world around us (or at least most
of us do; there are people with strange mental conditions that are fully functioning but have no concept
of time).
Anyone who studies the new testament to try to
understand the context
of events of the Savior's ministry will learn that he was labeled a criminal by the Pharisees and Sadducees (who were the religious leaders that part
of the
world during that time) because they felt threatened by Jesus.
God wants humanity to
understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope
of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment
of the most violent
of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way
of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and
understand those violent
events in light
of the self - sacrificial God dying on the cross for the sins
of the whole
world.
Recently, for example, planeloads
of American fundamentalists have been travelling to Israel to view the site, Megiddo, where they believe the great clash among the nations will break out, and the battle
of Armageddon will bring to an end the
world as we know it.7 As this
event is believed to herald the return
of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future,
understanding from the words
of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death
of the old
world.
As I
understand it, the relevant features
of a «proposition» are these: A «proposition» is a «concrete possibility; it is abstracted from some objective
event in the actual
world; it is proposed as a possibility that an entity may want to consider for itself in a future moment in its process
of self - creation; it is apprehended by the entity in «feeling» and so is preconceptual and largely preconsciously apprehended; it stands in a complex
of relationships with other «propositions,» and the set
of propositions presupposes a systematic universe; its «interest» (as «lure») is more important than its «truth.»
But when we have reached that point where we believe that Scripture has said its last word to us and we are always sure what its message will be, when all around us major
events are causing great changes in our
understanding of ourselves and our
world, then we may be finiiting the actual authority
of Scripture in our lives.
The myths
of Genesis tell us, as no objective history
of public
events could, what the community
of Israel essentially believed about God's relationship to the
world and to man; and the legends
of the Fathers record Israel's
understanding of herself, her own relationship to God and the
world, her own sense
of sin and inadequacy in tension with her conviction
of special divine Election, her fears on the one hand and her highest hopes on the other.
The crisis
of black liberalism and the emergence
of the new black conservatives can best be
understood in light
of three fundamental
events in American society and culture since 1973: the eclipse
of U.S. economic and military predominance in the
world; the structural transformation
of the American economy; and the moral breakdown
of communities throughout the country, especially among the black working poor and underclass.
What does it mean for therapy if we
understand that each occasion
of the client's experience is a coming together
of the
world in a new
event, one which culminates in a decision?
What we have to do in our preaching and pastoral counseling is to combine a Christian doctrine
of providence with an
understanding of the way in which God works consistently in his
world through a natural sequence
of events.
The Revolution
of 1989 in east and central Europe» a
world - historical series
of events ignited by moral passion, informed by moral conviction, sustained by deft and morally sophisticated politics, and supported by a resolute demonstration that the Soviet Union could not compete with the United States in a serious arms race» raised further questions about classic foreign - policy realism and its narrow focus on «hard power» as the analytic prism for
understanding both the dynamics
of world politics and the exigencies
of American foreign policy.
Every interpretation
of the meaning
of human experience, every
understanding of the
world in its totality, must by necessity start from some particular stance — or, better, must find some particular point that is taken to be
of special importance among all the
events or occasions; it provides a clue to the totality
of experience.
By «modern common sense» we mean the basic
understanding that in order to explain the
events and circumstances
of this natural
world we must look to other
events and circumstances within this natural
world.
To
understand what this means, it is first necessary for us to see that the
world is made up
of events.
we
understand that throught faith the
worlds were framed by the word
of God... and each word we speak in the earth actually effects
events in the earth... some things require a lot fo prayers and some things just a litte..
The ultimate reality upon which our hope depends is therefore the eternal truth and power
of God, breaking into the flow
of historical
events, qualifying it, transforming it, yet always to be
understood as giving meaning to life through its relation to that which is beyond the time form
of the
world process.
Beyond astronomy, the more one
understands about the physical sciences and the
world we live on, the more you come to see that it is too dang perfect to be the result
of some random, godless cosmic
event.
Each one
of us
understands the
world and interprets
events from a particular perspective — and that perspective is profoundly shaped by our nonhuman and human environments, culture, socio - politico - economic location, and the myths and symbols that organize and give meaning and significance to our lives.
The «relatin rationis»
of God to all created
events in the universe is another way
of stating this noncoercive Divine Presence or Mystery grounding all cosmic and human actualities, beckoning human freedom towards noncoercive
world and self
understanding and acting.
In his 1959 essay entitled «My Present View
of the
World,» he argued that the fundamental entities are discrete but overlapping «
events,» that the fundamental entities
of mathematical physics are «constructions composed
of events,» and that entities like conscious minds and «selves» are best
understood as collections
of events «connected with each other by memory - chains backward and forwards.
Indeed, the very advent
of modernity can be
understood to be an apocalyptic
event, an advent ushering in a wholly new
world as the consequence
of the ending
of an old
world.
The fall
of Adam and Eve, the covenants with Israel and its deliverance from bondage, its falling away and punishment through new sufferings, the speaking
of the divine word through the prophets, the birth
of Christ in human flesh, the life and death
of Jesus, the experience
of the resurrection, and the history
of the Church, the expectation
of the final
events and the established reign
of God in love and peace — all this is the Biblical
understanding of what God has done, is doing, and will continue to do for the judgment and redemption
of the
world.
After my own Damascus Road type
of experience I found I was very alone in the
world after thinking my life would be so grand after that
event and would find many that would accept me and love me, and would
understand what had happened in my life.
God is
understood as unchanging in his primordial nature which envisions the eternal objects and as changing in his creative response to the
events of the
world.
After Jesus died and rose from the dead, the new believers
understood that the death and resurrection
of Jesus was the central
event in the history
of the
world, and that all Christian belief and practice focused around this pivotal
event.
A contextualist
understanding of events linked to the indeterminate
world at large invites the romantic adventure; the mechanist hypethesis about the predictable regularity
of action poses instead the ironic rejoinder; organicist images
of an ultimate integration tend to the comic; and formist perceptions
of adherence to structured pattern are more tragic in their orientation.
When this
world began to become more complex, pluralistic and morally ambiguous and it also became clear that influences other than those which could easily be
understood on Main Street decided the course
of events, both the old teachings and the institutions that taught them began to seem less relevant.
Neither the usual notion
of matter nor the usual notion
of mind helped in
understanding these discontinuous
events that seem to be the ultimate entities
of the natural
world.
Because it is metaphysically impossible for God to be love without the
world, traditional Christian doctrines such as creation from nothing, God's power to act unilaterally, and God's foreknowledge
of future
events as actual are logically inconsistent with
understanding God as love.
John 6: 42), and the destiny
of that figure — i.e. a human being and his fate, with a recognizable place in
world history, and therefore exposed to the objective observation
of the historian and intelligible within their context in
world history — are not thus apprehended and
understood as what they really are, namely, as the act
of God, as the eschatological
event.
If we shift our focus to Christ,
understood as the divine reality as incarnate, foremost in Jesus, but also in some measure in the church and the
world, then the focus on the actual course
of historical
events and on the presence
of Christ in those
events, seems necessary.
By talking with your child about current
events and stories they see in the news or hear about at school, you can help your child to feel more confident in their
understanding of the
world and to become a better and more informed global citizen.
Building on his knowledge
of events, he his now able to begin to
understand the many kinds
of relationships among the things that make up his
world.»
This book, rich with factual research, gives us a great deal
of knowledge and strength, for once we
understand the forces that fashioned modern obstetrical practice, we can regain the power and the strength to fashion a
world in which we become the subjects, the «agents»
of our own experiences, mainly by asserting that having children is a complex, profound
event of life and health.
At an SXSW panel on the «Digital Tsunami» that brews up around breaking news
events, GM's Christopher Barger demonstrated a complex
understanding of how the explosion
of voices and channels on the internet has changed the way corporations need to communicate, particularly at a time when GM's very survival depends on developments in the political
world.
Katharine asks what Professor Macmillan felt she has been able to add to our
understandings of World War One, what parallels can be drawn from 1914 to 2014 and why academia still fails to come to an agreement on the causes of this most important of world ev
World War One, what parallels can be drawn from 1914 to 2014 and why academia still fails to come to an agreement on the causes
of this most important
of world ev
world events.
Phil Reeves
of Econolyst, a speaker at this
event, says: «3D Printing and associated technologies like 3D scanning have great potential for businesses around the
world, For industry to exploit 3D printing it is vital that the IP landscape is fully
understood and respected.»
Photography has been a part
of my life, not just as a tool to record
events and places but also as a great means
of relaxing and helping me
understand the
world we live in.
In the interest
of our future
world, scientists must seek to
understand the complexities
of linked natural
events and field observations that are revealed in the geologic record
of past warmer climates.
For many, the difficult life
event also served to disrupt their sense
of personal meaning, raising questions about their
understanding of their
world.
From cyber security, trace chemical detection, and turning sewage into fuel, to
understanding real -
world energy processes and forecasting future electric needs, PNNL was part
of developing five advancements honored at a recent award
event in Las Vegas.
Its
events are free to anyone who registered, and its mission is to expose as much best practice and breadth
of information on people's work in this space around the
world and to inspire more
understanding and use this explosive medium
of communication and connection.
Paying attention to a Sugar Baby grumbling concerning social ills and daily tensions could be a real turn off.Just having a vague
understanding of human interest stories and
world events can, generally, supply you an excellent beginning.
Now commences a series
of events it would be useless to describe, and which are eventually almost impossible to
understand, involving a troubled lawyer (Emily Mortimer), a movie star (Tim Allen), the star's shifty manager (Joe Mantegna) and the
world of a pay - for - TV fight promoter (Ricky Jay).
September 11 will never be forgotten; and Hollywood has tried to capitalize on the
event through numerous films over the years — the best
of which was Paul Greengrass» United 93 — but try as they have, none fully
understand the cataclysmic
event and either use it to display pretentious idealism (Oliver Stone's
World Trade Center), or faux sentiment (Remember Me, Reign Over Me, and Dear John).
The civilians are headed up by Mark Rylance's Dawson, a stiff - upped - lipped father who brings his sons (notably the sadly naive Barry Keoghan,
worlds away from his turn in The Killing
of a Sacred Deer) with him on their valiant quest — and it's their tiny decisions, what truths to tell the troops they pick up (watch out for a shell - shocked Cillian Murphy), and their growing
understanding of the task they're undertaking, that brings soul to these
events.
It is a movie that weaves fact and fiction in ways that are seamless and inspiring, dramatizing
events in ways that broaden one's
understanding of deeply complex issues that still resonate through the country — the
world — today.
Lessons
of the Holocaust To help you provide your students with the information and insights they need to
understand the
events and implications
of the Holocaust, Education
World interviews Warren Marcus, a teacher educator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.