Sentences with phrase «upon the problems of»

A revealing light can now be cast upon the problem of the distinctive meaning of an apocalyptic faith by comparing that faith — particularly as it is present in the radical Christian — with the higher religious expressions of mysticism.

Bonhoeffer's list of confessed faults touches upon the problems of our age and all ages.22

In the preceding chapter we were considering the bearing of our thesis upon the problem of Christian unity.

(Revelation 21:1) While their minds worked upon the problem of suffering — exploring its retributive and disciplinary aspects, its saving power in the form of self - sacrifice, its future solutions in the eternal realm, and its inexplicable residue of mystery — their practical devotion was given to the kind of world where man's monstrous cruelty to man would end.

Paul's emphasis upon the problem of the law prevents him from making much of the Exodus, but this motif is present in his letters, especially I Corinthians.

-- Suppose there lived a man in the immediately succeeding generation who combined in his own person a tyrant's power with a tyrant's passion, and suppose that this man had somehow conceived the idea of concentrating his entire time and energy upon the problem of bringing the truth to light on this point, would this constitute him a disciple?

It bears more upon the problem of human existence than animal existence.

I came upon this problem of mine over 3 yrs ago when i was pregnant with my son, this idiot brought this upon me and now I feel like i am soo lost.

Going in with few expectations, «Dark of the Moon» has a lot of potential to improve upon the problems of the last movie but instead gets sucked even deeper into the thoughtless style - over-substance filmmaking that Bay has been accused of often.

The exhibition by the London - based artist calls upon the problem of the physical materialisation of language.

As it turned out — and despite the elaborate care and ingenuity Abbott and his team had lavished upon the problem of eliminating atmospheric influences upon observed solar radiation — the real variation is much smaller than Abbott had argued.

Addressing the matter of artificial intelligence (AI), Macron touched upon the problems of huge companies, which could become a challenge to democracy and «open a Pandora's box of privacy issues.»

Not exact matches

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

And nothing illustrates the problem more vividly than the picture of patients forced to wait weeks upon weeks for care that, at these prices, should be available practically the same day the patient calls.

The summer traveling season is upon us, and this year has brought a whole host of problems for the travel and tourism industry.

It is true that the housing bubble caused more damage because it was a debt bubble vs. an equity bubble, and that caused a bigger financial problem because banks and shadow banks were more financially exposed to the equity losses of the housing bubble (equity based upon debt x 10).

In addition, the banks themselves became more cautious and less willing to lend to each other, both because of the uncertainty surrounding the exposure of each institution to these problems, which is only now being slowly revealed, and because each institution was unsure the extent to which the lines of credit they had provided were going to be called upon.

so, if God created humans, they would all be perfectly formed, experience absolutely no health problems of any kind, and either live forever, or evaporate into thin air upon reaching their 100th birthday?

Oh gee, once upon a time, an uneducated Jewish goatherd decided that he needed to make up a story to explain away all of man's problems.

Based upon this story my guess is that religion's main problem is an acute lack of self - awareness.

The problem, mique, is that the Christians (and some other religions) believe that your actions or lack of action (e.g., not properly worshiping their deity) can anger their god and bring his collective punishment upon everyone, so they think it's their civic duty to help you see the light and to legislate their ideas so that all must follow their ways (of course, history shows they can't even agree among themselves what those ways are).

Blacks think we must cling to victim status because it provides the only secure basis upon which to press for attention from the rest of the polity to the problems of our most disadvantaged fellows.

These questions are, as you know, at the heart of many problems in our society today, and it is against the background of such questions that I want to reflect upon the significance of human cloning.

Patriarchae, my point is that Pastor Jeffers» comments about Mormonism perfectly exemplifies the main problem with the hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of Protestant denominations (most of whom can not agree on the time of day much less matters theological).

Those things are all well and good, and so it is an even stronger indication of the problems of religion that atheists are intent upon challenging it, in spite of all the good it does or claims to do.

The problem that many atheists have, whether they are vocal or not, is that religion is continually thrust upon us (Federal holidays that are Christian only for example), and it gets really really tiring explaining to our children what is truly the US and what is Christian infiltration of our government.

My only problem with your article centers on the Traditions violation and in that the Traditions are based upon humility of the individual and primacy of AA as a whole, perhaps they would be worthy of consideration.

But the extent to which human existence depends upon a natural order of «societies, harmoniously requiring each other» has recently become all the more apparent as the accumulated effects of industry, technology, and population growth have presented major «environmental» problems (see CC).

Fundamentalism had totally failed to turn back the rising forces of modernism, achieving no significant impact upon the world of its day, because it failed to address the social problems of its time.

I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack of an affirmative answer.

The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

Kindness and compassion are not theoretical principles that the church reflects upon and then seeks to apply to the problems of the world.

It seems to me that the real problem occurs between Phases 4 and 5, where — upon facing the reality of my actual life and my actual responsibilities — I not only abandon Shane Claiborne's way of following Jesus, I abandon following Jesus altogether.

The main problem is the perversion of the human heart, which is turned in upon itself, as Augustine said, rather than being open to the other beings as well as to the Source of all being.

Consequently research upon such classical problems as the Son of Man» can meaningfully be continued.

Therefore at least an initial attempt to work upon the central problem in terms of specific problems should be made.

I greatly welcome this turn in the discussion, for this latter question was also the theme of my own sermon, and it was only because the former arose in «Meeting Point» and was seized upon by many of my correspondents that I have had to devote a disproportionate amount of space to the historical problem.

Again, it seems that he has come upon what he thinks is a problem — the perdurance and pervasiveness of religion — and wants us to join him in trying to wish it away.

The deductions from it in this particular sphere of thought can not be looked upon as more than suggestions as to how the problem is transformed in the light of that system.»

But what we do insist upon is that in the final analysis of any human problem, we have to raise these ultimate religious questions if we are to have any adequate understanding of what fulfills a human life.

The greatest tactical problem of modern Christianity is to reconcile its dependence upon the rich with its natural devotion to the poor».

V) to get the actual work under way by laying hold of the central problem in terms of which the detailed research upon individual problems will gain its relevance.

After drawing out how the encyclical applies this to various social, economic and ecological issues he highlighted, concerning «the problem of technology», that «this is the first time an encyclical deals with the subject in such an organic manner -LSB-...] The exclusively technical mentality [and ideology] in fact, reduces all to pure doing... [True human development] requires a new perspective upon man that only the God who is truth and love can provide.»

Mark Greaves has written an article for this week's Catholic Herald («Bishops insist on uniformity for Masses on Holy Days») in which he quotes «an official» from Ecclesia Deiwho dutifully says of traditionalists «They're obliged to keep to the Holy Days that have been agreed upon» but then goes on to say that there is «no problem» with them also celebrating them during the week.»

Nevertheless, a close study of his doctrine of prehension will reveal that he is really struggling with the same problem that challenged and excited Bergson and James in their insistence upon relations being experienceable.

A clergyman's degree of effectiveness in counseling will depend, to a considerable extent, upon his ability to relate to people; his sensitivity and insight in recognizing the nature of the problem; his non-judgmental acceptance of the person in distress; and his knowledge of whether, when, and where to involve other helping resources.

But most of these «adult» problems and responsibilities are not foisted upon us even when we grow up.

The specific purpose of the church Eddy founded is to be an effective agency for the spiritual awakening upon which, as Christian Scientists see it, the solution of humanity's manifold problems ultimately rests.

The ambiguity lies in this: Hartshorne has superimposed a theoretical structure creating an insoluble problem upon the unanalyzed many - sidedness of experience.

The problem of theodicy can be solved, or at least relativized, this way — there is no God completely distinct from this world who looks down coldly upon this cave - like existence.