Sentences with phrase «value of traditions not»

Not exact matches

Even patriarchy's deepest plots have not wholly» silenced women in the biblical tradition, nor does our knowledge of these infamous «proceedings» have to cancel other values of Scripture for us.

In my earlier years I had little doubt about not only the moral superiority but also the historical future of the values of the liberal democratic tradition.

We may read it, in the light of a long - established allegorical tradition, as a parable of deeper truths; but to the Jews of the fifth century BC, who took it at its face value, the Hebrew story, though not grotesque like the Babylonian, was too ingenuous and childlike to command the «reverence and godly fear» which belongs to all high religion.

Thus the Commission called for a Christian concern for Higher Education which helps critical rational and humanist evaluation of both the western and Indian cultures to build a new cultural concept which subordinated religious traditions, technology and politics to personal values according to the principle «Sabbath is made for man and not man for the Sabbath», enunciated by Jesus and illustrated in the idea of Incarnation of God in Christ.

(The doctrine of the tradition that God is not simply better than other even possible beings, but is better than goodness itself, better than «best,» since he transcends the concept of goodness altogether, does not alter the necessity that he be better - than - best in some, in none, or in all dimensions of value; or negatively, that he be surpassable in all, some, or no dimensions.

Thus we have every reason to take seriously, as the tradition has plainly not done, the hypothesis (at present merely that) of open dimensions of value, even for the perfect one.

As we attempt to reconnect with our own history, which is after all a sacred history as far as the Divine Liturgy is concerned, the value of the Church's liturgical traditions are once again being emphasised not just as expressions of sacredness and beauty in the public work of God, but as the embodiment and carriers of the Church's faith.

The draft supports these values not just by pragmatic calculations but by a kind of «spiritual vision,» conceived broadly enough to elicit support from many different religious traditions.

I think I hold to some hodge - podge mixture of both ideas: Buildings and holidays and traditions can be redeemed, as long as they do not consume our values and mission.

If not, perhaps better to begin with a religious tradition whose particularities our situation of religious pluralism will make it impossible to ignore than to start with an unexamined set of values somehow supposedly prior to any set of religious symbols.

But like all works of architecture, sacred buildings reflect not only a faith tradition but the values and concerns of the builders» immediate context.

Noting that we do not live in a sacred world valuing «received knowledge» from holy writ, but in a profane world harshly criticizing that tradition, Victoria Erickson of Union Theological Seminary in New York City wondered if we dared invite our worst critics into our classrooms for dialogue.

However, this respect is not for tradition as such, but only as a proven hearer of values.

On balance, Berger's theoretical perspective has provided a modern apologetic for the value of religion, arguing not from theological tradition but from the secular premises of social science that humans can not live by the bread of everyday reality alone.

And this raises the troubling question about the environmental value of biblical revelation (not to mention that of other religious traditions).

While praising the «rich tradition» of American liberalism and its practice of challenging «any authoritarian imposition of religious or ethical values,» the authors assert that «we can't have our cake and eat it: unlimited choice and uncluttered freedom get in the way of family strength and community well - being.»

But this does not mean that we need not recognize a sacramental quality in other rites and ceremonies of the Christian tradition — and value them as such.

They do not deny the value of tradition or social order, but they are searching for a new strategy by which to bring about basic changes in society without too much delay.

For one thing, there is no real or ostensible connection between Whitehead's notion of God or religion and the symbols of the Christian tradition, although of course this does not mean that they are necessarily incompatible with one another.22 Whitehead does value religion, however, and does have a place for God.

In that second stage of enquiry into truth and value, it must at least be in dialogue with the great philosophical traditions, even if it shall not finally fall under their sway.

Yes, the two traditions do share some perceptions and some values, but they also differ in a number of ways, and not just on Jesus: they differ also, I would submit, on the predominant understanding of how one is to understand the body and soul and how one is to react to the body's urges.

It is in our escape from our respective faiths, not in our adherence to them, that European Jews and European Christians find shared values and can speak of a common tradition.

First, as the Monroe Doctrine story suggests, we don't know exactly what this tradition is, which makes it a dangerous test of values and citizenship.

They are not at home in America, but they wish to be, and they write about people who are nostalgic for a time when smaller - town values, continuity, tradition and a sense of duty and public virtue presumably colored common life.

As we have seen, there is the question whether or not there has been in their lives a dialogue between the meanings of their contemporary living and the traditions which gave them their original values and concepts.

Governance (which, as explained in my previous piece, implies the deconstruction of modern - style government, of the social contract and of the value of representation): Africans want to be treated as equals; they are not sure that «democracy» is the way to go: democracy tends to break their traditions and so far hasn't delivered order and socioeconomic progress.

If I interpret the prospectus of the CMC correctly, the objective of the CMC namely to «impart to men and women an education of the highest order in the art and science of medicine and to equip them in the spirit of Christ for service In the relief of suffering and promotion of health», that is, the idea of a combination of training in professional skills, moulding the technically trained in a culture of human values and motivation, equipping them to utilize technology to serve «with compassion and concern for the whole person», the people especially the weaker sections of society, and giving spiritual reinforcement of that culture by the «spirit of Christ» and the motto «Not to be Ministered unto but to Minister» derived from him, goes back in tradition to the founder herself (Prospectus MBBS Course p. 5).

It can not satisfy the concerns of participants in the several traditions for transmitting their values.

Cage rejects this tradition, and declares that the end of artistic creativity is not order or value but purposeless play, a play that affirms life and invites other men to wake up to the ordinary life around them that can be lived here and now.

The politics that follows from this vision is one of tolerance and the welcoming of diversity, not because, as in some liberal traditions, tolerance and diversity are valued for their own sake, but because, given the dimness of our individual perceptions, one can not be sure which of the paths we are urged to go down is the right one.

Whatever is distinctive about Judaism has been left out of account either because it does not accord with the liberal consensus or because Jews lack a public philosophy of adequate complexity to mediate the values of their tradition to the culture at large.

These schools have tradition to rival some of today's powerhouses, but they're fit for the old brand of college sports, not the current culture that values athletics as its own industry, not just part of the college experience.

The Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, which did not follow the trend towards steep increases in caesarean sections during the 1990s, 9 have a tradition of perceiving birth above all as a normal physiological process and of valuing low intervention rates.

It doesn't matter if you already have a handful of traditions or you don't have anything particular in mind at all, there are many fun Christmas traditions you can add to your family's routine every year that will show them the true value of Christmas.

«He not only embodies the values of New York's Conservative Party, both personally and professionally, he has an acute understanding of the importance of preserving the rights and traditions laid out by our nation's founding fathers.»

I don't know that people value foods by their price in America so much as that their food traditions (such as they are) were established in a context of cultural flux, industrialization, and hard labor.

Of course, they should not forget about their family values and traditions, but world is at constant change you just have to keep up to these changes.

With a recent influx of asylum seeking immigrants that has altered the homogeneity somewhat, Norwegian men and women are open to outsiders in the dating world, as long as they are not subject to archaic traditions and values.

This grounding in magic rather than pseudo-science mirrors the larger difference between the two films, that He Ain't Heavy is steeped in local tradition and culture (however made - up for the purpose of the film the plot is, the Mid-Autumn Festival is surely a thing) while Future values the present above all else, about instant gratification.

Even the Center for Civic Education, a 40 - year - old nonprofit organization whose National Advisory Committee reads like a Who's Who of democratic values and traditions (including a dozen current and former members of Congress and a couple of Supreme Court justices), does not explain in its curriculum standards that civil disobedience is rooted in fundamental principles as opposed to personal preferences.

Once the educator can recognize that their own personal tastes are not objectively better than those favored by other cultures, they can begin to investigate and appreciate the traditions and values of those cultures.

Bauerlein is even angrier with the «digital enthusiasts,» who equate an interest in the new media with learning, «the custodians of culture... the teachers, professors, writers, journalists, intellectuals who will not insist upon the value of knowledge and tradition.»

But, working towards a mission doesn't have to reject the values, traditions, and desires of individuals that make up the collective.

Some people like the physicality of paper books and don't value these as much as I. That's fine... but let's not conflate tradition or personal preferences with better and worse.

Therefore, we recommend consumers do not get this credit card based on the rewards aspect of it — you are likely to get a far better value using a tradition rewards credit card.

You will fall in love not only with the story that started Cielo Hotel, but the people who continue the tradition of building great vacations that provide value and variety.

The ground being contested was not merely that of cultural value, but of how value was to be defined: as contingent upon historical tradition, and therefore concentric and centripetal, or as linear, directional, conforming to measure; invested in the dynamic of supercession by what Eliot called «the supervention of novelty».

There's a lot of potential value and beauty in older structures — not just for preserving the traditions they represent, but also for reducing of waste and carbon emissions associated with building something new from scratch.

While the potential for emissions savings and clean energy may not be as obvious or as dramatic as in some of the other Bioregional projects, this scheme has an important conservation value, and it has shown how tapping into local pride and tradition can help reengage people with each other, and with the natural world around them:

That view threatens the lives of people with disabilities and is deeply offensive to fundamental constitutional values and to legal traditions which recognize that parents do not enjoy unfettered power with respect to the lives of their children.