Sentences with phrase «various cultural challenges»

When my wife and I moved to Pasadena, California, we joined a group of well - educated couples who were meeting in a local Baptist church on Sunday mornings for a freewheeling discussion of life, social issues and various cultural challenges to the Christian faith.

Not exact matches

We are not just talking about a convergence of disciplines, but of an authentically global synthesis in which the various forms of knowledge... find common ground in a shared personal and social vision... We must not imagine that the socio - cultural challenge of today can be met with theological thought that specialises in the content of doctrine or concentrates on religious experience.

The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen, as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.

Carter then proceeds to show how various events (like the Civil War), conditions (like the closing of the frontier), ideas (like popular views of religion and science), and personalities (like Presidents and cultural arbiters) have challenged, imperiled, undermined, stretched, invigorated, defended, or nourished that republican tradition.

When it comes to career planning, international scholars have additional significant challenges to consider: 1) cultural adjustment: it is important to know how to effectively go through the four stages of cultural adjustment (the honeymoon, frustration, adjustment and acceptance); to communicate and perform effectively; and to develop and establish an efficient network from scratch in the United States to ultimately secure the next career chapter; 2) immigration status: it is essential to be aware of the various immigration and visa options that are relevant at different points of one's career.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

This sense of cultural refinement, which included various forms of ritual and tradition, shaped her aesthetic along with her art education, inspiring her to challenge established social conventions.

On London's Serpentine Gallery website — the exhibition Jimmie Durham: Various Items and Complaints was shown there in 2015 — the introductory write - up explains: «His work addresses the political and cultural forces, eg, the forces of colonialism that construct our contemporary discourses and challenges our understanding of authenticity in art.»

Collaborating with scientists and cultural informers in confronting the facts of global climate change, the artists participating in the Carbon 14: Climate is Culture exhibition respond to various aspects of the climate challenge in poignant, nuanced, subversive, often humorous, and always passionately human ways.

I have a deep understanding of cultural diversity; capable of bringing together individuals from various backgrounds to form cohesive teams with unique perspectives to approaching challenges and providing effective solutions.

I work with adolescents and adults, from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, assisting them with decreasing emotional discomfort while increasing coping skills and building self - esteem / confidence to help manage life's challenges at school, home, work and with relating to others.»

The workshop will include discussions around strengths - based, whole family approaches to engagement; culturally - responsive practices and understanding the role of fathers from various cultural perspectives; best practices for fatherhood engagement including benefits and overcoming challenges of being a male home visitor; and working with high - risk families through trauma - informed approaches.