Sentences with phrase «with abnegation»

The action once again takes place in a community that is divided into five factions defined by personality traits, with Abnegation left much depleted after an attempted genocide in the first outing.

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Especially the theme of God's word and promise, but also those of exodus, redemption, covenant, justice, wisdom, of the Logos made flesh, of the Spirit poured out on the face of creation, of the compassion, paternity and maternity of God, and especially the Trinitarian character of God — all of the indispensable elements in a Christian theology — communicate their depth only when they are united with the theme of divine self - abnegation which, at least to Christian faith, comes to its most explicit expression in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus?

electronic narcosis, with consequent effects of isolation, alienation, fear, abnegation of responsibility, and loss of joy.

I had a student tell me she had rejected her childhood Christian faith because of its emphasis on humility and self - abnegation; she then took up with a Buddhist group whose practice involved making hundreds of prostrations.

Christ's concern for individuals enslaved by the products of their sinful condition should be motivation enough for Christians to concern themselves for people today — who are increasingly demonstrating signs of electronic narcosis, with consequent effects of isolation, alienation, fear, abnegation of responsibility and loss of joy.

It begins with a propaganda - filled monologue from Erudite leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet), claiming our heroes, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James), are the ones responsible for the Abnegation massacre rather than her own corrupt faction.

The final moment, with the illusionist's self - abnegation, wreaks of over-sentimentality, and while I might attempt to identify with it, I do so in only most maudlin way.

Matthews is the leader of Erudite, which means she's got a killer IQ along with those killer heels, and she's convinced that Divergents are a threat to her plan to overthrow Abnegation.

In case you're unfamiliar with the franchise's basic premise, the post-apocalyptic sci - fi is set amidst the crumbling ruins of a walled - in Chicago where what's left of humanity has been strictly divided into five factions based on personality types, namely, Abnegation (the selfless); Amity (the peaceful); Candor (the honest); Dauntless (the brave); and Erudite (the intelligent).

There's a seduction / rape in the picture that spools out slippery like a biblical allegory, climaxing with a message of self - abnegation written on a bathroom window and a realization by our antihero that he's doomed to learn something from the destruction of every single thing in his life that's pure, of everything that comes with the potential for a future.

Their futuristic city - state nestled in the ruins of Chicago has been torn apart by internal strife, with the «Abnegation» faction (selfless people — i.e. pushovers) destroyed and the «Dauntless» faction (brave people — i.e. idiots and assholes) fractured.

The sequel picks up with the fallout of the slaughter of the entire Abnegation faction.

They speak of self - abnegation but simultaneously of the assertion of the artist reengaged with the physical medium, dark though it is.