Sentences with phrase «with contrasting cultures»

This small group escorted tour visits two countries with contrasting cultures and landscapes: Spanish and Mayan Guatemala, with volcanoes and traditional villages and British Caribbean influenced...

Not exact matches

The pair competed in long - sleeves and long - pants in observance of Egypt's Islamic culture of modesty, a significant contrast to the bikini - style uniforms that has long been associated with the sport; Elghobashy also sported a hijab covering her hair, which was permitted after a last - minute decision from the International Volleyball Federation following a request by African Volleyball Confederation chairperson Amr Elmany.

In discussing the loss of culture, manners, belief» once associated with the American South as stereotypical, in contrast to the North as the «land of industry»» Percy remarks the dissolving of those differences, though in some degree they once obtained in our history.

In it we find Kristol wrestling with the contrasting currents, philo - semitic and anti-Semitic, that intermingled in Christianity and Western culture.

Every people has its culture, whether primitive or advanced, and this culture is discerned in the folkways and moral standards, forms of family life, economic enterprises, laws and modes of dealing with lawbreakers, forms of recreation, religion, art, education, science, and philosophy that constitute the social aspects of human existence as contrasted with the bare biological fact of living.

One of the unintentional cruelties sometimes practiced by the United States Government in dealing with American Indians has sprung from failure to understand this contrast between primitive and modern culture.

The author contrasts an ancient abbey with its traditions, history and rootedness, to the modern American megachurch without tradition, culture or weighted worship, to an ecological sound, modern, high - tech, all thought out community but where the state church seems of little consequence, yet in this latter place the gospel seemed to make more sense.

This emphasis may provide a refreshing contrast to sociological approaches concerned with broad generalizations about culture and society — approaches in which the individual actor seems to have been lost.

Moreover, the faith that YHWH was the Lord of history meant that in contrast with the mythological cultures, where the gods were little interested in human affairs, the spotlight of divine concern was pointed directly to the human scene.

In contrast, «cultural relativism,» which Professor Arkes equates with legal positivism, holds that there are «no moral truths which hold their validity across cultures... [So that statutes or constitutional provisions] have the standing of law only because they are «posited» or set down by the authorities in any country.»

She contrasts the leisure needed for love of children with the self - culture needed for the pursuit....

In his fine book on The Drama of Ephesians, Timothy Gombis of Cedarville University contrasts what he characterizes as the power - mongering of contemporary culture warriors with Jesus» way of «humility and weakness.»

The voices come together in a recognition of the centrality of imagination in dealing with the tension inherent in the nature - culture contrast.

Indeed, the persistence of these beliefs seems to be one of the more stable elements of American religious culture, in contrast with the serious restructuring that has taken place in many other beliefs and practices.

In contrast to variants of Islam shaped in more restrictive desert cultures, it has majority Islamic beliefs and cultures comfortable with living alongside diverse people.

Thus in contrast with the ancient mythological cultures and with holy scripture outside the Judeo - Christian stream, most of the Old Testament either consists of historical material, or is expressed with due regard to the historical nature of human life.

I bring this up because what I am increasingly seeing and hearing is a desire to fit in with the culture and not contrast with it.

The characteristics of the particularistic religion generally can be extrapolated from Levis description: It is emotional and intense in contrast to the ascetic rationalism of high Italian culture; it is fiercely closed to the outside world (there is not one such religion but as many as there are groups), as opposed to the universalism of high Italian thought; and it is presided over by a woman, an epiphany of the Great Mother of the Mediterranean world, only partially and uncertainly articulated with the Virgin of Nazareth.

The general «sense» of a prolonged passage, a text, or even an entire culture is contrasted with the (distinguishable) sentences, statements, or sub-assertions that comprise the whole text, etc..

Responding to a paper in Current Anthropology, she described the basic warlike features of the Kurgan Culture and contrasted them with the Old European «matricentric, sedentary, and peaceful culture.Culture and contrasted them with the Old European «matricentric, sedentary, and peaceful culture.culture.»

Japan is a land of contrasts and paradox: its culture holds a deep reverence for ancestry and heritage, but also a fascination with the future; and its people respect tradition, but they constantly reinvent and reinterpret the world around them.

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As Labour pointed out, the contrast with his refusal to do so over culture secretary Jeremy Hunt was somewhat strange.

It contrasted Europe with the linked cultures and civilizations of the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and remote Far East, which early - modern Europeans saw as the East.

The antique store I walked through to get to the magnificent room in the Ducal Palace where I gave my talk (filled with rows of seats and a small screen that contrasted delightfully with the fabulous carvings and chandelier) captured for me how I want the world to see science: as an integral part of our culture, accessible to anyone interested.

In contrast, in cultures treated with X4 - ZFNs viral titers steadily decreased after peak viremia while cell growth remained exponential suggesting there was not significant viral production (data not shown).

Shown are differential interference contrast (Panel A) and fluorescent detection (Panels B and C) of cultures stained with monoclonal antibodies.

At different times of culture, rings were photographed under clear field illumination by using an inverted microscope with phase contrast Nikon Diaphot - TM (Nikon Corp., Tokyo, Japan).

In contrast, all six mice challenged with ospC7 mutant bacteria remained sero - negative; spirochetes were not acquired by feeding ticks, and spirochetes could not be cultured from mouse tissues.

This BaF3 phe116 almost completely fails to proliferate and activate STATs in response to IL - 9.15 However, upon prolonged culture with IL - 9, a small number of cells manage to survive and even proliferate, allowing an IL -9-dependent cell line (BaF3 phe116 / 9) to be selected.14 In contrast to parental BaF3 phe116 cells, those IL -9-selected cells could progress to autonomous cells (BaF3 Aut) after a second selection step in the absence of cytokine.

It's not a formula that works this time out because, outside of the fact that the French have a stereotype of hating foreigners (and Americans in particular), their culture isn't all that much of a contrast with most other Western metropolis locales.

As Luciano Tovoli once said in his response to a question regarding his own supervision of the Blu - ray transfer of Dario Argento's 1977 Eurohorror classic Suspiria, the physicality of celluloid image should be contrasted with the mathematical image offered by the digital.6 Experimenta, with its assiduous persuasion for the original formats of films in most cases7 in a country that severely lacks an experimental film culture and a consciousness regarding the latter, set the physical, tactile presence of films and filmmakers as its focal point.

The Manhattan Institute's John McWhorter, for example, contrasts African American youth culture with that of immigrants (including blacks from the Caribbean and Africa) who «haven't sabotaged themselves through victimology.»

LGBT culture is referenced in a case study of San Francisco, which students must compare / contrast with London.

In contrast, as district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educators.

«By contrast, anthropologists don't do experiments, certainly not on the culture they are studying; rather they master the language, observe carefully, and engage in long conversations with trusted informants, especially when they are puzzled.

In contrast, companies committed to developing their employees» talent often provide new employees with an immersive onboarding experience that gives new hires the opportunity to ask questions, learn important components of workplace culture, develop relationships with colleagues, and gradually build their skills on the job.

Additionally, as students study world languages, they learn how to compare and contrast their own native language and culture with the world language and culture (s) being studied.

Within these subsequent units, the geography, people, and culture of each country are explored and researched, as well as compared and contrasted with the other countries.

Essays and projects often ask students to take their understanding of a period in U.S. history and contrast it with what was going on in another culture or in another geographical area during the same period.

Themes of friendship, forgiveness, rivalry, trickery, bravery, and courage can be compared and contrasted with folklore connected to students» cultures, and from other parts of the world, to explore the concept of central message.

The book's saving grace is its setting in an Amish community, and its intriguing contrast with surrounding «Englisher» culture (Julia E).

This is a concept of person that contrasts starkly with the discrete, self - determining individual, an artifact of eighteenth - and nineteenth - century Western European approaches to modernization that has become closely associated with liberal democracy.Examining the meaning and value of Confucianism in the twenty - first century, the contributors — leading scholars from universities around the world — wrestle with several key questions: What are Confucian values within the context of the disparate cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam?

«That makes for both a cosmopolitan and isolated culture, a cosmopolitan island, ¨ he says, citing an estimate that works in translation may represent fewer than 2 percent of books read in the US — which contrasts sharply with non-majority-language speakers» desire to discover the world.

With its frenetic pace and its kaleidoscope of contrasts, you'll find everything here from high culture to shopping and vibrant nightlife, as well as first - class hotels abound.

A thriving economy, 6000 miles of pristine coastline, diverse culture, coupled with the color and contrast of the ancient history of the Mayans all go into making Mexico an extremely popular draw with tourists.

As you become familiar with the culture, you'll notice the contrast between older, salsa - dancing Puerto Ricans, and the reggaeton blasting youth.

By contrast, Romania's great cities such as Braşov and the capital, Bucharest, offer an engaging melting pot of history, culture, fine architecture and art along with contemporary shopping, entertainments and a host of superb restaurants, bars and cafes.

If you're looking to experience the diversity of India and Nepal, this 15 - day trip contrasts the colourful culture of India with the pristine serenity of Nepal's Himalayan mountains.

These games, when they appear, have a warping effect; their gravity is like a black hole, and they drag players and designers down in them so deeply that it takes years for games culture to claw its way back into some semblance of being that is outside comparison and contrast with that game.