Sentences with phrase «work against society»

Christians must work against society's evil practices.

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When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self - sacrifice — you may know that your society is doomed.

$ 23 In a now familiar genre that combines heavy doses of self - pity with unbridled polemic against an allegedly homophobic society and church, Mel White, an evangelical Protestant who now works with a gay church in Dallas, capitalizes on his brush with fame as ghostwriter to the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

Then, last Wednesday an op / ed appeared in the Daily Princetonian that attacked the Anscombe Society, claiming the group «promotes discrimination against fellow Princetonians,» that «the literature from the Anscombe Society serves only to reinforce anti-gay bigotry,» and that the group believes that «working mothers are ruining the country.»

Kyle Haselden, the late editor of the journal, explains that at a conference on Church and Society, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» viSociety, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» visociety is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» violence.

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) encourages increased understanding and reconciliation between those of different faiths and backgrounds, and it laments efforts that work against a just and peaceful society.

His [Stalins] government promoted atheism through special atheistic education in schools, anti-religious propaganda, the antireligious work of public insti tutions (Society of the Godless), discriminatory laws, and a terror campaign against religious believers.

In the struggle against such a system, what is being proposed as an alternative is not the socialist system, which in fact turns out to be state capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participation.

His government promoted atheism through special atheistic education in schools, anti-religious propaganda, the antireligious work of public insti tutions (Society of the Godless), discriminatory laws, and a terror campaign against religious believers.

We can appreciate the Christian absolutist who seeks to stand wholly against involvement in the evil of society; yet as he does so he must realize that those who are working for relative gains within the social order are doing a necessary work in the service of God.

Having explicated and defended the concept of fitting work, Muirhead must then defend it against a taint that might seem to cling to it: its connection to fixed roles within a hierarchical, aristocratic society.

If we are to understand the peculiar links between religious commitment and economic justice in American society, therefore, we must also locate the cultural pressures that work against taking responsibility for the poor — some of which are also reinforced by religious commitments.

This inordinate loyalty to blood and soil may be the single most powerful force working against the integration of the world society during this transition period.

Traditional values worked against those needed to build a «modern» society.

Shepard goes to great lengths to show the negative consequences of ordering human societies in ways that work against our genetic constitution.

It is another matter that in this day and age most men can hardly afford to maintain even one wife and her kids... but that is due to the stressful lifestyle and economic realities of today... nothing against polygamy that worked perfectly in the past and was a positive for the society.

A Christian community has the responsibility to work for peace in freedom and justice in human society, against hatred and violence.

In our ephemeral and sexually permissive society there are many temptations that work against the ideal of the married family.

In fact it clearly goes against the grain of how we know society to work, and it is hardly an idea that a philosopher interested in «reality» could arrive at by cogitation alone.

It works against the commercialization of Golden Rice and other forms of genetically modified crops, towards a society with equity, food sovereignty, sustainable and ecology - based agriculture.

It was a statement against the prison of growing up poor, and the idea that the goal of life is to live to work and sometimes treat yourself to an empty object that society had advertised as a signifier of success.

* While there are, as of yet, no clinical studies to confirm the results, a laboratory study conducted at the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University (OSU) presented at a December 2007 meeting of the American Society of Health - System Pharmacists found that an ointment containing benzethonium chloride with tea tree and white thyme oil worked best against all four tested MRSA strains, while ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin, and gramicidin also had some antibacterial effectiveness.

My most recent work, «Resisting the Jaundiced Eye» aims to make breastfeeding visible, explores the polarising aspects of woman's identity, and comments on the censure, peering / leering jaundiced eye of society in its unwarranted criticism of and prejudice against women who breastfeed.

The government desperately needs to work with credible allies in the fight against Islamic extremism, lest Muslims in Britain and abroad resign themselves to living in a less inclusive society.

«We shall also continue to strengthen the relevant state institutions and work with Civil Society to win the war against corruption.

Speaking further, he said, «The PDP is aware of clandestine plots against key opposition leaders, particularly members of the PDP National Working Committee, some dissenting members of the APC, members of the civil society, opinion leaders, journalists and bloggers, who refuse to succumb to intimidation and that such persons have already been listed and currently being trailed by agents of the state.

The work, published this week in mBio ®, an online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, suggests that immunizing pregnant women against HSV and similar infections could prevent serious brain disease related to these conditions in fetuses and newborns, said senior study author David A. Leib, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the medical school.

Working with a script by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider - Man), Emmerich's other proclivities are evident, including a life or death scenario that threatens the fabric of society, a quest to prove worth against the odds, the reuniting of a fractured family, and the triumph of American values when the stakes are heightened.

They can either ignore society and rise above ignorance, as they have been doing the whole time, or they can simply give up, admit defeat against the overwhelming forces working against them.

A society that dictates what «is and isn't acceptable for us, what we are good at, what's beautiful, who to trust / love, how to dress, eat, behave etc.... often works against our well - being,» writes Alusine Barrie, who admits that his pursuit of well - being is shaped by standing back from his experiences «to see the lessons hidden inside books, articles, blogs, and videos as well as advices / opinions of people» he encounters in life.

Violence against women is not just what is happening to individual women, we see that the educational, economic, social and cultural aspects of the current systems, at local, national and global levels must intentionally work with a transformational agenda to be able to achieve this urgently needed change, that not only robs women and societies of peace, but does not allow the qualitative development for the new paradigm to become a reality in our life time.

We work towards a more just society and as such we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

This article explores the case of the Winston Society, a wikispace launched by high school English teacher Ed Cator (a pseudonym) to provide teachers with their own space to share teaching ideas, construct knowledge collaboratively, and work against NCLB (the No Child Left Behind Act) and related educational policies.

The Winston Society — or «Winsoc,» in Orwell's newspeak — played on these associations in constructing the wiki as a space for classroom teachers to join the likes of Winston Smith and «fight big brother» — that is, work against NCLB and its test - based accountability measures — and cultivate alternative visions for education that involved more progressive politics and pedagogies.

Working against their small secret society, from within and without, are the arrayed forces of a stratified culture determined to resist change at all costs and a dark mastermind bent on the utter destruction of the city.

He came to understand — via his firsthand experience — that anyone in today's society, regardless of income or education, can come to financial ruin without an understanding of our credit system and knowledge of how to make it work for them rather than against them.

I personally value PSLF so much, and know it is so vital from my fellow attorneys working to fight against the injustices and oppression in our society, as well as so many other professionals who are dedicating their lives to public service.

«However,» Chiang continued, «The Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan,» founded by Buddhist monk Wu Hung, who had worked six years to win passage of the 1998 law, «is very against writing neuter / return into in the law.

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«It appears that regular vaccination protocols are ineffective against the virulent systemic form of feline calicivirus at the Humane Society of Indianapolis, but all control measures are being strictly followed and staff is working around the clock to contain the outbreak,» says Dr. Litster, a specialist in feline medicine and clinical epidemiology who regularly advises our medical team.

The laws against agricultural activity plus the preference for timber work delayed the establishment of a farming society for 200 years, but it also ruled out the establishment of a peasantry chained to the soil and ignorant of the ways of the world.

Featuring a massive selection of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, Injustice 2 continues the story from the previous game as Batman and his allies work towards putting the pieces of society back together while struggling against those who want to restore Superman's regime.

Featuring a massive selection of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, Injustice 2 continues the epic cinematic story introduced in «Injustice: Gods Among Us» as Batman and his allies work towards putting the pieces of society back together while struggling against those who want to restore Superman's regime.

The eloquence of their work in reflecting on the nature of the societies from which they departed, and the character of those in which they came to be rooted anew, will give us much to consider against the backdrop of the cataclysmic global events that have caused massive human migrations in our own time.

His recent works emerge against the backdrop of a global society that increasingly resorts to extreme and violence.

One of the most influential media artists, Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her innovative work investigating issues that are now recognized as key to the workings of society: the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.

Always fascinated by the mess, the works are representing the unique mess of emotions, obsessions and urges, clashing against society's prescription for success.

She is recognized for her innovative work investigating issues that are now recognized as key to the workings of society: the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.

Humanism and Technology, The Human Figure in Industrial Society, 600 Seoul International Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, December 16, 1994 — January 14, 1995 (Catalogue) Prints and Process, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, October 1994 Democratic Vistas: 150 Years of American Art from Regional Collections, University Art Museum, University at Albany, New York, September 24 — November 13, 1994 (Catalogue) Master Prints from the Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, September 9 — October 19, 1994 Visible Means of Support, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, June — November 1994 Against All Odds: The Healing Powers of Art, The Ueno Royal Museum and the Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan, June 9 — July 30, 1994 A Floor in a Building in Brooklyn, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, June 9 — July 30, 1994 (Curated by Chuck Close) The Assertive Image: Artists of the Eighties, Selections from the Eli Broad Family Foundation, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, June 6 — October 9, 1994 From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 29 — November 27, 1994 (Catalogue) Facing the Past: Nineteenth — Century Portrait from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Confronting the Present, The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, May 27 — June 24, 1994 Inaugural Group Exhibition, Off Shore Gallery, East Hampton, New York, May 14 — June 13, 1994 30 YEARS ---- Art in the Present Tense: The Aldrich's Curatorial History 1964 — 1994, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, May 15 — September 17, 1994 (Catalogue) Face - Off: The Portrait in Recent Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, September 9 — October 30, 1994.