Sentences with phrase «world for the civility»

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It was no small feat for England, in a period of massive social and economic changes, to attain a degree of civility and humaneness that was the envy of the rest of the world.»

I cherish instead the notion that if we could understand not only the sociology and psychology of religion but also the religion of religion; if we could get at the roots of conviction in the lives of profound believers in the open society; if we could combine civility with devotion — if we could do these things, religious forces might retrieve some initiative and offer examples for coexistence in the world of the nations and the military powers.

In Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's «After Virtue» (1998), Wilson responds to moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who concludes his celebrated 1991 critique of modernity by calling for «the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us....

(Other speeches in the past, for example, had Obama as the one voice of civility in a climate of political incivility, or the one post-partisan in a world of partisanship.)

Our schools are a model for the world of civility and academic achievement.

They also should pray for him to lead the world toward peace and «to model what it means for an often - divided nation to live in peace and civility with one another, even when we disagree,» he said.

We have at last for many purposes a world civitas, but it does not have much civility.

On the other hand, Italian liberalism and socialism, especially since World War II, have tended to give up their totalistic claims and opt for a civility and a tolerance of difference that Hammond sees as essential in a modern civil religion.

As director (Sleeping Dogs Lie, God Bless America), Goldthwait is a stealthy genius at comically punching through the veneer of civility that allows society to operate, and World's Greatest Dad lands blows at will, while remaining wryly sympathetic to its characters» desperate need for their delusions.

A lot of folks don't like the ending, but it ties up all the loose ends (certainly not in a way we hope for and expect) and solidifies everything that has come before it as one man's fruitless search for meaning and decency in a world that seems to deny us sense and civility on a daily basis.

One of the primary factors in my decision to self - publish was that I felt like Veil of Civility, as a political thriller tied to real - world events, had a certain shelf life that could mean big changes for the manuscript if it were to sit around waiting on the traditional route.

Pinterest also allows them to delve visually into a world that's created within a book, such as 1930's New York as they have done on their board for Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.

One understands that the failure of the world to warm as ordered is an embarrassment and that those who had confidently but erroneously predicted extreme temperature increases are feeling more than a little foolish at the moment, but, even allowing for that, more civility and humility would surely now be sensible.

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In a post-Groia world, civility and restraint are not only characteristics of professionalism, they are values which have significant sanctions and consequences for the licensee.