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1. The infamous Black Dahlia case of the 1940s and a much more contemporary case from the 90s
2. Contemporary of Dante I think – we’ll have to look him up
3. Back in London, Defoe was saddened by a severe criticism of him by a contemporary Irish writer, Jonathan Swift
4. Lang's Making of Religion was heavily influenced by the 18th century idea of the "noble savage": in it, he maintained the existence of high spiritual ideas among so-called "savage" races, drawing parallels with the contemporary interest in occult phenomena in England
5. was contemporary with great theologians of the first
6. It is a form of Creationism and a contemporary adaptation of the traditional theological argument for the existence of God, but one, which deliberately avoids specifying the nature or identity of the designer
7. Condition that has enhanced civilization through the ages, and is in dauntingly short supply in contemporary American civilization
8. We drove by the beaches, the stores, the banks, went to a contemporary shopping mall with its huge supermarket
9. It is the capital of the state of Baja California Sur, and has all of the services you would expect in a contemporary government center
10. She imagined some contemporary of Hollowcrest’s on the throne and felt sick
11. In recent years, however, many of the ―faithful‖ have been lobbying for easier application and/or interpretation of historical customs and teachings considered dated by contemporary standards
12. Assumptions by modern revisionists seeking to belie historical traditions, avidly supported by special interests with political axes to grind, however discredited such assumptions oftentimes are, may further promote muddled-headed thinking by ultimately winning the battle of ideas, however questionable their premises, by perpetuating falsehoods that, on the surface, oftentimes appear plausible to variable, ―discerning‖ young minds armed with partial knowledge, but sufficient enough to receive distorted impressions at their face value, rendering many vulnerable to questionable or unlikely propositions that bear little or no resemblance to the truth; advanced by (political and social) deconstructionists alienated from their (hated) customs, offering in exchange, contemporary standards predicated on historical fallacies, deception, inflicted reasoning and ignominious viewpoints
13. History should never be judged by contemporary standards lest we fall off the ―shoulders of giants
14. of the household? However unrealistic such programming may appear by conventional standards, they remain real in the sense that they underscore the importance of what many contemporary children are often lacking; meaningful parent/child relationships
15. In this manner, contemporary biases and prejudices will (often) cause that individual (or that society, for that matter) to misread or misinterpret the historical significance or social ramifications of that (current) event or misjudge its future implications as it relates to (race relations)
16. The further removed from time and space from some noteworthy event, but not so far as to reduce that event to an historical footnote, but far enough to allow the passage of time to ease a society‘s (collective) anxieties; future generations, no longer encumbered by such matters of immediate concern(s), will be in a better position to place these (historical) events in proper perspective, hindered as they might otherwise have been by contemporary currents or personal biases indigenous to the time(s) these historical events took place; that is to say, by being too close to the ―action‖
17. The Past should never be judged by contemporary standards
18. In this manner, contemporary events aligned with historical processes have oftentimes ―conspired‖ in overriding the feckless apathy or uncertain character of political leaders who must be properly guided toward ―destiny‘s‖ chartered course
19. In what manner do ―prevailing‖ moral and spiritual agencies informing the ―good life‖ reconcile contemporary standards lacking (historical) precedence; that is to say, whose identities or stores of knowledge have been irretrievably lost?
20. Its elasticity renders the Constitution a ―living‖ organism subject to contemporary interpretations or (the) prevailing temper (moral climate) of modern times
21. If present attitudes are any indication of contemporary society‘s harsh assessment of its past, our society should not expect much sympathy from future generations that can only wonder how a society that called itself civilized and prided itself on its ―evolving standards of decency‖ could have condoned such barbarous practices
22. Christ‘s principled teachings are oftentimes questioned by Secularists, Atheists and (nominal) ―Christians‖ alike who routinely disclaim their authenticity by either challenging scriptural interpretations or biblical precedence(s) mentioned in His teachings; that is to say, questioning whether or not Christ specifically said this or said that or whether His (contemporary) followers/biographers simply put words in His mouth in order to lend legitimacy to an incipient religious movement inasmuch as Christ, Himself, never 122
23. What has happened, in effect, is that a college education has devolved into a cross-generational equivalent of a high school diploma; that is to say, a contemporary college education has superseded anachronistic (academic) standards of a generation ago
24. In many ways Pilate was not unlike many contemporary politicians conditioned by the fine art of political expediency rather than motivated by the callings of Truth and Justice
25. With few notable exceptions among my contemporary co-workers, however, most of my younger colleagues, young men in their twenties, were more inclined to talk about a ball game that had been played the night before
26. positive psychology, emotional intelligence and contemporary spirituality
27. It seems as though much of the evangelical church has followed the lead of contemporary society in that debates on important issues apparently cannot be carried out unless accompanied by mud-slinging and aggressive insults
28. Maybe they can also help us to understand some of the problems we are facing in the contemporary church,
29. “With the decline of the pagan religions around the time of Christ, a conscious movement to syncretize (smoothly merge) all religions was in progress…In the early years of Christianity, only loose boundaries were formed between the Church and contemporary cults; the syncretic movement did not exclude the new faith, nor did the Christian community fail to absorb elements from foreign beliefs
30. contemporary saints and shared a mutual regard and reverence with
31. “The name of a many-sided movement in the 1st and 2nd centuries of the Christian era which combined the mythology and symbolism of several pagan religions with the teachings of Christ…had two characteristic features: a metaphysical dualism of matter and spirit whose origins are to be found in the physical dualism of darkness and light in the Parsic (or Persian) religion; and a doctrine of redemption, by which those who devote themselves to gnosis, or a higher knowledge, may proceed from the former to the latter realm…Much of Gnostic literature was falsely ascribed to such authors as the disciples of Jesus, Jewish prophets, heroes of antiquity, or imaginary personages…With the decline of the pagan religions around the time of Christ, a conscious movement to syncretize (attempt to smoothly unite) all religions was in progress…In the early years of Christianity, only loose boundaries were formed between the Church and contemporary cults; the syncretic movement did not exclude the new faith, nor did Christianity fail to absorb elements of foreign beliefs
32. And last, Pelagianism: “A religious doctrine taught by Pelagius, a British monk of the late 4th and early 5th centuries [late AD 300 to early 400]…[he] was a contemporary of St
33. “No one doubts,” Berlinski states further, “that human beings now alive are connected to human beings that lived thousands of years ago…And no one doubts that human beings are connected to the rest of the animal kingdom…Why, then, has the kinship between human beings and the apes been so avidly promoted in contemporary culture?
34. world those in argumentation and research their contemporaries, and knowledge of contemporary
35. His book Shows About Nothing examines the assumptions and effects of contemporary television and movie entertainment
36. Similarly the film The Ice Storm allows, Hibbs says, “the banality of evil to find its finest contemporary expression
37. There are the leftover sympathizers with Communism from the Cold War; the graying rebels of the sixties; students from the University of Washington, force-fed the political correctitude of the contemporary American campus; and America haters of other stripes and causes as well from time to time
38. It really offers visitors a unique blend of special contemporary comfort and enchantment of the old world, for in those islands there is much more than the sun, the sand and the sea with its clear and temperate waters
39. The city projects a modern and majestic look with its tall buildings of old stone and its wide streets of contemporary appearance
40. and it shows that no full-fledged alternative to contemporary libertarian thinking has been formed yet
41. human beings actually, chat with each other, hold alcoholic drinks in contemporary glassware—
42. The contemporary voluntary simplicity movement began in 1981 with the publication of Duane Elgin's book, Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
43. In addition, we are to interpret Scripture in accord with contemporary human reason
44. His contemporary, Ferdinand
45. A contemporary critic accused him promoting “liberal goals…by illiberal means
46. establishment; they certainly are well represented in that of the contemporary United States
47. This plasticity of truth is what underpins contemporary “political correctness
48. The next chapter will deal with three individuals and show how their influence conditioned the way we contemporary Americans think of ourselves and the
49. The Coast Guard accommodated contemporary lighthouse nostalgia by transferring the historic facilities to other government agencies, private organizations and historical societies
50. Contemporary Coast Guard responsibilities will necessitate more resources and expanded budgets (Kelley, Proceedings, May 2002, p