Quotes of: Contemporaries Keyword

Discrimination against nonwhites will not be tolerated. Discrimination against whites is fine-as long as the discrimination is done in the name of nondiscrimination.

Paved with Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America

There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that his...

Wilma Mankiller

Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?

The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic

They built a city of their dreams, with a thriving gift economy and vibrant culture that encouraged all participants to let loose their wildest, most glorious freak. They weren’t protesting; they were celebrating.

The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic

Being postmodern, however, is about being complicit rather than virtuous, it is about approaching categories like Good and Evil with a certain ironic skepticism.

Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture

The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.

The Buddha Is Still Teaching: Contemporary Buddhist Wisdom

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from Timeless Sages to Contemporary Gurus

Many of the pains and efforts taken to deal with the contemporary marriage are dominated by considerations of well-being, happiness, and biology. This corresponds to the position of contemporary psychology, which distinguishes itself through a deep s...

Marriage: Dead or Alive

Neoclassical economics is precisely the theory one would expect a vastly complex system of international corporations, world markets, and interconnected currencies to create to sustain, justify, explain, and predict "itself." And classical economics,...

Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective

From this perspective, we were all divine Shakespeares, creating and playing the roles of muscled heroes and conniving villains, pious saints and debauched sinners, corrupt CEOs and disinterested temp workers.

The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic

The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of compassion.

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith

In Japan, however, if you against someone and create a bad atmosphere, your relations may break-off completely. People tend to react emotionally, and most are afraid of being excluded from the group.

The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.

Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual

The sweet-smelling aroma of the island spices still hung in the air. It filled his nostrils and titillated his appetite all over again. His appetite drove him mad for something much more than food.

The Non-Silence of the Lamb: Contemporary Version

She tugged on his hair. "I'll have you know I'm no weakling." He grinned and kissed her forehead. "No, it takes a strong woman to kill a truck.

For the Love of a Fireman: HarperImpulse Contemporary Romance

People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.

Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

You see in this life. Many people know what to do. But, few people actually to do. Knowing is not enough. You must take action.

Strange Times, My Dear: The Pen Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

There's no such thing as the contemporary novel. Before I seem the complete reactionary, let me add that I've happily joined in many discussions about 'the contemporary novel' where what that usually, unproblematically means is novels that have appea...

Graham Swift

The real test of progress is how we love God and our neighbor. Everything else is fluff, and potentially dangerous fluff, at that. It gets in the eyes, so that we no longer see clearly as God sees

The Changing Face of World Missions: Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends

There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an interdimensional love party, or post-modern Don Quixotes attacking techno-industrial windmills with our flimsy, rolled-up yoga mat...

The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic

Literature is called adabiyat in Islam precisely because it is seen as the keeper of a civilization and the collector of teachings and statements that educate the self and society with adab such that both are elevated to the rank of the cultured man ...

Islamization of Contemporary Knowledge and the Role of the University in the Context of De-Westernization and Decolonization