Affirmative way
The approach to God which affirms that something can be discerned of his being and nature through reason and from the created order. It is therefore in contrast to the ...
Affirmative way Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
... way . The approach to God which affirms that something can be discerned of his being and nature through reason and from the created order. It is therefore in contrast to the via negativa . A classic expression occurs in Christianity in the five arguments advanced by St Thomas Aquinas ( Quinque Viae ) from which he concluded that ‘the existence of God can be demonstrated from those of his effects which are known to us’ ( Summ. Theol . 1, qu. 2, art. 2): it can be known that God is, but not, without revelation, what God is. The affirmative way...
Affirmative way
Lamentations Reference library
P. M. Joyce and P. M. Joyce
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...the book, and as we approach its end v. 18 portrays the once noble city lying desolate, with jackals prowling over it ( cf. Mic 3:12; Jer 26:18 ). ‘But you, O Lord , reign forever; your throne endures to all generations’ ( v. 19 ): it is hard to know how to take these very affirmative words, coming so close to the downbeat conclusion of the book. Could this be an ironic, even cynical, snatch of quotation from the temple liturgy ( cf. Ps 93:1–2; 103:19 )? In v. 20 , we are straight back to pessimistic questioning, then in v. 21 comes the final appeal,...
The Reinterpretation of Islam Reference library
Āsaf A. A. Fyzee
Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives (2 ed.)
...to guide it. . . . General Principles of Reinterpretation Historical Approach The message of Islam was sent to the world fourteen centuries ago. Does it need reinterpretation? Is it not meant for the whole world and for all time? The answer to both questions is in the affirmative. Even if a message is true, and, in a sense eternal, it is by the very premises essential to understand it in accordance with the science, philosophy, psychology, metaphysics and theology of the modern world; nay, the sum-total of the world's thinking and its blazing light...
Shari‘a and Basic Human Rights Concerns Reference library
‘Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...on the Political Rights of Women of 1953 (193 U.N.T.S. 135). The most comprehensive of this class of international treaties is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979. 23. This differential treatment, known as affirmative action or positive discrimination, has its own problems in practice. See, for example, Marc Galanter , Competing Equalities (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984), for an explanation of these problems as they have arisen through the recent application of this...
The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam Reference library
Muhammad Iqbal
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...the Turk is on the way to creating new values. He has passed through great experiences which have revealed his deeper self to him. In him life has begun to move, change, and amplify, giving birth to new desires, bringing new difficulties and suggesting new interpretations. The question which confronts him today, and which is likely to confront other Muslim countries in the near future is whether the Law of Islam is capable of evolution—a question which will require great intellectual effort, and is sure to be answered in the affirmative; provided the world of...
Isaiah Reference library
R. Coggins and R. Coggins
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...Temple Judaism offers the whole spectrum of answers to that question; here is one of the most open and affirmative responses. It is possible for foreigners to be the ‘servants’ of YHWH, an important acknowledgement in view of the status of the servant set out in earlier chapters. They must of course keep the sabbath, but they are thereby rendered able to maintain the covenant. In these circumstances they can bring offerings for sacrifice in the same way as native-born Israelites. The passage reaches a climax with the promise of the availability of the temple...
Luke Reference library
Eric Franklin and Eric Franklin
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...is to follow the way of the world and exercise his power, that to jump off the temple's pinnacle is to force God's hand, to leave the way of service and humble obedience and go instead for a dramatic demonstration that would compel recognition of his status. All three temptations would have meant his following in the way of Adam for they would all have involved an exercise in self-assertion. The climax for Luke was that to jump from the temple. It was the complete contrast to the course of action which God's call placed upon him—a way of humble obedience...
Ephesians Reference library
J. D. G. Dunn and J. D. G. Dunn
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...Paul stood for, with his characteristic letter openings and closings added to preserve this homage to Paul appropriately in the most characteristic Pauline form? B. Was the Letter Written by Paul? 1. The traditional view, from the second century onwards, is certainly in the affirmative. The writer names himself as Paul in both 1:1 and 3:1 . But for the past 200 years the issue has been disputed, and though several prominent contemporary scholars still hold to Pauline authorship (e.g. Barth 1974 and Bruce 1984 ), the majority have concluded that it was...
Job Reference library
James L. Crenshaw and James L. Crenshaw
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...a NT ideological critique ( Clines 1989 ). An older reading of the book as drama has been revived ( Alonso-Schökel 1977 ), together with a shift to viewing it as comedy. The modern silencing of ancient dissent in the Roman Catholic liturgy ( Rouillard 1983 )—in which only affirmative passages are read publicly—and interpretation ( Tilley 1989 ) has evoked dismay. A contemporary poet has provided a fresh translation, removing its sting by omitting crucial verses (Mitchell 1987). In short, interpreters of the book of Job have used it as a convenient means of...
Ecclesiasticus, or The Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach Reference library
John J. Collins and John J. Collins
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...exceptional in ancient Judaism. Josephus often introduces references to dreams where there were none in the biblical text, and the efficacy of dreams is widely accepted in rabbinic literature ( Box and Oesterley 1913 : 433 ). The dismissal of dreams is followed by two short affirmative poems. First, Sirach stresses the importance of experience and travel, a point reiterated in 39:4 . It is unfortunate that he gives no details of his travels. Travel was dangerous in the ancient world. Cf. Paul's litany of dangers in 2 Cor 11:25–6 . Second, Sirach balances...
1 & 2 Samuel Reference library
Gwilym H. Jones, Gwilym H. Jones, and Gwilym H. Jones
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...to the MT's ‘made a stranger of him’). In his consultation David asked two questions: Will Saul come to Keilah? Will the inhabitants of Keilah betray him? These questions ( vv. 11–12 ) are set out clearly in the NRSV, following 4QSam b in preference to the MT. After an affirmative answer to both, David and his men depart and Saul's plan is thwarted. David obviously had advantage over Saul in that he had access to YHWH through the priest. On his visit to David in Ziph, which was on the edge of the wilderness of Judah, Jonathan sought to encourage him. The...
Matthew Reference library
Dale C. Allison, Jr. and Dale C. Allison, Jr.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...figure who will build for God a house and be God's ‘son’. Jesus speaks for the last time of the Son of Man and makes a dramatic public confession. He goes beyond the high priest's question and in effect answers the question left unanswered in 22:45 . ‘You have said so’ has affirmative sense ( cf. v. 25; 27:11 ). Why then the indirect response? First, the wording assimilates the trial before the high priest to the trial before Pilate. Secondly, the use of ‘you’ puts responsibility upon Caiaphas, who knows the truth: he must live with the consequences of...
affirmative and negative propositions
apophatic theology
Gomillion v. Lightfoot
suffrage
affirmative action Quick reference
A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering (2 ed.)
... action ( positive action ) Steps taken by an employer to help or encourage groups of people who are under-represented in an activity or type or work, have different needs, or are at a disadvantage in some way to access work or training opportunities. ‘Positive action’ is the term commonly used within European countries. ‘Affirmative action’ tends to be used in other...
Affirmative Action. Reference library
Matthew Dallek and Paul S. Boyer
The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Affirmative Action. The term “affirmative action” first appeared in a legislative context in the 1935 National Labor Relations Act and was later written into state laws prohibiting racial discrimination in employment. But the phrase, implying simply that government agencies should try to prevent discrimination against African Americans , initially attracted little notice. Prior to the 1960s, virtually no one saw affirmative action as a way of giving minorities preferential treatment in hiring, promotions, and admissions. More than anything else, the ...
affirmative action
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
... action The policy of favoring members of historically disadvantaged groups, such as women or ethnic minorities, as a way of compensating for current underrepresentation and past or present discrimination. This may be advanced by quota s, which reserve a certain number or ratio of positions for members of specified groups, or by preference systems, which favor members of less advantaged groups in choices between two otherwise equal candidates. Such policies are almost presented as temporary and are frequently controversial, resulting in claims of...
