Culture Quote by James Davison Hunter Download Open image ““idealism ignores the way culture is generated,”” — James Davison Hunter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture
“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“Culture belongs to the imagination; to judge it rationally is to misunderstand its function.” — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Centuries and centuries of idealism have not failed to influence reality” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Idealists mature badly. If they can’t outgrow their idealism, they become hypocrites or blind.” — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
“Idealism is an ideal which is based on the idea of someone of the perfect world or the perfect life. An idealist fails to… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
“Culture does not exist autonomously; it is set always in the context of social relationships.” — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Before saying anything further about culture, I consider the world is hungry and does not care about culture, and people artificially want to turn… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“pluralism today—at least in America—exists without a dominant culture,” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“ideas are not free-floating in consciousness but are grounded in the social world in the most concrete ways.” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible to the… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“the character of American civilization is a bundle of contradictions,” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“faithfulness works itself out in the context of complex social, political, economic, and cultural forces that prevail at a particular time and place.” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not...… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics as an… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be weak.” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is to focus… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
If Christians cannot extend grace through faithful presence within the body of believers, they will not be able to extend grace to those outside. — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
