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A social conservative and devout Christian running in a traditionally Labor seat, she ran a strong campaign on " back to basics " issues, in particular concern about the downgrading of Gladstone Hospital, and was only narrowly defeated by Australian Labor Party candidate Neil Bennett in 1992.
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In his book A Modest Proposal ( 1984 ), evangelical author Frank Schaeffer emulated Swift's work in social conservative polemic against abortion and euthanasia in a future dystopia that advocated recycling of aborted embryos and fetuses, as well as some disabled infants with compound intellectual, physical and physiological difficulties.
She was a social conservative and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.
Although Carolla often supports social viewpoints traditionally dominated by liberal politicians, such as his support for abortion and the legalization of marijuana, his socio-political views tend to be largely conservative or libertarian.
It became the focus of criticism from social conservatives, such as Michael Medved, while others, such as David Letterman, and the conservative magazine National Review, defended it as a cleverly subversive vehicle for social criticism and a particularly creative and intelligent comedy.
He accepted the liberal ideals of private property and the economics of Adam Smith, but thought that economics should be kept subordinate to the conservative social ethic, that capitalism should be subordinate to the medieval social tradition and that the business class should be subordinate to aristocracy.
A secondary meaning for the term liberal conservatism that has developed in Europe is a combination of more modern conservative ( less traditionalist ) views with those of social liberalism.
Often this involves stressing what are now conservative views of free-market economics and belief in individual responsibility, with social liberal views on defence of civil rights, environmentalism and support for a limited welfare state.
A social conservative wants to preserve traditional morality and social mores, often through civil law or regulation.
The Catholic Church's Rerum Novarum ( 1891 ) advocates a progressive conservative doctrine known as social Catholicism.
Both conservative and liberal parties tend to favor private ownership of property, in opposition to communist, socialist and green parties, which favor communal ownership or laws requiring social responsibility on the part of property owners.
Thatcher was described as " a radical in a conservative party ", and her ideology has been seen as confronting " established institutions " and the " accepted beliefs of the elite ", both concepts incompatible with the traditional conception of conservatism as signifying support for the established order and existing social convention.
Psychologist Felicia Pratto and her colleagues have found evidence to support the idea that a high Social Dominance Orientation ( SDO ) is strongly correlated with conservative political views, and opposition to social engineering to promote equality, though Pratto's findings have been highly controversial.
Mather, as a Puritan thinker and social conservative, drew on the language of the Bible to speak to contemporary audiences.
Other significant contrasts were seen in regards to " liberal " versus " conservative " social positions, as well as in one ’ s understanding of God, with 43 % of homosexual participants sharing the " orthodox, biblical " understanding of God which 71 % of heterosexual participants indicate they do.
King Amanullah was so impressed with the social progress of Europe that he tried to implement them right away, this met with heavy resistance from the conservative sect and eventually lead to his demise.
Stoiber, on the other hand favors a more conservative approach to both fiscal and social matters, and while this ensures him the religious vote, strongest in Bavaria, it has weakened his support at the national level.
From the late 20th century onwards, such conservative Protestant Christians, and their churches and social movements, have often been called evangelical to distinguish them from other Protestants.
The common view in the party is a critical attitude towards the state and to conservative and egalitarian social policies.
Fine Gael describes itself as a " party of the progressive centre " conforming strongly to the ideals of Christian democracy and compassionate centrism, and is often seen as being moderate on social issues but conservative as regards economics.
Former Fine Gael logo until April 2009. Fine Gael was traditionally conservative in social matters for most of the twentieth century, due to the conservative Christian ethos of Irish society during this time.
The political left, comprised mainly of Social Democrats, covering a wide spectrum from moderate to revolutionary socialists ; the political right was even more diverse, ranging from social liberals and moderate conservatives to rightist conservative elements.
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As Mrs. Letch Feeley, was it any wonder that I, once the social arbiter of Filmdom, was excluded from the smart entertainments given by the Astaires, the Coopers, the Gables, the Colmans, the Rathbones, the Taylors, the Thalbergs and such devout, closely knit families as the Barrymores and the Crosbys??
Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.
After he returned from the funeral the headquarters social life became more somber, he rarely drank, and he became a devout Episcopalian.
McCarey was a devout Roman Catholic and deeply concerned with social issues.
She and her husband were both devout Roman Catholic converts, Lady Longford having been raised a Unitarian, and avid social reformers.
( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980 ) was an American journalist, social activist, and devout Catholic convert ; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of distributism.
Though she tried to be more devout, she was tempted by sexual pleasures and social jealousy for some years.
More recently, this distinction has been encapsulated in the terms " intrinsic religion ", referring to a genuine, heartfelt devout faith, and " extrinsic religion ", referring to a more utilitarian use of religion as a means to an end, such as church attendance to gain social status.
While Corcoran, a devout Catholic, privately opposed many of the social reforms Dunstan was implementing, such as liberalising abortion and homosexuality laws, as well as personally disliking Dunstan's lifestyle and his fondness for the arts, theatre and relaxed dress fashions, they managed to maintain a working relationship.
Even though most Bhangis are devout Hindus, some Bhangis have converted to Islam and Christianity in an attempt to escape the social stigma.
Moreover, due partially to disappointment in the Church's lack of support for the Abolitionist cause, and to a slowly growing desire to find secular solutions to social problems, the formerly pious and devout Congregationalist became an atheist.
Meireles was a devout Catholic, but did not emphasize her religious or social stands.
Both parents were devout Christians with strong social consciences.
The five students are: Ray, a typical jock, Danielle, the hottest girl in school, Jason, a stereotypical geek, Brianna, a devout religious girl, and Cody, a social outcast.
Dorothy Day, American Christian anarchism | Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifistDorothy Day, ( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980 ) was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert ; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of distributism.
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What is now called Christian fellowship is often little more than the social chumminess of having a gracious time with the kind of people one likes.
-- Guidance in Christian social concerns.
Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality: Gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century.
Christian theology affirms the secular status of civil marriage, but additionally views it from a moral and religious perspective that transcends all social interests.
The Christian countercult movement is a social movement of Christian ministries and individual Christian countercult activists who oppose religious sects thought to either partially abide or do not at all abide by the teachings that are written within the Bible.
Two psychologists associated with Christian colleges in the US have argued that it is not conclusive that homosexuality does not meet the DSM's criteria, based on their review of some of the research relating to claims of statistical infrequency, personal distress, maladaptiveness and deviation from social norms.
The Druzes and their Christian Maronite neighbors, who had thus far lived as religious communities on friendly terms, entered a period of social disturbance in the year 1840, which culminated in the civil war of 1860.
Andrew Wheatcroft describes how some social customs such as different conceptions of dirt and cleanliness made it difficult for the religious communities to live close to each other, either under Muslim or under Christian rule.
Its members are variously influence by Christian democracy, liberalism and social democracy on issues of social policy.
The social makeup of the addressees of 1 Peter is debatable because some scholars interpret “ strangers ” ( 1: 1 ) as Christians longing for their home in heaven, some interpret it as literal “ strangers ”, or as an Old Testament adaptation applied to Christian believers.
He was the first chancellor ( top official ) of the FRG, 1949 – 63, and until his death was the founder and leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), a coalition of conservatives, ordoliberals, and adherents of Protestant and Catholic social teaching that dominated West Germany politics for most of its history.
Typically this is a left-wing, socialist, or social democratic party, but many exceptions exist, including some of the aforementioned Christian unions.
From 1881 Abbott was editor-in-chief of The Christian Union, renamed The Outlook in 1893 ; this periodical reflected his efforts toward social reform, and, in theology, a liberality, humanitarian and nearly unitarian.
In the late 19th century, the Social Gospel movement arose ( particularly among some Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Baptists in North America and Britain ,) which attempted to integrate progressive and socialist thought with Christianity in faith-based social activism, promoted by movements such as Christian Socialism.
Since Independence, the party electoral system has been dominated by the Christian democratic Nationalist Party ( Partit Nazzjonalista ) and the social democratic Labour Party ( Partit Laburista ).
Clinical psychologist Margaret J. Rinck has written in Christian Men Who Hate Women that Christian social culture often allows a misogynist " misuse of the biblical ideal of submission ".
Lewis also covers such topics as social relations and forgiveness, sexual ethics and the tenets of Christian marriage, and the relationship between morality and psychoanalysis.
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