Contemporary Buddhist teachers and translators emphasize that while the central message of Buddhism is optimistic, the Buddhist view of our situation in life ( the conditions that we live in ) is neither pessimistic nor optimistic, but realistic.

Contemporary legal positivists have long abandoned this view, and have criticised its oversimplification, H. L. A. Hart particularly.

Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but most now believe that Macpherson framed the poems himself, based old folk tales he had collected.

Contemporary legal positivism has long abandoned this view.

Contemporary Biblical cosmology reflects the same view of a flat, circular Earth swimming on water and overarched by the solid vault of the firmament to which are fastened the stars.

* Contemporary Amalek-Hirhurim-a blog post by Rabbi Gil Student explaining Rav Soloveitchik's controversial view that the Nazis were considered Amalekites

Contemporary Mexican historians continue to view the deal negatively and believe that it has defined the American-Mexican relationship in a deleterious way.

Contemporary scholarship, while not claiming that this view was entirely false, tends to hold that it was highly exaggerated ; Palestrina was one of many skilled composers working at the time, and the influence of the Council of Trent on musical composition was more limited than at first presumed ( the composers of the Venetian School, for example, ignored it almost entirely, and Palestrina-style composers such as Lassus, working in Munich, were also quite free to write as they pleased ).

In his 2003 book A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America, political scientist Michael Barkun notes that a vast popular audience has been introduced by the film to the notion that the U. S. government is controlled by a secret team in black helicopters — a view once confined to the radical right.

Baudrillard himself, since 1984, was fairly consistent in his view that contemporary art, and postmodern art in particular, was inferior to the modernist art of the post World War II period, while Jean-François Lyotard praised Contemporary painting and remarked on its evolution from Modern art.

* Smith, David L. A Handbook of Contemporary Theology ( 1992 ), ch 2. a Fundamentalist view of Niebuhr

Contemporary panoramic view of the Imperial Palace which today occupies the location which Ōta Dōkan selected and fortified in 1457.

Contemporary rhetoricians have tended to reject Ramus's view in favor of a more wide ranging ( and in many respects, Aristotelian ) understanding of the rhetorical arts as encompassing " a range of ordinary language practices.

Contemporary Talmud scholars view these as comments on the relationship between Judaism and Christians or other sectarians, rather than comments on the historical Jesus.

Contemporary professional musicians who view the dulcimer as their primary instrument include Stephen Seifert of Nashville, TN and Aaron O ' Rourke of Tallahassee, FL.

* Contemporary Christian artist Andrew Peterson recorded a song entitled " The Coral Castle " as an unrequited love song from the point of view of Edward.

Contemporary critics view Fourteen Hours as a prime example of film noir.

According to Frost, these critics argue from a post-partition point of view, and neglect the complexity of the contemporary situation: " Contemporary politicians were aware of the dangers of conceding sovereignty, which they accepted not because they were stupid, indifferent, or lacking in foresight, but because the alternatives seemed more damaging to the Commonwealth's interests ", he says.

Contemporary Islamic fundamentalists criticize its popular character, which in their view, does not accurately reflect the teachings and practice of the Prophet and his companions.

Contemporary mathematical logicians do not view Skolem's paradox as any sort of fatal flaw in set theory.

* Image timeline view at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art

* Paul Ginsborg, A History of Contemporary Italy, Penguin Books, 1990 ( lengthy account of post-war events in Italy from a rather heavily biased left-wing point of view ; Gronchi ’ s election and its peculiar political circumstances are not covered ; the Tambroni affair is narrated, but Gronchi ’ s role in it is glossed over ).

Contemporary hereditarianism encompasses a number of interrelated fields and points of view:

Image: United First Parish Church ( interior ), Quincy, Massachusetts. JPG | Contemporary view of the interior and its decorative plaster domed ceiling

The shortlist for the £ 40, 000 K Foundation award was identical to the shortlist for the well-established but controversial £ 20, 000 Turner Prize for the best British Contemporary artist.

Several of Burden's other performance pieces were considered somewhat controversial at the time: another " danger piece " was Doomed ( 1975 ), in which Burden lay motionless in a gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago under a 5 ' x 8 ' slanted sheet of glass near a running wall clock.

Biographer Philip Heselton suggested that through the nudist scene Gardner may have also met Dion Byngham ( 1896 – 1990 ), a senior member of the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry who propounded a Contemporary Pagan religion known as Dionysianism.

Contemporary Christian worship, as often found in Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, may include the use of contemporary worship music played with electric guitars and the drum kit, sharing many elements with rock music.

Contemporary chroniclers argued that John had fallen deeply in love with Isabella, and John may have been motivated by desire for an apparently beautiful, if rather young, girl.

Contemporary knitting groups may be referred to in the U. S. as a " Stitch ' N Bitch " where a group of knitters get together to work on projects, discuss patterns, troubleshoot their work and just socialize.

Contemporary chroniclers suggested that Henry argued that it would be in Stephen's own best interests to release the Empress and concentrate instead on attacking Robert, and Stephen may have seen Robert, not the Empress, as his main opponent at this point in the conflict.

Contemporary Unitarian Universalism espouses a pluralist approach to religious belief, whereby members may describe themselves as atheist, agnostic, deist, monotheist, pantheist, polytheist, pagan, or assume no label at all.

Contemporary printmaking may include digital printing, photographic mediums, or a combination of digital, photographic, and traditional processes.

Contemporary pragmatism may be broadly divided into a strict analytic tradition and a " neo-classical " pragmatism ( such as Susan Haack ) that adheres to the work of Peirce, James, and Dewey.

Contemporary chroniclers suggested that Henry argued that it would be in Stephen's own best interests to release the Empress and concentrate instead on attacking Robert, and Stephen may have seen Robert, not the Empress, as his main opponent at this point in the conflict.

Contemporary fantasies are set in the real world but may also include distinct fantasy settings within it, such as the Harry Potter series, in which case they would be high rather than low fantasy.

Contemporary women's health literature summarises what is considered factual as being that the amount of fluid varies greatly and may be unnoticeable, occurs with or without vaginal stimulation, and may accompany orgasm or merely intense sexual pleasure, and orgasm may occur without ejaculation.

" Contemporary society may be described as a knowledge society based on the extensive penetration of all its spheres of life and institutions by scientific and technological knowledge " ( Stehr 2002b: 18 ).

Contemporary estimates vary, but on the eve of the Greek War of Independence as much as 45 % of the population of the island may have been Muslim .< ref > Excerpts

Contemporary convertible design may include such features as electrically heated glass rear window ( for improved visibility ), seat belt pre-tensioners, boron steel reinforced A-pillars, front and side airbags, safety cage construction – a horseshoe like structure around the passenger compartment – and roll over protection structures or ( ROPS ) with pyrotechnically charged roll hoops hidden behind the rear seats that deploy under roll-over conditions whether the roof is retracted or not.

Contemporary tipi dwellers may tie a bucket beneath the crown, or install rubber barriers on the poles and a canvas rain catcher which drains from the crown to the outside, to collect rain dripping off the crown of the poles.

Among his other publications may be mentioned Essays, Theological and Literary ( 1871 ; revised 1888 ), and Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers ( 1894 ); and his opinions may be studied compendiously in the selections from his Spectator articles published in 1899 under the title of Aspects of Religious and Scientific Thought.

Contemporary audiences may recognise Hall as stern judge Seymore Walsh, a recurring guest-role, on Ally McBeal and The Practice.

According to David Rampton in “ Studies in Contemporary Fiction ,” Circe Berman ’ s approaching Rabo with the challenge of making meaningful, moral art is Vonnegut himself directly addressing meaninglessness in art by asking for “ committed art .” Rampton also proposed that Vonnegut may be questioning the possibility of truly moral art by writing about the lack of morality in the lives of many artists.

Contemporary records of the Nile flood levels indicate that the end of the reign of Amenemhet III was dry, and crop failures may have helped to destabilize the dynasty.

Contemporary and older bottles which have limited design style or decoration but may be collectible would remain under the heading of " glass collectibles ".

Contemporary operating rooms are devoid of a theater setting ( though some in teaching hospitals may have small galleries ), making the term " operating theater " a misnomer for the modern facility.