Sentence examples for contemporary communities from inspiring English sources

In ancient societies (and in some contemporary communities) worship was viewed as affecting all aspects of the life of the community, since it was recognized to provide the means for preserving and renewing life itself.

This chapter introduces the fact that of the several natural hazards contemporary communities may encounter, the complex interdependencies that exist between people and the forest sources of wildfire hazards make wildfire a unique hazard.

We sought to assess if the features these researchers highlighted are more generalisable, and applicable to our Scottish context and highlight the new evidence which suggests CFRs occupy a liminal space in contemporary communities, between citizen and health practitioner.

"A contemporary community centre, or like an art school for everyone, where everyone has access to art in a very broad way".

The Third Circuit found then that the law's reference to "contemporary community standards" would give "the most puritan of communities" an effective veto over Internet content.

The F.C.C. decided the broadcast was indecent because it depicted a sexual organ and violated "contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium".

California established a threshold for defining illegal pornography; a major test was that it had to be considered obscene to the "average person, applying contemporary community standards".

The statute provides that the question of harm to minors is to be determined according to "contemporary community standards," the usual test for obscenity.

When carried out within the discipline of the historic and contemporary community of faith, this is not a private or individualistic exercise; rather, believers make a responsible personal appropriation of the gospel and apply it to their lives and circumstances.

Expression would not be protected under the First Amendment if "to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest".

The F.C.C. is responsible only for radio and broadcast television, where to be labeled indecent, material must "describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities" and be patently offensive to contemporary "community standards" -- a guideline with debate built in.