Sentence examples for contending interpretations from inspiring English sources

Contending interpretations of Vatican II usually pit these dramatic events of the council against the documents of the council.

As it turned out, Rove was tapping into something far more profound than voting differences between active and inactive Catholics; he had struck upon a deep current of discontent within the Church, which had been building for nearly forty years, rooted in contending interpretations of the faith.

Rather, there are multiple contending interpretations of global warming, told by innumerable self-appointed spokespersons.

In a sense, China's future will be determined by which of the contending interpretations of Mao's legacy prevails.

Most overseas Anglicans believe gay relationships violate Scripture and contend liberal interpretations of the Bible are far outside the bounds of mainstream Christian belief.

Cornell 1992 & Fish 1989 deny this, and contend that interpretation is all-pervasive, and is the fundamental and inescapable determinant of meaning, 'all the way down', in all cases.

He took Unilever's side, contending that his interpretation of the local zoning regulations would allow the expansion.

Regardless of the contending evolutionary interpretations, Chris Stringer, a paleoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London, who was not involved in the research, said the evidence from Border Cave provided "the clearest links yet found between Stone Age materials more than 20,000 years old and the culture of extant hunter-gatherers".

Raz 2009 contends that interpretive pluralism is a basic feature of the concept of interpretation as we understand it, i.e. that there can be several different and incompatible interpretations of the same object, all of which can be good.

He applied to the administrative court to challenge the interpretation that the election court had given to the relevant statutory provision (section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983) contending that on a proper interpretation none of the statements was in relation to the personal character or conduct of Mr Watkins.

With no other choice left, Ms. Price hired a lawyer and filed a suit in State Superior Court in Middlesex County against Mr. Hoagland's office, contending that under a broad interpretation of the existing act, Ms. Jordan should be considered a surviving spouse.