The richness of Niebuhr's worldview -- one that acknowledges the tragedy and limits of humanity while embracing a call for social justice -- has been lost in the contemporary world, said Casey, who is writing a book on those he calls "Niebuhr's children".
Mr. Shikuku was one of the founders of an independence-era political movement that embraced a philosophy called majimboism that has been around in Kenya since the 1950s.
I knew that Hubbard had had a career as a pulp-fiction scribbler in the thirties, contributing stories to twenty-cent monthlies (before he embraced a higher calling), but I was astonished by the size of the ad campaign.
Utah, though, embraced a different strategy, called Housing First: it started by just giving the homeless homes.
But in recent months, several brokerage houses, including Massey Knakal Realty Services and the Winick Realty Group, have embraced a Web site called CityMaps.com, which has mapped all the storefront businesses on New York City's streets and tries to keep them current.
According to Daniel Levitas's book, "The Terrorist Next Door," Gale embraced a belief system called Christian Identity, and, as a self-styled minister, preached that the Constitution was a divinely inspired document intended to elevate whites above Jews and racial minorities.
More generally, the F.C.C. has embraced a policy it calls "vigilant restraint" with regard to Internet access, arguing that the marketplace -- not the government -- should determine which technologies prevail and which fall by the wayside.
Perry also embraced a female alter-ego called Claire, although "alter-ego" is a term he now dismisses.
Second, several states, including California and Colorado, have embraced a controversial new technique called familial DNA search, which exploits the fact that close relatives share substantial fractions of their DNA.
During the campaign, Mr. Bush embraced a Republican platform that called for a ban on abortions, which won him the loyalty of the party's strong anti-abortion base.
