Indeed, the ancient prohibition upon yielding to temptation has been transformed into the highest form of obedience to the compulsions of the economy.
"There is a form of obedience that is greater than the obedience accorded to any leader, namely, obedience to God and His Messenger," Fadl wrote, claiming that hundreds of Egyptian jihadists from various factions had endorsed his position.
This self-surveillance is a form of obedience to patriarchy" (1990, 80).
To the extent that a duty of obedience is included in the concept of political authority, there can be different forms of obedience on the part of subjects.
For Christians, employing their employees, serving their patients or clients, and or offering education to their students is a form of worship and obedience to God.
The Summa theologiae includes discussions of dominion in the state of innocence, natural law and other kinds of law, property, the best form of government, the duty of obedience, war, coercion of heretics and infidels, and other political matters.
They both teach a twisted form of Christianity that teaches obedience, giving and faith as a way to get things from God.
Internal control systems in Chinese organisations outwardly reflect traditions of obedience, but various forms of accommodation serve to weaken the surface illusion of docility.
In 1539 the companions decided to form a permanent union, adding a vow of obedience to a superior elected by themselves to the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Roman pontiff that they had already taken.
This creates a sense of obedience that is enforced by some form of punishment.
The form asks about any "previous fighting experience, blood type, special skills, level of obedience," any "chemical knowledge," and whether the applicant would favor frontline fighting or training as a suicide bomber.
