Sentence examples for modest doctrine from inspiring English sources

As the quest for world revolution was replaced with the much more modest doctrine of "Socialism in one country", Moscow stopped actively plotting the overthrow of Western governments.

Hence, one can object to constructive empiricism by suggesting that it is not sufficiently epistemically modest: the doctrine that the aim of science is truth about what is observable should be replaced with the doctrine that the aim of science is truth about what's actually been observed.

Nossel's article was altogether more modest, proposing to renew the venerable doctrine of liberal internationalism in a non-stupid way.

It's not meant to be a grand new doctrine or policy, they insist, rather a modest "strategy" for protecting the defenceless.It is not only about military intervention, they add, but also prevention: spotting situations that could result in mass atrocities.

The president who preached a modest foreign policy is now the architect of a Bush doctrine that promises American activism for decades to come.

While that case represented a major shift in US supreme court doctrine, however, the substantive effects of the shift have been relatively modest – and make the New York and Connecticut regulations plausibly constitutional.

This project begins in a modest way in On Religion, where for example he works to salvage the Christian doctrine of miracles in the modified form of a doctrine which includes all events as miracles (insofar as viewed from a religious perspective).

Furthermore, some doctrines have a very general religious basis (e.g., women should be modest) but are interpreted to require far more severe or detailed customs (e.g., women must be entirely covered whenever they are in public).

By deploying his modest personality and inclusive rhetoric, he has created the impression of a much more open and inclusive Church without actually changing Church doctrine.

Democracy has become doctrine.

Viva the Mensch Doctrine!