Sentence examples for on doctrines from inspiring English sources

But Bush Republicans, and the G.O.P. in general, have no monopoly on doctrines of pre-eminence, pre-emption or dissuasion.

To borrow the title of a recent book by the Australian economist John Quiggin on doctrines that the crisis should have killed but didn't, we're still — perhaps more than ever — ruled by "zombie economics".

Basing himself on doctrines met in his reading, on the experience of his travels, and on experiments—admittedly somewhat naive conducted at Bordeaux, he stressed the effect of climate, primarily thinking of heat and cold, on the physical frame of the individual, and, as a consequence, on the intellectual outlook of society.

Though Locke's liberalism has been tremendously influential, his political theory is founded on doctrines of natural law and religion that are not nearly as evident as Locke assumes.

As it turns out, being able to lecture on the role of religion in America's developing empire or on doctrines of reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism has been worth slightly less than a hill of beans in making sense of my father's death.

Apply your religion in the spiritual realm or in your life and so apply beliefs with "purpose or understanding," or act on "doctrines" to understand your own beliefs.

Too much time is spent, he has declared, "on doctrine, theory and abstraction", and not enough on practical applications.

The bishops' Committee on Doctrine denounced the pamphlets as "irresponsible".

Recent Popes have focussed almost obsessively on doctrine.

He is good on doctrine and development, clear on explanation but weaker on interpretation.

He may be conservative on doctrine but he is the opposite in style.