Sentence examples for practices and conceptions from inspiring English sources

Shamanism is a rather variable and highly stratified complex of practices and conceptions; characteristic among these are the use of ecstasy, the belief in guardian spirits (who are often in animal form, with the function of helping and guiding the dead on their voyage to the beyond), and beliefs concerning metamorphosis (change of form) and travelling to the beyond.

Thus the invention of "political philosophy" as a genre can be understood as a deliberate challenge to existing practices, and conceptions, of "the political".

In light of the array of positions surveyed above, we may revisit Sibley's claim about a 'two-way pull' at the heart of our practices and conceptions related to works of art.

Do dominant practices and conceptions of science and scientific method reflect an androcentric perspective, or a perspective that reflects other dominant positions, as of race and colonial rule (Merchant 1980; Harding 1986 , 1991 1993, 1998, 2006, 2008; Schiebinger 2007)?

Consequently, an American firm's tax liability for its Italian operations will likely never match what is reported on its tax return, in contravention of securities regulations, good accounting practice, and conceptions of commercial integrity back home.

Furthermore, I argue that the latter conception of modularity may have important implications for the practice and conception of fields such as developmental disorders and linguistics.

Conception of life: Examines the meaning of values, religious beliefs and practice, and conception of life within the marriage/relationship.

Some team leaders had implemented regular sessions to examine day to day practice, values and conceptions as a result of the training.

And Chodorow's appreciation of the relational self together with her diagnosis of the damage wrought by hyperindividuation advances feminist demands for equitable parenting practices and stronger relational conceptions of the self.

Responses to the qualitative questions were repeatedly, and systematically, read by the author and organized into the most prevalent themes (Braun and Clarke, 2006): processes and practices for conception; amplification of loss; and health care and heterosexism.

Separate studies, whose scope often extended beyond Rembrandt, were devoted to different aspects of 17th-century workshop practices and to associated theoretical conceptions of the time.