Relying on his moral authority and the well-founded justification of Buddhism as a rational religion, His Holiness has altered those theological perceptions of Tibetan Buddhists that did not conform to scientific reality.
"Many terrorists value the perception of popular or theological legitimacy for their actions," said Stephen J. Hadley, Mr. Bush's national security adviser.
The liturgy includes a variety of models, or symbols, using formal theological statements as well as bodily perceptions and gestures (e.g., music, incense, prostrations) and the visual arts.
In contemporary philosophy, however, both "natural religion" and "natural theology" typically refer to the project of using the cognitive faculties that are "natural" to human beings reason, sense-perception, introspection to investigate religious or theological matters.
The importance of these works has lain in their application of a skeptical, rationalist mode of thought not only to scientific problems but to political and theological controversy and general problems of understanding and perception.
The clarity and depth of her perception, the precision and accuracy of her theological presentation, and the sincerity and beauty of her expression reveal a mind and personality of exceptional strength and charm.
For a long time, because artists were more skilled at portraying the inner workings of the human body than doctors were at curing its ills, they reinforced the perception of the body as an aesthetic and theological miracle.
Hence Feroli says that Fell's text "not only affirms the theological point that women may speak in the church but also attempts to change general perceptions of women's abilities" (Feroli 2006, 151).
Quite a serious, theological piece.
