Sentence examples for with a renunciation from inspiring English sources

Bill Maher's belief (Domains, Sept. 18) that "the journey of life should proceed toward selflessness," with a renunciation of all "trappings of materialism and ego" (no doubt made with that 2.5-acre Beverly Hills estate and all of its trappings in mind), led me to question his stated reason for liking that portrait of himself.

The call of Peter ends with a renunciation, a reckless surrender.

The ostensible purpose of the rescript was to appease the American occupiers with a renunciation of imperial divinity, but the emperor himself saw it as a statement of the existence of democracy in Meiji era.

Conversations with several people produced only a minority -- many with links to Mr. Arafat's apparatus -- who said they would accept, as part of a final peace settlement with Israel, a renunciation of the "1948 lands" -- a phrase used in Gaza and the West Bank.

Hence, baptism consists of a triple immersion that is connected with a triple renunciation of Satan that the candidates say and act out symbolically prior to the immersions.

As the spiritual leader of six million people, the Dalai Lama can be credited with a significant renunciation of the authority of tradition — of the conventional politics of national self-interest as well as of religion.

A statement by the organization's president, Morton A. Klein, said Mr. Obama's remarks "may well signal the beginning of a renunciation of America's strategic alliance with Israel".

Critics of republicanism often fear that this implies extensive self-sacrifice and frugality, a renunciation of individuality and self-identification with the community (Goodin 2003).

Should the scheduled amendments be adopted in the current form, it would cause a renunciation of this decades-long established practice with massive consequences for refugee protection".

As with Bausch, this indifference to the notion of development seems to me a renunciation of intelligence, a Warholism.

Finlay is uneasy with the suggestion that his increasing interest in the plastic arts meant a renunciation of literature.