But the movements for a worldly notion of progress usually fail to acknowledge this, and continue nearly unabated in our day.
But his emphasis on the City of God contrasts with the worldly, inclusive vision of theorists of progress.
Pierre agreed, and said that he had once projected a trilogy, which would follow Vernon's fortunes as he progressed to wealth and worldly success.
Covering the period from 1950, the beginning of Updike's freshman year at college, to 1967, when he was a prizewinning and best-selling novelist, this correspondence, almost always typed, provides a vivid journal of Updike's progress from farm boy to worldly sophisticate and from apprentice writer to serious artist.
"We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in a mere continuation of economic progress, in an endless amassing of worldly goods.
His emphasis was on the belief in musubi (the mystical power of becoming or of creation), which had been popular in ancient Shintō, and on a this-worldly view of life, which anticipated the eternal progress of the world in ever-changing mutations.
The tension between these two religious ideas — one wedded to progress, the other mindful of the limits of worldly activism — reflects the broader tension in Mr. Obama's liberalism, itself divided between an enthusiasm for bold policy initiatives and a pragmatic understanding that some things can't be fixed or even much changed through politics.
In previous seasons, the cost of progress was compromise: the higher Alicia rose, the more worldly and hypocritical she became.
The Watch List The middle class – Still emerging, but it will be from its relatively well-off and worldly ranks that the push will come for structural reform, which is needed for China to progress to a more egalitarian society.
It is surprising that many educated and worldly members of Arab society believe strongly in this principle of conspiracy, which puts more limits on progress and improvement.Amin Kawar Amman, Jordan* SIR - I recognised your cover photo of Salim bin Kabina, which was taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his travels in the Rub al Khali (the Empty Quarter) in Saudi Arabia in the 1940s and early 1950s.
