apologetic

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Examples of apologetic

  • The other element that seems open to criticism is the somewhat apologetic vein that runs through most of the contributions.

  • He was diffident, and at times almost apologetic, yet he set people thinking and planted seeds of ideas which left an indelible influence.

  • Lyrics (often inaudible) tend to be introspective, pessimistic, passive, sometimes ironic, or apologetic.

  • Furthermore, it turned out that for a long time historiography had a strongly apologetic character (instead of aiming to reconstruct past events).

  • Ironically, the apologetic purpose of these later works may have militated against the inclusion of even more material regarding the miraculous.

  • Hence, their writings had a strongly apologetic cast, and this over rode their weakly stated arguments that sinning rulers need not be obeyed.

  • Several were apologetic about it: ' reluctantly yes'; ' yes, afraid so'; ' sadly, yes'.

  • In reaction, the empiricism of contemporary scholarship reopens the process of his thought and acts as apologetic for our psyches.

  • Given these distinctions and qualifications, the apologetic use of theistic arguments is far from superfluous, even if the proper basicality thesis is true.

  • Once again, the apologetic employment of theistic arguments would be consistent with the underlying epistemology of theistic belief.

  • The professed intention of all those writers is historical not apologetic.

  • So you should act apologetic when you say this word.

  • Some notable similarities catch the eye, not least the prevalence of apologetic pronouncements on war and aggression.

  • In the introduction, which is rather too apologetic, we are promised ' a miniature library ' (p. 57).

  • His apologetic points to a new and significant way of resolving confessional differences.

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