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Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to
pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm
among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the
nation. Rumors of foul play in the death of a Buddhist monk, as
well as allegations of proselytizing in the aftermath of the 2004
tsunami and during the final stages of civil war, spurred
nationalist anxieties, moral panics, and even episodes of violence
by Buddhists against Christians suspected of facilitating
“unethical” conversions. Through vivid ethnography and keen
observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes
over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic
Christianity in Sri Lanka. Neena Mahadev explores the dueling
efforts of Buddhist nationalists and Christian evangelists to
reshape Sri Lanka’s religious, economic, and political
landscapes. She considers theological and political impasses
between Buddhism’s vast timescales of karma and Christians’
promises of the immediacy of their God’s salvific grace. While
Christian missions spread “the Good News,” subsets of Buddhists
produced bad press, sting operations, and disparaging media to
impede born-again churches from taking root. In gripping detail,
Mahadev recounts how modernist and traditionalist Theravāda
Buddhists, Pentecostal newcomers, long-established Christian
denominations, local deity and spirit cults, and the innovations of
mavericks intermingle in a multireligious public sphere. Even amid
trenchant conflicts, Karma and Grace demonstrates that social
proximity between rivals is also conducive to religious
experimentation and the ambiguities of identity that allow Sri
Lankans to live with difference.
Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to
pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm
among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the
nation. Rumors of foul play in the death of a Buddhist monk, as
well as allegations of proselytizing in the aftermath of the 2004
tsunami and during the final stages of civil war, spurred
nationalist anxieties, moral panics, and even episodes of violence
by Buddhists against Christians suspected of facilitating
“unethical” conversions. Through vivid ethnography and keen
observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes
over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic
Christianity in Sri Lanka. Neena Mahadev explores the dueling
efforts of Buddhist nationalists and Christian evangelists to
reshape Sri Lanka’s religious, economic, and political
landscapes. She considers theological and political impasses
between Buddhism’s vast timescales of karma and Christians’
promises of the immediacy of their God’s salvific grace. While
Christian missions spread “the Good News,” subsets of Buddhists
produced bad press, sting operations, and disparaging media to
impede born-again churches from taking root. In gripping detail,
Mahadev recounts how modernist and traditionalist Theravāda
Buddhists, Pentecostal newcomers, long-established Christian
denominations, local deity and spirit cults, and the innovations of
mavericks intermingle in a multireligious public sphere. Even amid
trenchant conflicts, Karma and Grace demonstrates that social
proximity between rivals is also conducive to religious
experimentation and the ambiguities of identity that allow Sri
Lankans to live with difference.
Contents: 1. Cell Membranes, Epithelial Barriers and Drug Absorption 2. Parenteral Drug Delivery 3. Drug Delivery to the Oral Cavity or Mouth 4. Oesophageal Transit 5. The Stomach 6. Drug Absorption from the Small Intestine 7. Drug Delivery to the Large Intestine and Rectum 8. Transdermal Drug Delivery 9. Nasal Drug Delivery 10. Pulmonary Drug Delivery 11. Ocular Drug Delivery 12. Vaginal and Intrauterine Drug Delivery.
Gentle bellydance workout designed for pregnant women. The routine
features cardio, floor and chair exercises, as well as warm up and
cool down sections, to help tone muscles, strengthen the body and
build stamina in order to prepare for labour.
In Sach Kahun Toh, actor Neena Gupta chronicles her extraordinary
personal and professional journey-from her childhood days in
Delhi's Karol Bagh, through her time at the National School of
Drama, to moving to Bombay in the 1980s and dealing with the
struggles to find work. It details the big milestones in her life,
her unconventional pregnancy and single parenthood, and a
successful second innings in Bollywood. A candid, self-deprecating
portrait of the person behind the persona, it talks about her
life's many choices, battling stereotypes, then and now, and how
she may not be as unconventional as people think her to be.
Contents: 1. Cell Membranes, Epithelial Barriers and Drug Absorption 2. Parenteral Drug Delivery 3. Drug Delivery to the Oral Cavity or Mouth 4. Oesophageal Transit 5. The Stomach 6. Drug Absorption from the Small Intestine 7. Drug Delivery to the Large Intestine and Rectum 8. Transdermal Drug Delivery 9. Nasal Drug Delivery 10. Pulmonary Drug Delivery 11. Ocular Drug Delivery 12. Vaginal and Intrauterine Drug Delivery.
This highly illustrated textbook provides an essential overview on
RNA architecture and function, it offers insights into the RNA
basics and also explains novel RNA technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas
and their applications. In addition, the mRNA based vaccine
technology, which has long been tested, also before the COVID-19
pandemic, is discussed and students receive a basic understanding
of this important medical application. The textbook is written by
Prof. Grover in collaboration with her students and has an easily
accessible style. The book provides a great tool for young
researchers and students in biology, biomedical engineering or
biochemistry, looking for a compact introduction or refresher work
on RNA, including the newest findings and technologies. It is an
ideal starter to learn about several RNA specific topics and to
research them further.
The objective of this book is to provide guidelines to the students
of Management/Finance and Industry Professionals to understand the
entire concepts of Portfolio management. It gives readers a solid
foundation in personal finance to manage their money to derive the
maximum benefit from what they earn. This book covers the various
theories and models like; Markowitz Theory, The Single Index Model,
Arbitrage Pricing Theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model.
This book comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the
International Conference Trending Moments and Steer Forces - Civil
Engineering Today (TMSF 2019). It presents latest research in
different domains of civil engineering like structural and concrete
engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering,
environmental engineering, and construction technology and
management. The contents also include miscellaneous applications of
civil engineering in a wide range of technical and societal
problems making use of engineering principles and relational data
structures involving measurement sciences. Given the range of
topics covered, this book can be useful for students, researchers
as well as practitioners working in the field of civil engineering.
The prodigious economic growth of India and China over the last
three decades has ensured their rightful prominence in the global
economic order. The two players opened up their respective
economies to liberalization and market regulations, which led to a
tectonic shift from agriculture-based economies to manufacturing
and service-based economies. In this context, Comparative
Development of India and China offers contemporary research on
economic, technological, sectoral and sociocultural issues by
highlighting the opportunities as well as vulnerabilities in the
development of the two fastest growing nations in the world. It
unveils the similarities of thought and practices, and explores the
plethora of possibilities for collaborative effort that may serve
to contribute to the prosperity and progress of both the countries.
The perspectives presented by various Indian and Chinese scholars
in this edited volume provide varied outlooks and insights on these
two nations, albeit within a single thematic framework.
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