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Root hairs are tip-growing cells that originate from epidennal
cells called trichoblasts. Their role may be simply thought of as
extending the surface area of the root to facilitate absorption of
nutrients and water. However, as you will see in this book, the
root hair is far more than that. To an increasingly larger number
of plant biologists, the root hair is a model cell. It grows in
much the same way as a pollen tube, by sending vast numbers of
vesicles containing cell wall precursors to a rounded apical dome,
the tip. Once the trichoblast becomes committed to root hair
fonnation, it no longer divides. The root hair cell has a migrating
nucleus and a complex cytoskeleton. It has a varied cell wall. It
is easy to observe through differential interference contrast
microscopy because there are no other cells around it to disturb
the image. Cytoplasmic streaming is exceptionally clear, and
amyloplasts and even mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum can be
seen without reporter labelling in some species. Root hair mutants
are easy to distinguish and catalogue. Plant honnones are involved
in their growth and development. It is thus an almost ideal plant
cell for experimental manipulation and observation. The root hair
is also involved in interactions with soil microbes, as you will
learn from later chapters of the book.
Normative Social Theory James M. Dean and A. M. C. Waterman
University of Manitoba 1. Economics and Religion Once Again This
hook is a sequel to Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct?
(Brennan and Waterman 1994). That volume was motivated by a
frustration born of many disappointing encounters between
economists and theologians in the 1980s. Can bishops, synods, and
other voices of organized religion bring any interesting (and
disinterested) contribution to the public policy debate? If so,
what is the relation of their contribution to that of the purely
"secular" knowledge economists believe they can supply? Can
economists bring any interesting (and disinterested) contribution
to the public policy debate? If so, what is the relation of their
contribution to the fundamental values that inform social ethics
and that are still guarded to a large extent by religious
tradition? All too often the two sides talked at cross-purposes.
Well-intentioned economists coexisted for a few hours or days with
well intentioned theologians whose manner of conceiving social
reality was radically incompatible with their own. There seemed to
be no common ground. The first requisite of any genuine
conversation is an agreed conceptual framework that is able to
accommodate the peculiar social vision both of the economist and of
theologian, and to display the logical relation between the two."
The ihsan Ketin NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Tectonic
Evolution of the Tethyan Region was conceived in 1982 in Veszprem,
Hungary, when three of the organizers (B. C. B. , L. H. R. and A.
M. C. 9. ) had come together for a meeting on the tectonics of the
Pannonian basin. All three of us had experience in the Tethyan belt
and all three of us had been for some time deploring the lack of
communication among workers of this immense orogenic belt. Much new
work had been completed in such previously little-known areas as
Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, the People's Republic of China, the
entire Himalayan region, as well as new work in the European parts
of the chain. Also, ironically, parts of the belt had just been
closed to field work for political reasons, so it seemed as if the
time was right to sit back and consider what had been done so far.
Because the Istanbul group had had an interest in the whole of the
Tethyan belt and because that ancient city was more centrally
locElted with excellent opportunities to see both Palaeo- and
Neo-Tethyan rocks in a weekend excursion, we thought that Istanbul
was a natural place for such a meeting, not mentioning its own
considerable attractions for the would-be contributors. A happy
coincidence was that Prof.
What is the relation between economics and religion? In particular,
are theology and economics entirely autonomous and distinct areas
of inquiry? Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct? takes an
inductive approach using case studies to shed light on the extent
to which economics may be regarded as independent of the religious
beliefs of its practitioners. The case studies comprise the first
part of the book and are listed chronologically. These case studies
are followed by commentaries, or interpretive essays; the authors
of these commentaries are acting as a jury to consider the question
How sensitive is economics to theological considerations?' The
editors provide a concluding chapter summarizing both the evidence
and the findings.
Though the monastic writings of St John Cassian have been
enduringly popular, his reputation (not least as a theological
author) has been seriously compromised. A. M. C. Casiday begins
with an evaluation of conventional ideas about Cassian and, finding
them seriously flawed, offers the first sustained attempt at
re-reading Cassian's works for their theological significance.
Specific attention is called to the Christological aspects of
Cassian's monastic anthropology. Throughout, reference is made to
Cassian's contemporaries - both well-known figures like Augustine
of Hippo, Evagrius Ponticus, Vincent of L rins, and Nestorius, and
lesser-known figures such as Prosper of Aquitaine, Valerian of
Cimiez, and Paul of Tamma - in order to offer an analysis of
Cassian's writings and their significance that is unencumbered by
anachronism.
Normative Social Theory James M. Dean and A. M. C. Waterman
University of Manitoba 1. Economics and Religion Once Again This
hook is a sequel to Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct?
(Brennan and Waterman 1994). That volume was motivated by a
frustration born of many disappointing encounters between
economists and theologians in the 1980s. Can bishops, synods, and
other voices of organized religion bring any interesting (and
disinterested) contribution to the public policy debate? If so,
what is the relation of their contribution to that of the purely
"secular" knowledge economists believe they can supply? Can
economists bring any interesting (and disinterested) contribution
to the public policy debate? If so, what is the relation of their
contribution to the fundamental values that inform social ethics
and that are still guarded to a large extent by religious
tradition? All too often the two sides talked at cross-purposes.
Well-intentioned economists coexisted for a few hours or days with
well intentioned theologians whose manner of conceiving social
reality was radically incompatible with their own. There seemed to
be no common ground. The first requisite of any genuine
conversation is an agreed conceptual framework that is able to
accommodate the peculiar social vision both of the economist and of
theologian, and to display the logical relation between the two."
What is the relation between economics and religion? In particular,
are theology and economics entirely autonomous and distinct areas
of inquiry? Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct? takes an
inductive approach using case studies to shed light on the extent
to which economics may be regarded as independent of the religious
beliefs of its practitioners. The case studies comprise the first
part of the book and are listed chronologically. These case studies
are followed by commentaries, or interpretive essays; the authors
of these commentaries are acting as a jury to consider the question
`How sensitive is economics to theological considerations?' The
editors provide a concluding chapter summarizing both the evidence
and the findings.
Root hairs are tip-growing cells that originate from epidennal
cells called trichoblasts. Their role may be simply thought of as
extending the surface area of the root to facilitate absorption of
nutrients and water. However, as you will see in this book, the
root hair is far more than that. To an increasingly larger number
of plant biologists, the root hair is a model cell. It grows in
much the same way as a pollen tube, by sending vast numbers of
vesicles containing cell wall precursors to a rounded apical dome,
the tip. Once the trichoblast becomes committed to root hair
fonnation, it no longer divides. The root hair cell has a migrating
nucleus and a complex cytoskeleton. It has a varied cell wall. It
is easy to observe through differential interference contrast
microscopy because there are no other cells around it to disturb
the image. Cytoplasmic streaming is exceptionally clear, and
amyloplasts and even mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum can be
seen without reporter labelling in some species. Root hair mutants
are easy to distinguish and catalogue. Plant honnones are involved
in their growth and development. It is thus an almost ideal plant
cell for experimental manipulation and observation. The root hair
is also involved in interactions with soil microbes, as you will
learn from later chapters of the book.
The ihsan Ketin NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Tectonic
Evolution of the Tethyan Region was conceived in 1982 in Veszprem,
Hungary, when three of the organizers (B. C. B. , L. H. R. and A.
M. C. 9. ) had come together for a meeting on the tectonics of the
Pannonian basin. All three of us had experience in the Tethyan belt
and all three of us had been for some time deploring the lack of
communication among workers of this immense orogenic belt. Much new
work had been completed in such previously little-known areas as
Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, the People's Republic of China, the
entire Himalayan region, as well as new work in the European parts
of the chain. Also, ironically, parts of the belt had just been
closed to field work for political reasons, so it seemed as if the
time was right to sit back and consider what had been done so far.
Because the Istanbul group had had an interest in the whole of the
Tethyan belt and because that ancient city was more centrally
locElted with excellent opportunities to see both Palaeo- and
Neo-Tethyan rocks in a weekend excursion, we thought that Istanbul
was a natural place for such a meeting, not mentioning its own
considerable attractions for the would-be contributors. A happy
coincidence was that Prof.
This book is about the intellectual defense against the French Revolution and all "radical" ideas that was developed after Malthus' pioneering Essay on Population was published in 1798. A political economy was developed in the years following which, combined with Anglican theology, was able to discover a middle ground between ultra-Toryism and radical reform. Certain ideas fundamental to modern economics also emerged as a by-product. Professor Waterman's main purpose is to complete the story of the "intellectual repulse of the Revolution" by describing this ideological alliance of political economy and Christian theology. In doing so he supplies the "missing piece of the jigsaw" in early nineteenth-century English intellectual history.
Malthus's Essay on Population was seen in 1798 as a complete
refutation of Godwin and all 'Jacobin' ideology. It proved that a
state of equality and justice for all was unfeasible; and it
demonstrated the inevitability and beneficence of private property
and political institutions. But its central theme, the dominance of
scarcity in human affairs, presented the theological 'problem of
evil' in novel and threatening form. For thirty-five years both the
economics and the theology of the Essay were modified and refined:
first by Paley, Sumner and Malthus himself, and later by Copleston,
Whately and Chalmers. The result was 'Christian Political Economy':
an ideological alliance of political economy and Christian
theology, congenial to a new 'liberal-conservatism' in the early
nineteenth century, which found middle ground between the
ultra-tory defence of the ancien regime and a 'radical' repudiation
of existing institutions. Professor Waterman analyses this story of
the 'intellectual repulse of revolution', and describes the
ideological alliance of political economy and Christian theology
after 1798.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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