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This book discusses mysticism and its possible contributions to a
positive common human future. It is organized into three parts -
“Studies of Mystical Traditions,” “Comparative Studies of
Mystical Traditions,” and “Social and Ethical Implications."
The approach is philosophical and critical. The contributors differ
on whether or not mystical traditions would restore peaceful living
and peaceful coexistence. However, the problem before this
manuscript is the growing pain and suffering caused by greed in the
world, greed causing economic disequilibrium, racism and
divisiveness causing social unrest resulting in mass migration and
refugees’ crisis. Through the lens of “mystical
traditions," the manuscript proposes a balance approach between
material and spiritual needs of people. To strengthen human
spiritualty, the manuscript emphasizes practicing meditation,
music, prayers, zikr, yoga, mindfulness, fasting and other methods
of spiritual revival for peace within self and with others.
This book provides a multidisciplinary commentary on a wide range
of religious traditions and their relationship to acts of violence.
Hate and violence occur at every level of human interaction, as do
peace and compassion. Scholars of religion have a particular
obligation to make sense out of this situation, tracing its history
and variables, and drawing lessons for the future. From the
formative periods of the religious traditions to their application
in the contemporary world, the essays in this volume interrogate
the views on violence found within the traditions and provide
examples of religious practices that exacerbate or ameliorate
situations of conflict.
This book gathers scholars from the three major monotheistic
religions to discuss the issue of poverty and wealth from the
varied perspectives of each tradition. It provides a cadre of
values inherent to the sacred texts of Jews, Christians, and
Muslims and illustrates how these values may be used to deal with
current economic inequalities. Contributors use the methodologies
of religious studies to provide descriptions and comparisons of
perspectives from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on poverty and
wealth. The book presents citations from the sacred texts of all
three religions. The contributors discuss the interpretations of
these texts and the necessary contexts, both past and present, for
deciphering the stances found there. Poverty and Wealth in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam identifies and details a foundation of
common values upon which individual and institutional decisions may
be made.
This book provides a multidisciplinary commentary on a wide range
of religious traditions and their relationship to acts of violence.
Hate and violence occur at every level of human interaction, as do
peace and compassion. Scholars of religion have a particular
obligation to make sense out of this situation, tracing its history
and variables, and drawing lessons for the future. From the
formative periods of the religious traditions to their application
in the contemporary world, the essays in this volume interrogate
the views on violence found within the traditions and provide
examples of religious practices that exacerbate or ameliorate
situations of conflict.
This book gathers scholars from the three major monotheistic
religions to discuss the issue of poverty and wealth from the
varied perspectives of each tradition. It provides a cadre of
values inherent to the sacred texts of Jews, Christians, and
Muslims and illustrates how these values may be used to deal with
current economic inequalities. Contributors use the methodologies
of religious studies to provide descriptions and comparisons of
perspectives from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on poverty and
wealth. The book presents citations from the sacred texts of all
three religions. The contributors discuss the interpretations of
these texts and the necessary contexts, both past and present, for
deciphering the stances found there. Poverty and Wealth in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam identifies and details a foundation of
common values upon which individual and institutional decisions may
be made.
It is important new text book, sharply focous on begomoviruses. It
is first report from Pakistan. The sequences obtained in this study
were compared with reported sequence in NCBI database using BLAST
analysis and preliminary results showed that clone FQ-1 is a strain
of MeYVMV and FQ-2, FQ-3 and FQ-4 are isolates of AEV. Sequence
FQ-1 were downloaded and used for sequence comparison in MegAlign
by Clustal V method. MegAlign results showed that clone FQ-1 has
between 89.9 and 91.9% identity to MeYVMV. It encodes six ORF
typical of Old World begomoviruses. The complete sequence of FQ-1
is submitted to NCBI databank under accession no. HE578897.
Phylogenetic analysis showed that sequence of obtained in this
study has a distinct position in the phylogenetic tree and it
appears to be among the ancestors of already reportd MeYVMV. In
multiple alignment the comparison of the IR sequence of MeYVMV
(DNA-A) with that of other isolates of the species showed that it
has a stem-loop structure (with a nonanucleotide TAATATTAC) and
TATA box forming part of Rep promoter like other begomoviruses.
There are three iterons (ACCGA/CT), F1 and F2 on virion-sense
strand and R1 on complementary strand.
The cosmopolitan whitefly species, Bemisia tabaci has always been
regarded as pests to a large range of worldwide crops. They are
capable of transmitting plant viruses of different groups.
Well-studied B. tabaci populations that have been differentiated
are referred to as races or biotypes. Some of the commonly reported
biotypes are B, Q, M, B2, L, H, A, C, N, K, R, P, E, S, J and AN.
An analysis of genetic diversity of whitefly across Pakistan was
conducted. It was based upon phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence
of mitochondrial gene Cytochrom Oxidase I. All sequences of mtCOI
genes of whitefly samples from eight different geographical areas
(Arif wala, Multan, Lodhran, Shujaabad, Bahawalnagar, Kabir wala,
Tiba Sultanpur and Khanewal) were grouped in B. tabaci (Asia II).
Sequencing results showed that clones obtained in this study were
less diverse as they had between 98.3% and 99.6% identity among
themselves and between 98.7% and 100% identity with the reported
sequences available in databases. This study emphasizes more focus
on molecular analysis of whiteflies and it provides relatively
widely distributed data regarding the molecular characterization of
whitefly from Pakistan.
Air pollution in the cities can be attributed to incomplete
combustion of fuel and use of badly and not properly maintained
vehicles. Plants growing in such polluted environment or close to
busy roads are found highly affected due to vehicular exhaust
emission. The phenology, periodicity and productivity of plants
growing close to the busy roads are highly affected. The
problematic areas of toxic effects of hydrocarbon, oxides of
nitrogen & sulfur, CO, particulate matter, heavy metals and
specially lead and cadmium are highly toxic for normal growth of
plants reported. The toxicity and tolerance to some heavy metals
such as lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, nickel and iron in plants are
commonly reported by researchers. The accumulation and use of plant
as a bioindicator of pollutant can help in understanding the
current level of pollutants in the environment. n attempt has been
made to Information embodied in this book can be helpful for people
working for the betterment of the immediate environment.
This doctoral thesis reports analytical and numerical results for
the electrostatic response of a dusty plasma to a moving test
charge. Two important physical aspects of dusty plasmas, namely
grain size distribution and grain charging dynamics were taken into
account. It appears that the dynamical charging of the grains in a
dusty plasma enhances the shielding of a test charge. To clarify
the physics, a separate study is made where the charging is
approximated by using a time delay. The resulting potential shows
the delayed shielding effect explicitly. was observed that the
grain charging dynamics leads to a spatial damping and a phase
shift in the potential response. Finally, combining these two
physical aspects, generalized results for the electrostatic
potential were found incorporating the terms from both grain size
distribution and grain charging dynamics. The generalized results
contain the previous work where these two effects were studied
separately and which can now be found as special limiting cases.
This kind of work has relevance both in space and astrophysical
plasmas.
This collection of essays challenges the traditional patriarchal
approach to sacred literature by highlighting gender parity in
sacred texts and envisioning the rise of the matriarchy in the
future. The authors redefine Biblical Greek words like malakoi and
arsenokoitai used in condemnation of homosexuality, and Qur'anic
words like darajah and qawwamun, used for establishing patriarchy.
One author reexamines the role of the Nepalese Teej festival of
fasting and worship of the god Shiva in promoting male hegemony in
Hinduism. Other papers examine passages like Proverbs 31:1-31, the
stories of Sarah and Rahab in the Bible, the role of Mary in the
Qur'an, and the Dharmic conversion in chapter 27 of the Lotus
Sutra. This book makes it clear that sacred literature is subject
to human understanding as it evolves through space and time. Today,
as more women are educated and actively engaged in political,
economic, and social life, religions are challenged to redefine
gender roles and norms.
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