Leaves of resurrection plants tolerate desiccation as do embryos of many higher plants. From the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum a number of desiccation-related transcripts have recently been cloned; they are abundantly expressed in dried leaves and abscisic acid-treated dried callus (D Bartels, K Schneider, G Terstappen, D Piatkowski, F Salamini [1990] Planta 18: 27-34). Five dis...

According to Locke, scripture says nothing about the resurrection of same body. We will be resurrected. But in what sense can resurrected Jane “same” as living Jane? Throughout his thinking, Locke holds that sameness body and/or soul are not required for “the Jane.” Sameness person is required. Locke’s theory personal identity was ground-breaking seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It provoki...

The article examines the phenomenon of iconic in its connection with everyday, social, and political practices. Based on distinction between idol icon, it was found out that violent practices are often disguised as Christian narratives, which should not really be related to violence their speech about disadvantaged or immediate reality existence. With help theory David Bentley Hart, Jean-Luc Ma...