Intraspecific genetic variation in natural populations governs their potential to overcome challenging ecological and environmental conditions. In addition, knowledge of this variation is critical for the conservation and management of endangered plant taxa. Found in the Himalayas, Podophyllum hexandrum is an endangered high-elevation plant species that has great medicinal importance. Here we r...

The word ‘tradition’ is notoriously ambiguous. It often denotes the sum total of the Christian heritage passed down from previous ages. Scripture is just one item of tradition in this allembracing sense. The act of handing on this heritage is sometimes described as ‘active tradition’, the stress being on the process rather than the content. A third meaning is identical to the first save that th...

India is a large reservoir of traditional knowledge which is not being utilized in a systematic manner due to the lack of awareness in the country Long before the discovery of psychoanalysis by the west Indian academicians have understood the complexity of mind and the interplay of cognition, behaviour and emotions. Based upon this wisdom they devised various psychotherapeutic techniques akin t...

Presently, varied schemes of periodization of history are prevalent in historical studies, the most common being the tripartite scheme of ancient-medieval-modern periods. In European history, ancient, medieval and modern eras have remained the dominant standard epochal frontiers since the eighteenth century. In the wake of colonial rule, this scheme was applied by the European historians and or...

Teaching early Christianity in Nigeria and elsewhere Africa since 2002, has convinced this author how important it is for African Christians to know of the deep roots Africa, recognize theologians, Tertullian, Origen, Athanasius Augustine, just name a few. This argument significant precedent among 19th century encouraged by unbroken presence from antiquity Ethiopia. In US, Thomas Oden promoted ...