Book Review: Finding Jesus in Dharma: Christianity in India

A review of Finding Jesus in Dharma: Christianity in India by Chaturvedi

Book Review: Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism: Contesting the Interpretations

A review of Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism: Contesting the Interpretations by R. S. Sugirtharajah

Book Review: The History of the Holy Servants of the Lord Siva: A Translation of the Periya Puranam of Cekkilar

A review of The History of the Holy Servants of the Lord Siva: A Translation of the Periya Puranam of Cekkilar by Alaistair McGlashan

Guest Editor\u27s Introduction: Hindu and Christian Mutual Misperceptions

The other remains as a mystery and puzzle before one comes to know the other in a personal and intimate manner. especially when the other is the religious other, it is much more puzzling and mysterious. The history of the encounter between Hindus and Christians over several centuries reveals how the puzzle and the mystery of the other can at times lead to gross misperceptions of the other. Such mutual misperceptions have been some of the stumbling blocks in the path of a healthy, friendly, and mutually enhancing relation between Christians and Hindus. In this issue of the Bulletin, we offer four essays that directly address the problem of mutual misperceptions. Before we set out to read these essays, let me offer some preliminary and introductory remarks

Viewpoint: Pastors, Pujaris, and Swamis: Hindu-Christian Encounter in a Classroom

I have been teaching a course titled Christian Encounter with Hinduism, at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1988. Students who enroll in this course are mostly those who are pursing the Master of Divinity program with a view to becoming pastors in Christian congregations or chaplains in colleges and hospitals. Some others are in the process of discerning their vocation as theologians, teachers, counselors, or informed laypersons

An Enhanced Expectation Maximization Text Document Clustering Algorithm for E-Content Analysis

Nowadays, there are many types of digital materials that can be used in the classroom. Students and scholars are migrating from textbooks to digital study materials because textbooks are too large and expensive. Teachers and college students can use and modify the materials that are freely available or with some constraints for their learning and teaching. E-content can be designed, evolved, utilized, re-used, and distributed electronically from anywhere at anytime. Because of the flexibility of time, place, and speed of learning, e-content is becoming extremely popular. It can be readily and instantly shared and communicated with an infinite number of clients all across the globe. Document clustering is most commonly used to group documents that are related to a specific topic. Text document clustering can be used to group a collection of documents regarding the information they include and to deliver search results when a user searches the internet. In this paper mainly focuses on text document clustering to cope with massive collection of E-Content documents. Enhanced Expectation Maximization Text Document Clustering (EEMTDC) clustering algorithm was proposed and compared with Expectation Maximization (EM) clustering, K-Means clustering, and Hierarchical clustering (HC) algorithms. The experiment shows that the performance of proposed EEMTDC algorithm produces greater clustering accuracy than existing clustering algorithms

Evaluation of a simple tagging method to monitor the growth of endangered species of seahorse

Identification of an individual seahorse is important for captive breeding and conservation studies. A simple and cost-effective tagging method was devised to suit the rigid body structure and small fins of Hippocampus kuda. The first generation sexually matured individuals (452 numbers) were tagged using plastic strips tied around the neck. No significant differences (P > 0.05) in growth between the tagged and untagged groups were noted. All the tags persisted for one year without any perceptible changes in sexual and social behaviour

Species-specific proteins in closely-related seahorses

Non-denatured polyacrylanlide gel shows the respective species-specific characteristics on the muscle protein of' Hippocampus kuda and N. trirnacrtiahs. Two proteins; of molecular weight 66.8 and 39.8 kDa were found exclusively in 11. kuda. These constituted about 69.8 and 16.2% respectively of its protein. In M. trintucuirtus, two other specific proteins with molecular weight of 674.3 and 50.5 kDa were recorded, which constituted 46.0 and 7.5% respectively of its protein. These species-specific proteins are important for species identification, which paves avenues for further characterization and upgrading of the available information on seahorse taxonomy