1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910494752303321

Autore

Boer Dick <1939->

Titolo

Deliverance from slavery : attempting a biblical theology in the service of liberation / / by Dick Boer ; translated by Rebecca Pohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-27303-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Historical Materialism Book Series, , 1570-1522 ; ; Volume 110

Disciplina

230/.041

Soggetti

Liberty - Biblical teaching

Philosophy, Marxist

Liberation theology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Text and Context -- Canon -- Exodus -- Covenant -- Creation -- Anthropology (Gn 2–4) -- Entry -- The Real Israel -- Paul and the Messianic Community -- Though He Liberated Others, He Could Not Liberate Himself -- References -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

‘Delivery from slavery’: these words, taken from a Dutch labour movement song, perfectly map onto the Bible’s central concern. They are also similar to the Torah’s key phrase: ‘I am YHWH, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage' (Ex 20:2). The words are invoked here to serve as an axiom to be introduced into the modern period. The watchword ‘delivery from slavery’ translates the biblical message of the exodus from slavery into the theory and practice of a modern liberation movement. The present work argues that biblical theology is the attempt to ‘update’ the ‘language of the message’. It searches for a language that attends to the concerns of today’s world while ‘preserving’ the concerns that originally motivated biblical language.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337949603321

Titolo

Cholesterol Modulation of Protein Function : Sterol Specificity and Indirect Mechanisms / / edited by Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker, Anna N. Bukiya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-04278-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, , 0065-2598 ; ; 1115

Disciplina

612.0153

572.5795

Soggetti

Proteomics

Proteins

Cell membranes

Molecular biology

Protein Science

Membrane Biology

Molecular Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Sterol specificity in modulating protein function: 1. Chirality effect on cholesterol modulation of protein function -- 2. A critical analysis of molecular mechanisms underlying membrane cholesterol sensitivity of GPCRs -- 3. Regulation of BK channel activity by cholesterol and its derivatives -- 4. Chiral specificity of cholesterol orientation within cholesterol binding sites in inwardly rectifying potassium channels -- Part 2. Indirect modulation of protein function by cholesterol: 5. Cholesterol effect on the physical properties of lipid membranes -- 6. Effect of cholesterol on the dipole potential of lipid membranes -- 7. Mass spectroscopy imaging of cholesterol -- 8. Cholesterol-dependent gating effects on ion channels.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, renowned scientists describe the role of steroid chirality and modification of lipid membrane physical properties in the modulation of G protein-coupled receptors and ion channels. The



application of commonly-used technical approaches such as mass spectrometry and nucleic magnetic resonance transfer spectroscopy for studies on cholesterol distribution and alteration of lipid bilayer characteristics is also discussed. This book offers comprehensive insights into the current understanding of cholesterol-driven modulation of protein function via mechanisms that extend beyond lipid-protein direct interactions. In the first part, the chapters introduce the reader to the use of the chemical derivatives of cholesterol as a valuable laboratory tool in the studies of cholesterol-driven modulation of protein function. In the second part, examples of cholesterol-induced changes in membrane physical characteristics are presented and discussed in light of their multifaceted contribution to the effect of cholesterol on protein function. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students as well as basic science and medical researchers with a keen interest in the biophysical properties of cholesterol and physiological consequences of cholesterol presence in biological systems.