Re-enchanting the world: Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands
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Main Author: Samson, C. Mathews (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press ©2007
Series:Contemporary American Indian studies
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index
Prologue: Encountering religious change in Guatemala -- Re-enchanting the world : identity and religious change -- A humanistic approach to a post-conflict society -- The national context : war, peace accords, and the Maya movement -- Maya Protestantism in Guatemala -- Identity in word and place : the Mam presbytery -- An activist Protestantism : the Kaqchikel presbytery -- Conclusions: Contextualizing Maya Protestant practice
In considering the interplay between contemporary Protestant practice and native cultural traditions among Maya evangelicals, this work documents the processes whereby some Maya have converted to different forms of Christianity and the ways in which the Maya are incorporating Christianity for their own purposes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 197 pages)
ISBN:0817315667
0817354271
081738104X
9780817381042

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