Resurgent voices in Latin America : indigenous peoples, political mobilization, and religious change / edited by Edward L. Cleary, Timothy J. Steigenga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cleary, Edward L.

Steigenga, Timothy J., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology--Latin America.

Religion and sociology.

Religion and politics--Latin America.

Religion and politics.

Latin America--Religion.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After more than 500 years of marginalization, Latin America's forty million Indians have recently made major strides in gaining political recognition and civil rights. In this book, social scientists explore the important role of religion in indigenous activism, showing the ways that religion has strengthened indigenous identity and contributed to the struggle for indigenous rights in the region. Drawing on case studies from Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Mexico, the contributors explore four key questions. How have traditional religions interacted with Christianity to produce new practices and beliefs? What resources, motivations, and ideological legitimacies do religious institutions provide for indigenous social movements? How effective are these movements in achieving their goals? Finally, as new religious groups continue to compete for adherents in the region, how will individuals' religious choices affect political outcomes? Resurgent Voices in Latin America offers new insight into the dynamics of indigenous social movements and into the complex and changing world of Latin American religions. The essays show that religious beliefs, practices, and institutions have both affected and been affected by political activism.

Contents:

Resurgent voice : Indians, politics, and religion in Latin America / Edward L. Cleary and Timothy J. Steigenga

From civil society to collective action : the politics of religion in Ecuador / Alison Brysk

New voice in religion and politics in Bolivia and Peru / Edward L. Cleary

Breaking down religious barriers : indigenous people and Christian churches in Paraguay / Ren, Harder Horst

Entangled histories : the Catholic Church and the Maya, 1940 to the present / Bruce J. Calder

"God was already here when Columbus arrived" : inculturation theology and the Mayan Movement in Guatemala / Virginia Garrard-Burnett

"Knowing where we enter" : indigenous theology and the popular church in Oaxaca, Mexico / Kristin Norget

Maya Catholics in Chiapas, Mexico : practicing faith on their own terms / Christine Kovic

The indigenous theology movement in Latin America : encounters of memory resistance, and hope at the crossroads / Stephen P. Judd

Listening to resurgent voices / Timothy J. Steigenga.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-7090-5

0-8135-3639-1