Re-enchanting the world : Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / C. Mathews Samson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samson, C. Mathews, 1960-

Series:

Contemporary American Indian studies.

Contemporary American Indian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mam Indians--Religion.

Mam Indians.

Mam Indians--Social conditions.

Cakchikel Indians--Religion.

Cakchikel Indians.

Cakchikel Indians--Social conditions.

Indian Presbyterians--Guatemala.

Indian Presbyterians.

Presbyterian Church--Guatemala.

Presbyterian Church.

Guatemala--Religious life and customs.

Guatemala.

Guatemala--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christian evangelicals among native people in Latin America. What does it mean to be both Maya and Protestant in Guatemala? Burgeoning religious pluralism in Mesoamerica and throughout Latin America is evident as Protestantism permeates a region that had been overwhelmingly Catholic for nearly five centuries. In considering the interplay between contemporary Protestant practice and native cultural traditions among Maya evangelicals, Samson documents the processes whereby some Maya have converted to new forms of Christianity and the ways in which the Maya are incor

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780817381042

081738104X

OCLC:

183318558

Publisher Number:

heb40234 hdl