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Tongues of fire : language and evangelization in Colonial Mexico / Nancy Farriss.
Van Pelt Library BV2082.L3 F37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farriss, Nancy M. (Nancy Marguerite), 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language in missionary work--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--History.
- Language in missionary work.
- Language and culture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--History.
- Language and culture.
- Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Language and languages.
- Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Intercultural communication.
- Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- Mexico--Oaxaca (State).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 409 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Language contact and translation in the evangelization of Mexico, with a focus on the ethnically and linguistically diverse region of Oaxaca. Major themes are the challenge of cultural difference in translating the Christian message and the role of the indigenous elites in shaping that message and its reception"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Signs and gestures
- Interpreters
- Confusion of tongues
- Language barriers under siege
- Speaking the word of God
- Catechists and catechism
- The word of God
- The problem of meaning
- Adoptions and adaptations
- The art of persuasion
- Continuity and convergence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190884109
- 019088410X
- OCLC:
- 1043305484
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