Rewriting Maya Religion Domingo de Vico, K’iche’ Maya Intellectuals, and the Theologia Indorum / Garry G. Sparks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sparks, Garry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555. Theologia indorum.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Indians of Mexico--Religion.

Indians of Mexico.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Quiché language--Texts.

Quiché language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]

Summary:

"Reconstructs the original Christian theology written in the Americas: the 1,400-page Theologia Indorum (Theology for the Indians) written in K'iche' Maya by Friar Domingo de Vico in 1554. Tracing how the Dominican missionaries resourced native religious ideas, myths, and rhetoric, reexamines the role and value of indigenous authority"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Note on Orthography and Pronunciation

Introduction

Historical Contexts of the Old Worlds

Mesoamericans Shape a New World

Mendicants Shape a New World

Recovering Vicos Kichean Theology

Nima Ajtij Father Friar Domingo de Vico, O. P.

Vicos Theology for and of the Indians

Use of Maya Scripture

Tracing Vico in Kiche Religious Texts

Use of the Theologia Indorum in the Popol Wuj

Maya Notarial Genres as Hyperlocal Theology

A Reception Ethnohistory of a Christianity

Intertextuality, Hyperlocalism, and the Continued Dialogic Emergence of Theologies

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607329701

1607329700

OCLC:

1142349635