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Re-enchanting the world : Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands /

Samson, C. Mathews, 1960-

Re-enchanting the world : Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / C. Mathews Samson. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xx, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps - Contemporary American Indian studies . - Contemporary American Indian studies. .

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.

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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.


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Mam Indians--Religion.
Mam Indians--Social conditions.
Cakchikel Indians--Religion.
Cakchikel Indians--Social conditions.
Indian Presbyterians--Guatemala.
Presbyterian Church--Guatemala.
Mam--Religion.
Mam--Conditions sociales.
Cakchiquel--Religion.
Cakchiquel--Conditions sociales.
Presbytériens des Peuples autochtones--Guatemala.
Église presbytérienne--Guatemala.
RELIGION--Ethnic & Tribal.
Cakchikel Indians--Religion
Cakchikel Indians--Social conditions
Indian Presbyterians
Mam Indians--Religion
Mam Indians--Social conditions
Manners and customs
Presbyterian Church
Protestantismus.
Religiöse Identität.
Ethnizität.
Indiens--Vie religieuse.--Guatemala
Église presbytérienne--Guatemala.


Guatemala--Religious life and customs.
Guatemala--Social life and customs.
Guatemala
Maya (Volk)
Guatemala.
Guatemala--Vie religieuse.

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