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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary American Indian studiesPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 197 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780817381042
  • 081738104X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Re-enchanting the world.DDC classification:
  • 299/.7842 22
LOC classification:
  • F1465.2.M3 S35 2007eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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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.
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Summary: 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.

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.

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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