TY - BOOK AU - Samson,C.Mathews TI - Re-enchanting the world: Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands T2 - Contemporary American Indian studies SN - 9780817381042 AV - F1465.2.M3 S35 2007eb U1 - 299/.7842 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Mam Indians KW - Religion KW - Social conditions KW - Cakchikel Indians KW - Indian Presbyterians KW - Guatemala KW - Presbyterian Church KW - Mam KW - Conditions sociales KW - Cakchiquel KW - Presbytériens des Peuples autochtones KW - Église presbytérienne KW - RELIGION KW - Ethnic & Tribal KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Manners and customs KW - Protestantismus KW - idszbz KW - Religiöse Identität KW - Ethnizität KW - Indiens KW - Vie religieuse KW - ram KW - Religious life and customs KW - Social life and customs KW - Maya (Volk) N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=209776 ER -