Nahua and Maya Catholicisms : texts and religion in colonial central Mexico and Yucatan /

Christensen examines ecclesiastical texts written in Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya to illustrate their role in conveying and reflecting various Catholic messages - and thus Catholicisms - throughout colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan. He demonstrates how published and unpublished sermons, confessional m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christensen, Mark Z. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Aztecs > Religion.
Mayas > Religion.
Indian Catholics > Mexico > History.
Christianity and culture > Mexico > History.
Christianity and other religions > Mexico.
Religious literature, Spanish > Translations into Nahuatl.
Religious literature, Spanish > Translations into Maya.
Aztèques > Religion.
Catholiques issus des Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Histoire.
Christianisme et civilisation > Mexique > Histoire.
Christianisme > Relations > Mexique.
HISTORY / Latin America / General
Aztecs > Religion
Christianity
Christianity and culture
Indian Catholics
Interfaith relations
Mayas > Religion
Religious literature, Spanish
Mexico
History
Translations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: different texts, different versions
  • Spelling out salvation
  • The pen is mightier than the sword
  • Getting down to the basics: commandments and prayers
  • "One God, one faith, one baptism"
  • The various confessions of Mesoamerica
  • Adam's world tree and Paul's idol
  • Voices from the dust
  • Saintly devotion
  • Conclusion: Nahua and Maya Catholicisms
  • Appendixes: A. Employed Nahuatl and Maya ecclesiastical texts and corpora (1546-1855)
  • B. Nahuatl translations of the creed
  • C. Maya translations of the creed
  • D. Cacalchen preambles (1646-1654)
  • E. Maya testament from Ixil (1748).

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