LEADER 04710nam 22007574a 450 001 9910777674703321 005 20230207224639.0 010 $a0-292-79700-1 024 7 $a10.7560/706200 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456570 035 $a(OCoLC)191931020 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10194804 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199529 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168895 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199529 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196824 035 $a(PQKB)10971357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443126 035 $a(OCoLC)61500533 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2133 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194804 035 $a(DE-B1597)588657 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808864 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797000 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456570 100 $a20040604d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMayan voices for human rights$b[electronic resource] $edisplaced Catholics in highland Chiapas /$fChristine Kovic 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aLouann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;$vbk. 9 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70620-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-228) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Exodus and Genesis : leaving Chamula, creating community in Guadalupe -- Opting for the poor : the Catholic Diocese of San Cristo?bal and human rights -- The sin of Westernization : power, religion, and expulsion -- Defining human rights in context : anthropological, legal, and Catholic perspectives -- Respect and equality : practicing rights in Guadalupe -- "Our culture keeps us strong" : conversion and self-determination -- Working and walking to serve God : building a community of faith -- Conclusion. 330 $aIn the last decades of the twentieth century, thousands of Mayas were expelled, often violently, from their homes in San Juan Chamula and other highland communities in Chiapas, Mexico, by fellow Mayas allied with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). State and federal authorities generally turned a blind eye to these human rights abuses, downplaying them as local conflicts over religious conversion and defense of cultural traditions. The expelled have organized themselves to fight not only for religious rights, but also for political and economic justice based on a broad understanding of human rights. This pioneering ethnography tells the intertwined stories of the new communities formed by the Mayan exiles and their ongoing efforts to define and defend their human rights. Focusing on a community of Mayan Catholics, the book describes the process by which the progressive Diocese of San Cristóbal and Bishop Samuel Ruiz García became powerful allies for indigenous people in the promotion and defense of human rights. Drawing on the words and insights of displaced Mayas she interviewed throughout the 1990s, Christine Kovic reveals how the exiles have created new communities and lifeways based on a shared sense of faith (even between Catholics and Protestants) and their own concept of human rights and dignity. She also uncovers the underlying political and economic factors that drove the expulsions and shows how the Mayas who were expelled for not being "traditional" enough are in fact basing their new communities on traditional values of duty and reciprocity. 410 0$aLouann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;$vbk. 9. 606 $aMayas$zMexico$zChiapas$xReligion 606 $aMayas$xCivil rights$zMexico$zChiapas 606 $aMayas$zMexico$zChiapas$xSocial conditions 606 $aIndian Catholics$zMexico$zChiapas$xSocial conditions 606 $aHuman rights$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church 606 $aChurch and social problems$zMexico$zChiapas$xCatholic Church 606 $aCatholics$zMexico$zChiapas$xPolitical activity 615 0$aMayas$xReligion. 615 0$aMayas$xCivil rights 615 0$aMayas$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aIndian Catholics$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aHuman rights$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aChurch and social problems$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aCatholics$xPolitical activity. 676 $a323.1197/4207275 700 $aKovic$b Christine Marie$01551463 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777674703321 996 $aMayan voices for human rights$93810974 997 $aUNINA