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Early John D
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Titolo: |
Maya and Catholic cultures in crisis [[electronic resource] /] / John D. Early
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Pubblicazione: | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina: | 299.7/842 |
Soggetto topico: | Mayas - Religion |
Mayas - Rites and ceremonies | |
Maya cosmology | |
Indian Catholics - Latin America - History | |
Christianity and culture - Latin America | |
Christianity and other religions - Latin America | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. The Research; PART II. THE BACKGROUND OF THE CRISIS IN MAYA COMMUNITIES AT MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY; 2. The Traditional Maya Worldview as Influenced by Later Evangelization; 3. Retention of Maya Culture through Periods of Domination; 4. Growing Inability of Maya Communities to Provide Subsistence; 5. Long-Standing Strains within Maya Communities; 6. The Maya Crisis and the Search for Answers; PART III. RENEWED EFFORTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAYA COMMUNITIES |
7. Worldview of Tridentine Catholicism8. Presentation and Maya Reception of the Tridentine Worldview; PART IV. CRISIS WITHIN THE CATHOLIC WORLDVIEW; 9. Beyond Tridentine Belief and Ritual: Worldview of Vatican Council II; 10. Crisis and Reaction in Latin America: The Liberation Movement; 11. Maya Dioceses Reorganize for Action Catholicism; 12. Maya Communities Organize for Social Action; PART V. LIBERATION CONSCIOUSNESS ASSISTED BY BIBLICAL REFLECTION; 13. The Bible and Its Worldview as a Cultural Document; 14. Methods of Reflecting on the Bible; 15. Biblical Reflections in Maya Communities | |
16. Biblical Reflections in Lacandón Migrant CommunitiesPART VI. THE WORLDVIEWS OF INSURGENCY AND COUNTERINSURGENCY; 17. Guatemala: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of Marxist Insurgency; 18. Guatemala: The Maya in the Military's Worldview of Counterinsurgency; 19. Militarization in Guatemala; 20.Chiapas: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of the Zapatista Insurgency; 21. Militarization in Chiapas; PART VII. THE IMPACT OF THE MAYA CRISIS ON THE WORLDVIEWS OF PASTORAL WORKERS; 22. Two Pastoral Workers Evolve; 23. Social Justice by Sacramental Observance | |
24. Social Justice by Maya Empowerment25. Social Justice by Armed Rebellion; 26. Liberation Catholicism: Its Relation to the Morality of Armed Rebellion; PART VIII. THE SEARCH FOR A REVITALIZED MAYA WORLDVIEW; 27. Choices Faced by Catholic Maya in a Turbulent Society; 28. A Bishop's Evolving Worldview; 29.The Movement for a Maya Christianity; PART IX. CONCLUSION; 30. A Look Backward and Forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In his most recent book, The Maya and Catholicism: An Encounter of Worldviews, John Early examined the relationship between the Maya and the Catholic Church from the sixteenth century through the colonial and early national periods. In Maya and Catholic Cultures in Crisis, he returns to delve into the changing worldviews of these two groups in the second half of the twentieth century--a period of great turmoil for both. Drawing on his personal experiences as a graduate student, a Roman Catholic priest in the region and his extensive archival research, Early constructs de |
Titolo autorizzato: | Maya and Catholic cultures in crisis ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8130-4383-2 |
0-8130-4359-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785533103321 |
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