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Author Samson, C. Mathews, 1960-

Title Re-enchanting the world : Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / C. Mathews Samson
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Contemporary American Indian studies
Contemporary American Indian studies.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Mam Indians -- Religion
Mam Indians -- Social conditions
Cakchikel Indians -- Religion
Cakchikel Indians -- Social conditions
Indian Presbyterians -- Guatemala
Presbyterian Church -- Guatemala
RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
Cakchikel Indians -- Religion
Cakchikel Indians -- Social conditions
Indian Presbyterians
Mam Indians -- Religion
Mam Indians -- Social conditions
Manners and customs
Presbyterian Church
Protestantismus.
Religiöse Identität.
Ethnizität.
Indiens -- Guatemala -- Vie religieuse.
Église presbytérienne -- Guatemala.
SUBJECT Guatemala -- Religious life and customs
Guatemala -- Social life and customs
Subject Guatemala
Maya (Volk)
Guatemala.
Guatemala -- Vie religieuse.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817381042
081738104X