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Zusatztext This fascinating book is a time machine of sorts...The Americas' First Theologies is a landmark sourcebook in documenting the earliest period of interreligious encounter in the Americas. Although not an interfaith dialogue, the fact that two religious traditions are in conversation is a social phenomenon worth reflecting upon. Sparks and his colleagues have produced a text that not only is of historical and cultural interest, but a work that may have significant implications today as well. Use of The Americas' First Theologies in classroom settings may trigger some thought-provoking discussions. Recommended for university libraries, and commended as a prospective textbook for indigenous studies, religious studies, anthropology, comparative literature, and/or linguistics courses. Informationen zum Autor Garry G. Sparks is Associate Professor of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of Rewriting Maya Religion: Domingo de Vico, K'iche' Maya Intellectuals, and the Theologia Indorum. His research is supported by the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Academy of Religion. Klappentext The Americas' First Theologies provides the first English translation of some of the earliest post-contact religious texts, including selections from the Theologia Indorum and early indigenous texts written for the Maya that were influenced by this theological treatise. Zusammenfassung The Americas' First Theologies provides the first English translation of some of the earliest post-contact religious texts, including selections from the Theologia Indorum and early indigenous texts written for the Maya that were influenced by this theological treatise. Inhaltsverzeichnis Forward by Robert M. Carmack Introduction Chapter One: Domingo de Vico's "Theology 'for' or 'of' the Indians" Vico's Theologia Indorum (1553 and 1554) Chapter Two: Other Dominican Lessons in Highland Mayan Languages - Spoken and Sung Coplas of Friar Luis de Cáncer, O.P. Doctrina cristiana by Friar Damián Delgado, O.P. Chapter Three: Highland Maya Theological Production Popol Wuj (ca.1554-ca.1558), folio 1 recto Title of Totonicapán (ca.1554), folios 1-7 Xpantzay Cartulary I (ca.1552) Title of the Tamub' I (1580) Title of Santa Clara La Laguna (1583) Title of the Tamub' III (1592) Title of the Ilokab' (ca.1592) Xpantzay Cartulary VI (ca.1658), folio 1 Another Colophon Contributors Bibliography Index ...
