Re-enchanting the World - Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands

Klappentext Against the backdrop of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 and the rise of the indigenous Maya Movement in the late 1980s! this work provides a unique portrait of social movements! cultural and human rights! and the role that religion plays in relation to the nation-state in post-conflict political processes. "Re-enchanting the World" fills a niche within the anthropological literature on evangelicals in Latin America during a time of significant social change. Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

C. Mathews Samson is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Davidson College in North Carolina, and an ordained Presbyterian clergyman.

Product details

• Authors: C Mathews Samson, C. Mathews Samson
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2007
• EAN: 9780817354275
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5427-5
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies; Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore