The Maya and Catholicism
Early, John D.
The Maya and Catholicism an encounter of worldviews / [electronic resource] : John D. Early. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2006. - 1 online resource (xvi, 311 p.) : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and indexes.
The research -- The saints, their homes, and their servants -- Mayan festivals for the saints -- Mayan insistence on the mass performed by a Catholic priest -- Traditional Mayan worldview -- The worldview of the Spanish crown at the beginning of the sixteenth century -- Spanish victories and their impact on the Mayan worldview -- The goals of evangelization -- The strategy for communicating the doctrina -- Problems facing the friars -- The secular clergy -- The necessity of the saints in the Mayan worldview -- The necessity of the mass, baptism, and the Catholic priest in the Mayan worldview -- The fiscal -- The mass of the talking saints -- Questions raised by the research.
9780813040028 (electronic bk.) 0813040027 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--Missions--History.--Latin America
Église catholique--Missions--Histoire.--Amérique latine
Mayas--Religion.
Mayas--Rites and ceremonies.
Maya cosmology.
Indian Catholics--History.--Latin America
Christianity and culture--Latin America.
Christianity and other religions--Latin America.
Mayas--Religion.
Mayas--Rites et cérémonies.
Cosmologie maya.
Catholiques indiens d'Amérique--Histoire.--Amérique latine
Christianisme et civilisation--Amérique latine.
Christianisme--Relations--Amérique latine.
Rooms-katholicisme.
Maya's.
Syncretisme.
Riten.
Mayas--Religión y mitología.
Cristianismo y otras religiones.
Evangelización--América latina--Historia.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Latijns-Amerika.
Electronic books.
F1435.3.R3 / E37 2006eb
261.2/97842
The Maya and Catholicism an encounter of worldviews / [electronic resource] : John D. Early. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2006. - 1 online resource (xvi, 311 p.) : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and indexes.
The research -- The saints, their homes, and their servants -- Mayan festivals for the saints -- Mayan insistence on the mass performed by a Catholic priest -- Traditional Mayan worldview -- The worldview of the Spanish crown at the beginning of the sixteenth century -- Spanish victories and their impact on the Mayan worldview -- The goals of evangelization -- The strategy for communicating the doctrina -- Problems facing the friars -- The secular clergy -- The necessity of the saints in the Mayan worldview -- The necessity of the mass, baptism, and the Catholic priest in the Mayan worldview -- The fiscal -- The mass of the talking saints -- Questions raised by the research.
9780813040028 (electronic bk.) 0813040027 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--Missions--History.--Latin America
Église catholique--Missions--Histoire.--Amérique latine
Mayas--Religion.
Mayas--Rites and ceremonies.
Maya cosmology.
Indian Catholics--History.--Latin America
Christianity and culture--Latin America.
Christianity and other religions--Latin America.
Mayas--Religion.
Mayas--Rites et cérémonies.
Cosmologie maya.
Catholiques indiens d'Amérique--Histoire.--Amérique latine
Christianisme et civilisation--Amérique latine.
Christianisme--Relations--Amérique latine.
Rooms-katholicisme.
Maya's.
Syncretisme.
Riten.
Mayas--Religión y mitología.
Cristianismo y otras religiones.
Evangelización--América latina--Historia.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Latijns-Amerika.
Electronic books.
F1435.3.R3 / E37 2006eb
261.2/97842
