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.
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