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Author Samson, C. Mathews, 1960-

Title Re-enchanting the world : Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / C. Mathews Samson.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Contemporary American Indian studies
Contemporary American Indian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index.
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.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details 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
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Mam Indians -- Religion.
Mam Indians -- Religion.
Mam Indians.
Mam Indians -- Social conditions.
Mam Indians -- Social conditions.
Cakchikel Indians -- Religion.
Cakchikel Indians -- Religion.
Cakchikel Indians.
Cakchikel Indians -- Social conditions.
Cakchikel Indians -- Social conditions.
Indian Presbyterians -- Guatemala.
Indian Presbyterians.
Guatemala.
Presbyterian Church -- Guatemala.
Presbyterian Church.
Guatemala -- Religious life and customs.
Guatemala -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Samson, C. Mathews., 1960- Re-enchanting the world. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315665 0817315667 (DLC) 2006037513 (OCoLC)76794720
ISBN 9780817381042 (electronic book)
081738104X (electronic book)
9780817315665 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817315667
9780817354275 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0817354271