""MacKenzie examines tension and conflict over ethnic and religious identity in the K'iche' Maya community of San Andres Xecul in the Guatemalan highlands, and considers how religious and ethnic attachments are sustained and transformed through the transnational experiences of locals who have migrated to the United States"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction: Community and modernity -- 1. History, economics, and migration -- 2. Costumbre -- 3. Enthusiastic Christianity -- 4. Inculturation -- 5. Maya spirituality -- 6. Migration, religion, and ethnicity -- Conclusion.
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