Nahua and Maya Catholicisms : texts and religion in colonial central Mexico and Yucatan / [electronic resource]
Christensen, Mark Z.
Christensen examines ecclesiastical texts written in Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya to illustrate their role in conveying and reflecting various Catholic messages - and thus Catholicisms - throughout colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan. He demonstrates how published and unpublished sermons, confessional manuals, catechisms, and other religious texts betray 'official' and 'unofficial' versions of Catholicism, and how these versions changed throughout the colonial period according to indigenous culture, local situations, and broader early modern events.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-307) and index.
Introduction: different texts, different versions -- Spelling out salvation -- The pen is mightier than the sword -- Getting down to the basics: commandments and prayers -- "One God, one faith, one baptism" -- The various confessions of Mesoamerica -- Adam's world tree and Paul's idol -- Voices from the dust -- Saintly devotion -- Conclusion: Nahua and Maya Catholicisms -- Appendixes: A. Employed Nahuatl and Maya ecclesiastical texts and corpora (1546-1855) -- B. Nahuatl translations of the creed -- C. Maya translations of the creed -- D. Cacalchen preambles (1646-1654) -- E. Maya testament from Ixil (1748).
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Christensen examines ecclesiastical texts written in Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya to illustrate their role in conveying and reflecting various Catholic messages - and thus Catholicisms - throughout colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan. He demonstrates how published and unpublished sermons, confessional manuals, catechisms, and other religious texts betray 'official' and 'unofficial' versions of Catholicism, and how these versions changed throughout the colonial period according to indigenous culture, local situations, and broader early modern events.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 21, 2013).
Aztecs
Mayas
Indian Catholics
Christianity and culture
Christianity and other religions
Religious literature, Spanish
Religious literature, Spanish
Christianity and other religions
Aztecs
Mayas
Indian Catholics
Christianity and culture
Christianity and other religions
Religious literature, Spanish
Religious literature, Spanish