Los Guerreros de Cristo
Subtitle: cofradías, misa solar, y guerra regenerativa en una doctrina Macha (siglos XVIII-XX)
By: Tristan Platt ; traducción de Luis H. Antezana.
Series: Ediciones ASUR ;; 5
Publisher: ASUR; Plural
Published: 1996
Place of publication: La Paz, Bolivia
Language: spa
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Aymara Indians -- Religion.; Corpus Christi Festival -- Bolivia -- Potosí.; Cofradías (Latin America); Potosí (Bolivia) -- Religion.
Description: "Cronicles the interpretation of Christian liturgical text associated with Corpus Christi  from a traditional Andean religious perspective  - particularly of the tinku - over three centuries. Analyzes use of Christian doctrine in fiestas, confraternities, and extraliturgical rites in Macha (Potosí dept.). Provides fascinating example of the value of merging  ethnographic and historical theories and methodologies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-106).
"Publicado con el auspicio del Banco Nacional de Bolivia."