Rewriting Maya Religion
Subtitle: Domingo de Vico, K'iche' Maya Intellectuals, and the Theologia Indorum
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781607329695
Subjects: Catholic church, doctrines; Quiche literature; Theology, doctrinal; Indians of mexico, religion
Description: "Reconstructs the original Christian theology written in the Americas: the 1,400-page Theologia Indorum (Theology for the Indians) written in K'iche' Maya by Friar Domingo de Vico in 1554. Tracing how the Dominican missionaries resourced native religious ideas, myths, and rhetoric, reexamines the role and value of indigenous authority"--Provided by publisher.