Nahua and Maya Catholicisms : Texts and Religion in Colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan

Mark Christensen

ISBN 10: 0804785287 / ISBN 13: 9780804785280

Published by Stanford University Press Apr 2013, 2013

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Neuware - Nahua and Maya Catholicisms examines ecclesiastical texts written in Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya to illustrate the role of these texts in conveying and reflecting various Catholic messages-and thus Catholicisms-throughout colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan. It demonstrates how published and unpublished sermons, confessional manuals, catechisms, and other religious texts betray 'official' and 'unofficial' versions of Catholicism, and how these versions changed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. The book's study of these texts also allows for a better appreciation of the negotiations that occurred during the evangelization process between native and Spanish cultures, the center and periphery, and between official expectations and everyday realities. And by employing both Nahuatl and Maya religious texts, Nahua and Maya Catholicism allows for a uniquely comparative study that expands beyond Central Mexico to include Yucatan.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nahua and Maya Catholicisms : Texts and Religion in Colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan
• Publisher: Stanford University Press Apr 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804785287
• ISBN 13: 9780804785280
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 156H x 35D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 667 grams

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Synopsis

Nahua and Maya Catholicisms examines ecclesiastical texts written in Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya to illustrate the role of these texts in conveying and reflecting various Catholic messages―and thus Catholicisms―throughout colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan. It demonstrates how published and unpublished sermons, confessional manuals, catechisms, and other religious texts betray "official" and "unofficial" versions of Catholicism, and how these versions changed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. The book's study of these texts also allows for a better appreciation of the negotiations that occurred during the evangelization process between native and Spanish cultures, the center and periphery, and between official expectations and everyday realities. And by employing both Nahuatl and Maya religious texts, Nahua and Maya Catholicism allows for a uniquely comparative study that expands beyond Central Mexico to include Yucatan.

About the Author

Mark Z. Christensen is Assistant Professor of History at Assumption College.