South and Meso-American Native Spirituality

This book looks at the diverse spiritual traditions that have evolved in South and Central America and the Caribbean, since their first violent encounter with Europeans in the 16th century. Rich, varied writing from international scholars examines the diversity of religious practices and beliefs.

Preface to the Series
Introduction	p. 1
General Bibliography	p. 25
Those Made Worthy by Divine Sacrifice: The Faith of Ancient Mexico	p. 41
The Mayan Faith	p. 65
Andean Religion at the Time of the Conquest	p. 86
Indians and Theologians: Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theologians and Their Concept of the Indigenous Soul	p. 119
Transplanted Spanish Catholicism	p. 140
Aztec Spirituality and Nahuatized Christianity	p. 173
The Cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico	p. 198
The Tzeltal Maya-Christian Synthesis	p. 228
The Christian Era of the Yucatec Maya	p. 251
The Last Time the Inca Came Back: Messianism and Nationalism in the Great Rebellion of 1780-1783	p. 279
Huichol Cosmogony: How the World Was Destroyed by a Flood and Dog-Woman Gave Birth to the Human Race	p. 303
The Faith of the Real People: The Lacandon of the Chiapas Rain Forest	p. 324
The Mapuche of Chile: Their Religious Beliefs and Rituals	p. 352
A Visit to a Bribri Shaman	p. 371
"I Am Black Jaguar!": Magical Spells and Shamanism of the Pemon of Southern Venezuela	p. 393
On the Human Condition and the Moral Order: A Testimony from the Chamula Tzotzil of Chiapas, Mexico	p. 414
Popular Faith in Brazil	p. 436
Santeria or Orisha Religion: An Old Religion in a New World	p. 474
Life of the Heart: A Maya Protestant Spirituality	p. 496
Guerrilleros, Political Saints, and the Theology of Liberation	p. 526
Contributors	p. 549
Photographic Credits	p. 552
Indexes	p. 553
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South and Meso-American Native Spirituality From the Cult of the Feathered Serpent to the Theology of Liberation

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