Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 358 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0231130694
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0231130686
Inhalt:
Nearly five centuries after the first wave of Catholic missionaries arrived in the New World to spread their Christian message, contemporary religious workers in the Bolivian highlands have begun to encourage Aymara Indians to return to traditional ritual practices. All but eradicated after hundreds of years of missionization, the "old ways" are now viewed as local cultural expressions of Christian values. In order to become more Christian, the Aymara must now become more Indian. This groundbreaking study of the contemporary encounter between Catholic missionaries and Aymara Indians is the fir
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-346) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Catechizing Culture : Missionaries, Aymara and the New Evangelization
Sprache:
Englisch
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