Crosscurrents in Indigenous Spirituality

Interface of Maya, Catholic and Protestant Worldviews
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10622-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 331 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Studies in Christian Mission

The resurgence of indigenous cultures and the reappearance of their ancient spiritualities, during the 1990s, is of great interest to social scientists. Several such cultures are featured in this book.
The indigenous populations of struggling multi-ethnic "democracies" in Latin America are demanding to be integrated into the national mainstream, together with their holistic values of family, economics and ecology. Institutional Christianity is being challenged by indigenous theologies that are critical of both traditional Christianity and liberation theology. While some see here a danger of syncretism, these developments can be experienced as a breath of fresh air.
"Much has been said about the Mayas, but they have not been allowed to speak for themselves" (anthropologist Rafael Girardi, 1962). This book is an attempt to allow religious spokespersons from a very ancient and creative civilization to share their faith, which has remained hidden for five centuries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Edward

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cabrera, Edgar

Cleary, Edward

Colop, Moises

Cook, Guillermo

Cruz-Cutimanco, Goyo de la

Espeja, Jesús

García-Ruiz, Jesús

Goldin, Liliana

Ku Canche, Facundo

López Hernández, Eleazar

Nayap-Pot, Dalila

Ortega, Ofelia

Otzoy, Antonio

Cal, Pop

Richard, Pablo

Similox, Vitalino

Tuyuc, Rosalina

Wilson, Richard

Iq', Wuqub'

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen

Über Autor(innen)

Guillermo Cook, Ph.D. (1982) in Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA) is WCC Consultant to the 1966 Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (Salvador, Brazil). He has published extensively on religious movements in Latin America, including The Expectation of the Poor: Catholic Base Ecclesial Communities in Protestant Perspective, (Orbis, 1987) and New Face of the Church in Latin America: Between Tradition and Change, (Orbis, 1994).