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NATIVE CHRISTIANS
MODES AND EFFECTS OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS |
By: |
Aparecida Vilaca, Robin M. Wright (Editor), Robin M. Wright |
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Hardback |

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ISBN 10: |
0754663558 |
ISBN 13: |
9780754663553 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
18 February, 2009 |
Series: |
Vitality of Indigenous Religions Series |
Pages: |
266 |
Description: |
Reflects on the modes and effects of Christianity among indigenous peoples of the Americas drawing on comparative analysis of ethnographic and historical cases. Christianity in this region has been part of the process of conquest and domination, through the association usually made between civilizing and converting. |
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Native Christians reflects on the modes and effects of Christianity among indigenous peoples of the Americas drawing on comparative analysis of ethnographic and historical cases. Christianity in this region has been part of the process of conquest and domination, through the association usually made between civilizing and converting. While Catholic missions have emphasized the 'civilizing' process, teaching the Indians the skills which they were expected to exercise within the context of a new societal model, the Protestants have centered their work on promoting a deep internal change, or 'conversion', based on the recognition of God's existence. Various ethnologists and scholars of indigenous societies have focused their interest on understanding the nature of the transformations produced by the adoption of Christianity. The contributors in this volume take native thought as the starting point, looking at the need to relativize these transformations.Each author examines different ethnographic cases throughout the Americas, both historical and contemporary, enabling the reader to understand the indigenous points of view in the processes of adoption and transformation of new practices, objects, ideas and values. |
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Includes 7 b&w illustrations and 2 maps |
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UK |
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Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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