Rewriting Maya Religion

Domingo de Vico, K'iche' Maya Intellectuals, and the Theologia Indorum

By Garry G. Sparks

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Publish Date

2020

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Language

eng

Pages

444

Description:

"Reconstructs the original Christian theology written in the Americas: the 1,400-page Theologia Indorum (Theology for the Indians) written in K'iche' Maya by Friar Domingo de Vico in 1554. Tracing how the Dominican missionaries resourced native religious ideas, myths, and rhetoric, reexamines the role and value of indigenous authority"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Catholic church, doctrines, Quiche literature, Theology, doctrinal, Indians of mexico, religion, Doctrines, Quiché language, Texts, Doctrinal Theology, Indians of Mexico, Religion, Catholic Church