Catechizing Culture: Missionaries, Aymara, and the "New Evangelization"

by Andrew Orta

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231130686
• ISBN13: 9780231130684
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher