Re-Enchanting the World: Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands

by C. Mathews Samson

Christian evangelicals among native people in Latin America. What does it mean to be both Maya and Protestant in Guatemala? Burgeoning religious pluralism in Mesoamerica and throughout Latin America is evident as Protestantism permeates a region that had been overwhelmingly Catholic for nearly five centuries. In considering the interplay between contemporary Protestant practice and native cultural traditions among Maya evangelicals, Samson documents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817354271
• ISBN13: 9780817354275
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"