The Sun God and the Savior: The Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico

by Guy Stresser-Péan

The first English translation of Guy Stresser-P an's tour-de-force presents two decades of fieldwork in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, where native pre-Hispanic pagan beliefs blended with traditional Catholic evangelization from the sixteenth century and the more recent intrusion of modernism.

The Indians of the Sierra Norte de Puebla are deeply devoted to Christianity, but their devotion is seamlessly combined with pagan customs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607321378
• ISBN13: 9781607321378
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.7" x 8.7"