Nancy Farriss
Nancy Farriss has dedicated a half century to studying the history of the church in Mexico and the history and religion of the indigenous populations of Yucatan and Oaxaca. She is currently retired from teaching colonial Latin American History and Ethnohistory at the University of Pennsylvania and divides her residence between Philadelphia and Oaxaca. Contents Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Abbreviations Introduct ion Part One. Language Contact and Language Policy Chapter One. Signs and...See more
Nancy Farriss has dedicated a half century to studying the history of the church in Mexico and the history and religion of the indigenous populations of Yucatan and Oaxaca. She is currently retired from teaching colonial Latin American History and Ethnohistory at the University of Pennsylvania and divides her residence between Philadelphia and Oaxaca. Contents Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Abbreviations Introduct ion Part One. Language Contact and Language Policy Chapter One. Signs and Gestures Chapter Two. Interpreters Chapter Three. Confusion of Tongues Part Two. Evangelization in the Vernacular Chapter Four. Language Barriers under Siege Chapter Five. Speaking the Word of God Part Three. The Means and the Message Chapter Six. Catechists and Catechism Chapter Seven. The Word of God Part Four. Lost and Found in Translation Chapter Eight. The Problem of Meaning Chapter Nine. Adoptions and Adaptations Chapter Ten. The Art of Persuasion Conclusion. Doctrinal Legacies Chapter Eleven. Continuity and Convergence Notes Bibliography See less
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