Divided by faith and ethnicity : religious pluralism and the problem of race in Guatemala : Andrea Althoff.
Althoff, Andrea,
Divided by faith and ethnicity : religious pluralism and the problem of race in Guatemala : Andrea Althoff. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 412 pages) - Religion and society ; volume 62 . - Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 62. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I; Religious Pluralism and Ethnicity in Guatemala: An Introduction; The Religious Players; Part I: Catholicism; Part II: The Maya Movement; Part III: Enthusiastic Christianity: Protestant and Catholic Pentecostalism; Ethnicity and Pentecostal Christianity; The Guatemalan Social Structure: Ethnicity and Ethnic Identities in Guatemala; Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Existing Theories; Globalization Theories; Religion as a Supermarket? Rational-Choice and Microeconomic Theories; Methodology and Methods of this Study; Book Structure and Overview. Part IICatholicism, Religious Pluralism, and the Ethnic Divide; Introduction to Catholicism and Ethnicity; The Catholic Bureaucracy: Structure and Features of Guatemalan Catholicism; Catholicism in Guatemala: Looking Back at the History of Religious Pluralism and the Ethnic Divide (1524-1944); The Conquest and Colonialism (1524-1824); The Post-Independence Period: The Fall of Catholicism and the Rise of Protestantism; Mayan Catholicism: The Cofradías; The Decline of the Cofradías; Revival of the Cofradías? The Formation of an Indigenous Activism and the Role of Catholic Networks and Ideologies: From the 1950s to the 1970sCatholicism and the Political Environment of the 1950s and 1960s; Catholicism, Catholic Action and the Mayas; Cultural and Educational Initiatives; Political Initiatives; Agricultural Initiatives: Cooperatives, Ligas Campesinas, and the Comité de Unidad Campesina (CUC); Catholicism, Indigenous Activism, and the Insurgency: 1978 Onward; Ideological Factors and Mayan Exclusion; Catholic Networks and the Armed Confrontation; The Catholic Church in the mid-1980s and 1990s. The Popular Front, the Human Rights Agenda of the Catholic Church, and the Emergence of the Maya MovementThe Catholic Church and the Ethnic Agenda; Theory and Practice; The Popol Vuh: Myth and Revitalization of the Indigenous Culture within the Catholic Church; Mayan Culture and Spirituality and the Training of Catechists Today; The Pastoral Indígena; The Pastoral Indígena in San Marcos; The Maya Movement and the Pastoral Indígena; Diversification of Catholicism: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Guatemala; The Historic Roots of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. The Guatemalan Catholic Charismatic RenewalThe Contemporary Presence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Guatemala; The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Religious Pluralism; The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Mayan Culture; Theological Profile and Religious Empowerment; Healing, Exorcism, and Popular Religion; The Guatemalan Church Hierarchy and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal; The Charismatic Renewal in Concepción Tutuapa; History and Religious Characteristics of the Municipality and the Parish; The Situation in the Parish Today.
In a unique approach, this book analyzes the spread of Pentecostal Christianity and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. It explores the roles ethnicity and ethnic identities play in contemporary processes of religious pluralism. It is particularly relevant to those interested in the growth of the Protestant Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the indigenous Maya movement in Guatemala.
9781614515081 (electronic bk.) 1614515085 (electronic bk.)
Race relations--Religious aspects.
Race relations.
Relations raciales--Aspect religieux.
Relations raciales.
RELIGION--Christian Life--General.
Race relations.
Race relations--Religious aspects.
Religiöser Pluralismus
Rassismus
Guatemala--Race relations.
Guatemala.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN143.5 / .A48 2014
305.8/0097281
Divided by faith and ethnicity : religious pluralism and the problem of race in Guatemala : Andrea Althoff. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 412 pages) - Religion and society ; volume 62 . - Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 62. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I; Religious Pluralism and Ethnicity in Guatemala: An Introduction; The Religious Players; Part I: Catholicism; Part II: The Maya Movement; Part III: Enthusiastic Christianity: Protestant and Catholic Pentecostalism; Ethnicity and Pentecostal Christianity; The Guatemalan Social Structure: Ethnicity and Ethnic Identities in Guatemala; Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Existing Theories; Globalization Theories; Religion as a Supermarket? Rational-Choice and Microeconomic Theories; Methodology and Methods of this Study; Book Structure and Overview. Part IICatholicism, Religious Pluralism, and the Ethnic Divide; Introduction to Catholicism and Ethnicity; The Catholic Bureaucracy: Structure and Features of Guatemalan Catholicism; Catholicism in Guatemala: Looking Back at the History of Religious Pluralism and the Ethnic Divide (1524-1944); The Conquest and Colonialism (1524-1824); The Post-Independence Period: The Fall of Catholicism and the Rise of Protestantism; Mayan Catholicism: The Cofradías; The Decline of the Cofradías; Revival of the Cofradías? The Formation of an Indigenous Activism and the Role of Catholic Networks and Ideologies: From the 1950s to the 1970sCatholicism and the Political Environment of the 1950s and 1960s; Catholicism, Catholic Action and the Mayas; Cultural and Educational Initiatives; Political Initiatives; Agricultural Initiatives: Cooperatives, Ligas Campesinas, and the Comité de Unidad Campesina (CUC); Catholicism, Indigenous Activism, and the Insurgency: 1978 Onward; Ideological Factors and Mayan Exclusion; Catholic Networks and the Armed Confrontation; The Catholic Church in the mid-1980s and 1990s. The Popular Front, the Human Rights Agenda of the Catholic Church, and the Emergence of the Maya MovementThe Catholic Church and the Ethnic Agenda; Theory and Practice; The Popol Vuh: Myth and Revitalization of the Indigenous Culture within the Catholic Church; Mayan Culture and Spirituality and the Training of Catechists Today; The Pastoral Indígena; The Pastoral Indígena in San Marcos; The Maya Movement and the Pastoral Indígena; Diversification of Catholicism: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Guatemala; The Historic Roots of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. The Guatemalan Catholic Charismatic RenewalThe Contemporary Presence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Guatemala; The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Religious Pluralism; The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Mayan Culture; Theological Profile and Religious Empowerment; Healing, Exorcism, and Popular Religion; The Guatemalan Church Hierarchy and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal; The Charismatic Renewal in Concepción Tutuapa; History and Religious Characteristics of the Municipality and the Parish; The Situation in the Parish Today.
In a unique approach, this book analyzes the spread of Pentecostal Christianity and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. It explores the roles ethnicity and ethnic identities play in contemporary processes of religious pluralism. It is particularly relevant to those interested in the growth of the Protestant Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the indigenous Maya movement in Guatemala.
9781614515081 (electronic bk.) 1614515085 (electronic bk.)
Race relations--Religious aspects.
Race relations.
Relations raciales--Aspect religieux.
Relations raciales.
RELIGION--Christian Life--General.
Race relations.
Race relations--Religious aspects.
Religiöser Pluralismus
Rassismus
Guatemala--Race relations.
Guatemala.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN143.5 / .A48 2014
305.8/0097281