Spiritual encounters : interactions between Christianity and native religions in colonial America /
Encounters between religions and the resulting questions pertaining to belief and faith are among the most intriguing subjects with which scholars grapple. How do people adjust, accommodate, resist, reinterpret and harmonize different systems of belief? Do religious conversions often mask more world...
| Други автори: | Griffiths, Nicholas, 1962-, Cervantes, Fernando, 1958- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Birmingham :
University of Birmingham Press,
℗♭1999.
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Spiritual encounters. |
| Резюме: |
Encounters between religions and the resulting questions pertaining to belief and faith are among the most intriguing subjects with which scholars grapple. How do people adjust, accommodate, resist, reinterpret and harmonize different systems of belief? Do religious conversions often mask more worldly concerns such as political power, economic well being, and the ability to control one''s destiny? Specifically adopting a cross-hemispheric approach, this volume draws on experiences of religious change principally in hispanophone America, but also in anglophone and francophone America, i. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 304 pages, 1 facsimile) |
| ISBN: |
9780567250629 0567250628 |