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Description: The Theologia Indorum by Dominican friar Domingo de Vico was the first Christian theology written in the Americas. Made available in English translation for the first time Americas First Theologies presents a selection of exemplary sections from the Theologia Indorum that illustrate Friar Vico's doctrine of god cosmogony moral anthropology understanding of natural law and biblical history and constructive engagement with pre - Hispanic Maya religion. Rather than merely condemn the Maya religion Vico appropriated local terms and images from Maya mythology and rituals that he thought could convey Christianity. His attempt at translating if not reconfiguring Christianity for a Maya readership required his mastery of not only numerous Mayan languages but also the highly poetic ceremonial rhetoric of many indigenous Mesoamerican peoples. This book also includes translations of two other pastoral texts and parts of a songbook and a catechism. These texts written in Highland Mayan languages by fellow Dominicans demonstrate the wider influence of Vico's ethnographic approach shared by a particular school of Dominicans. Altogether The Americas First Theologies provides a rich documentary case example of the translation reception and reaction to Christian thought in the indigenous Americas.
Title: The Americas First Theologies Early Sources Of Post - Contact Indigenous Religion
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190678302
Pages: 344 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2017
Series: AAR Religion in Translation
Category: Alternative Belief Systems
Description: The Theologia Indorum by Dominican friar Domingo de Vico was the first Christian theology written in the Americas. Made available in English translation for the first time Americas First Theologies presents a selection of exemplary sections from the Theologia Indorum that illustrate Friar Vico's doctrine of god cosmogony moral anthropology understanding of natural law and biblical history and constructive engagement with pre - Hispanic Maya religion. Rather than merely condemn the Maya religion Vico appropriated local terms and images from Maya mythology and rituals that he thought could convey Christianity. His attempt at translating if not reconfiguring Christianity for a Maya readership required his mastery of not only numerous Mayan languages but also the highly poetic ceremonial rhetoric of many indigenous Mesoamerican peoples. This book also includes translations of two other pastoral texts and parts of a songbook and a catechism. These texts written in Highland Mayan languages by fellow Dominicans demonstrate the wider influence of Vico's ethnographic approach shared by a particular school of Dominicans. Altogether The Americas First Theologies provides a rich documentary case example of the translation reception and reaction to Christian thought in the indigenous Americas.
Title: The Americas First Theologies Early Sources Of Post - Contact Indigenous Religion
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190678302
Pages: 344 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2017
Series: AAR Religion in Translation
Category: Alternative Belief Systems
