Maya and Catholic Cultures in Crisis
Maya and Catholic Cultures in Crisis
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Abstract
The book describes the interaction in Maya communities between Maya and Catholic theological worldviews from the middle to the end of the twentieth century. Both worldviews were experiencing periods of crisis. The Maya crisis was rooted in loss of land and extreme poverty. This brought their theology into question since the covenant with their gods was supposed to protect their communities. The Catholic Church, following the Liberal suppression, had returned to Maya communities. It attempted to evangelize them according to the Catholic worldview formulated by the sixteenth-century Council of Trent. This did little to alleviate the Maya crisis. This shortcoming was systemic within Catholicism resulting in a crisis due to the inability of Tridentine theology to give meaning to people's lives in the twentieth century. A progressive sector of Catholicism attempted to confront the crisis by the Action Catholic movement with its foundation in biblical theology. In numerous Maya communities, groups studied biblical liberation and implemented it in programs of empowerment and social justice. But due to continuing structures of injustice, urban ladino Marxists infiltrated some Action Catholic communities resulting in armed rebellions. Assisting Maya liberation resulted in conversion experiences for some Catholic priests that led them to challenge the existing order of the Catholic Church and national governments. The study of the biblical liberation also led to the need for liberation from western theological categories by the development of a Maya Christian theology based on the Maya wisdom of ancestors manifested in the many myths of the Maya tradition.
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Front Matter
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I Introduction
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II The Background of the Crisis in Maya Communities at Mid-Twentieth Century
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The Traditional Maya Worldview as Influenced by Later Evangelization
John D. Early
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Retention of Maya Culture through Periods of Domination
John D. Early
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Growing Inability of Maya Communities to Provide Subsistence
John D. Early
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Long-Standing Strains within Maya Communities
John D. Early
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The Maya Crisis and the Search for Answers
John D. Early
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The Traditional Maya Worldview as Influenced by Later Evangelization
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III Renewed Efforts of the Catholic Church in Maya Communities
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IV Crisis within the Catholic Worldview
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V Liberation Consciousness Assisted by Biblical Reflection
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VI The Worldviews of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
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Guatemala: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of Marxist Insurgency
John D. Early
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Guatemala: The Maya in the Military's Worldview of Counterinsurgency
John D. Early
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Militarization in Guatemala
John D. Early
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Chiapas: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of the Zapatista Insurgency
John D. Early
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Militarization in Chiapas
John D. Early
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Guatemala: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of Marxist Insurgency
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VII The Impact of the Maya Crisis on the Worldviews of Pastoral Workers
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VIII The Search for a Revitalized Maya Worldview
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IX Conclusion
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End Matter
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