Religion in the Andes

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This is a detailed and careful study of Inca and Andean religion from 1532 (the Spanish invasion) to about 1660 (when Inca religion had merged into ancestral Andean religion, but before Andean religion underwent massive change). It relies largely on Spanish accounts of native religion--a necessary limitation that MacCormack explicitly discusses. This permits focus on the religious experience of those invaded as perceived by and affected by the invaders. This book is an especially appropriate acquisition for academic and large public libraries in light of the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Review
This volume provides a salutary reminder that the "New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe.


Book Description
Addressing problems of objectivity and authenticity, Sabine MacCormack reconstructs how Andean religion was understood by the Spanish in light of seventeenth-century European theological and philosophical movements, and by Andean writers trying to find in it antecedents to their new Christian faith.


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This is a detailed and careful study of Inca and Andean religion from 1532 (the Spanish invasion) to about 1660 (when Inca religion had merged into ancestral Andean religion, but before Andean religion underwent massive change). It relies largely on Spanish accounts of native religion--a necessary limitation that MacCormack explicitly discusses. This permits focus on the religious experience of those invaded as perceived by and affected by the invaders. This book is an especially appropriate acquisition for academic and large public libraries in light of the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage.


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