Incas - History, Religion - Native American, Peru - History, Missions & Missionary Work - Roman Catholic, Native South American & Caribbean Peoples - General & Miscellaneous, Native South American & Caribbean Peoples - History
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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.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.Editorials
Library Journal
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.The New York Times Book Review
Sabine MacCormack's approach is important because almost all of what we know about Inca and Andean religion comes from Christians who, logically, were writing about things they did not believe.... This is a book that may force historians to reassess their documents from a more skeptical perspective, and a call for anthropologists to think twice before dismissing the historical records of their informants.The Times Higher Education Supplement
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.— Stephen Nugent
The Times Higher Education Supplement -
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 Details
Published
July 1, 1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pages
516
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780691094687