Gods of the Andes: An Early Jesuit Account of Inca Religion and Andean Christianity

by Sabine Hyland

Gods of the Andes provides the first English translation of the earliest lengthy description of Inca religion, An Account of the Ancient Customs of the Natives of Peru (1594). The Account is part of a Jesuit tradition of ecumenical works on religion that encompasses the more famous writings of Matteo Ricci in China and Roberto de Nobili in India. It includes original descriptions of many different aspects of Inca religion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271048808
• ISBN13: 9780271048802
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"