Translated Christianities: Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts

by Mark Z. Christensen

Beginning in the sixteenth century, ecclesiastics and others created religious texts written in the native languages of the Nahua and Yucatec Maya. These texts played an important role in the evangelization of central Mexico and Yucatan. Translated Christianities is the first book to provide readers with English translations of a variety of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts. It pulls Nahuatl and Maya sermons, catechisms, and confessional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271063610
• ISBN13: 9780271063614
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.7"