Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys
the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world. Explores how …

Pastoral Quechua explores the story of how the Spanish priests and missionaries of the
Catholic church in post-conquest Peru systematically attempted to “incarnate” Christianity in …

After the conquest of Mexico, colonial authorities attempted to enforce Christian beliefs
among indigenous peoples—a project they envisioned as spiritual warfare. The Invisible …

In Tongues of Fire, Nancy Farriss investigates the role of language and translation in the
creation of Mexican Christianity during the first centuries of colonial rule. Spanish …

Cartari, Vincenzo. 1556. Le imagini, con la spositione de i dei de gli antichi: Raccolte per
Vincenzo Cartari. Venice: Francesco Marcolini.———. 1571. Le imagini de i dei de gli …

In 1570, the Franciscan friar Jerónimo de Mendieta bestowed a rare gift on Juan de Ovando,
then president of the Council of Indies. Mendieta placed in Ovando's hands a small …

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 …

This field guide to oral history in Latin America addresses methodological, ethical, and
interpretive issues arising from the region's unique milieu. With careful consideration of the …

This article surveys scholarship on the evangelization of the natives of New Spain that
challenge the myths and assumptions behind a “spiritual conquest.” Aided by native …

The textual sources of indigenous Christianities in Guatemala embody a complex
articulation of native thought, European language ideologies, and the diachronic …