Religion in the Andes

Religion in the Andes
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9781400843695
ISBN-13 : 1400843693
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Book Synopsis Religion in the Andes by : Sabine MacCormack

Download or read book Religion in the Andes written by Sabine MacCormack and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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