The Sun God and the Savior : The Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Converting the Indians in Sixteenth-Century Central Mexico to Christianity -- 2: From Spiritual Conquest to Parish Administration in Colonial Central Mexico -- 3: A Trilingual, Traditionalist IndigenousArea in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 4: Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 5: Local Religious Crises in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 6: The Tutotepec Otomí Rebellion, 1766-1769 -- 7: Contemporary Traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 8: Sacred Drums, Teponaztli, and Idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 9: Traditional Indigenous Festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 10: Elements and Accessories of Traditional Native Ceremonies -- 11: Christian Festivities in the Villages of the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 12: Dances That Originated in the Pre-Hispanic Period -- 13: Dances That Originated during the Colonial Period -- 14: Holders of Indigenous Wisdom -- 15: Relics of the Mesoamerican Calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 16: Beliefs about the Formation and the End of the World -- 17: Cosmology: The World in the Eyes of the Indians of the Sierra de Puebla -- 18: The Souls of Beings and Things -- 19: Supernatural Beings in the Beliefs and Religious Practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- 20: The Non-Syncretic Religion of the Last Nahuas of Central Mexico -- 21: Religious Syncretism among Today's Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Bibliography -- Index.

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