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Tag Archives: Andes
Between the years in the Andes: Celebrating the new beginnings at different times of the year
Each June and August people in the Andean countries, especially Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina, celebrate the arrival of the new native or ancestral year. The fact that this happens in two different months may show a lack of coherence, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Critical Religion, culture, politics, Quechua, religion
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“Saving the Indiansʼ souls” in colonial Peru – Contributions to Religion at the Stirling Workshop on Andean Studies
On the 27th and 28th of May 2011 we held at Stirling University the first research workshop on Andean Studies in the UK, attended by senior and postgraduate colleagues in order to share and discuss their most recent research in … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerindian languages, Andes, colonial era, conversion, Critical Religion, culture, dead/death, language of Christianisation, mission, mission history, power, Quechua, religion, soul, translation
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Pacha Tierra, Pacha Ñusta, Pacha Virgen – World Earth, World Inca Princess, World Virgin: Pachamama as female Trinity in the Andes?
Important questions in my research on Andean religion are how to analyse and interpret cultural diversity and change, and to look into the processes which shape our understanding of these phenomena. In methodological terms this means that we need to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Critical Religion, culture change, hybridity, language of Christianisation, Quechua, religion
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