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Tag Archives: language of Christianisation
Mission studies, mission history, and the language of religious conversion
For those of us researching mission history, as much of my own research could appropriately be characterised, there are recurring questions about how to approach the issues raised. Coming as I do from a liberal Enlightenment university tradition, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, Critical Religion, culture change, language of Christianisation, liberal education, mission, mission history, power, university
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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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