Spirit, Symbols, and Change among the Aymara (eBook)

A Blind Shaman’s Guide to a Maryknoll Missionary in Peru

Inocente Salazar (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
130 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-7252-9382-3 (ISBN)

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Spirit, Symbols, and Change is more than a "how to" manual--it is a celebration of how to relate to people with a vastly different culture, language, and set of values. It is an adventure that takes the reader into an Andean world very different from our own. As a missionary among the Aymara of Peru, Salazar initially tried to convince them to become strongly committed Catholics. However, the Aymara did not show much promise of accepting his mission, nor had they changed their way of life for the last five hundred years. As the author tried to get beyond this impasse, he became friends with Marcelino, a blind shaman, and through him entered a totally unfamiliar world--the mind and the spiritual history of the Aymara. From these insights, the author developed an understanding of their values and assisted them in making the needed changes that broke their isolation and exclusion from mainstream society in Peru.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2021
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Christianity • Christian life and practice • christian living • Christian ministry • enculturation • Healing • Inocente Salazar • Liberation Theology • missions • Pastoral Care • Pastoral Resources • Religious mission and conversion • Religious social and pastoral thought and activity • social change • social issues • Spirit, Symbols, and Change among the Aymara
• ISBN-10: 1-7252-9382-X / 172529382X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7252-9382-3 / 9781725293823