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Aztec And Maya Apocalypses
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Author : Mark Z. Christensen
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2022-07-14
Aztec And Maya Apocalypses written by Mark Z. Christensen and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-14 with History categories.
The Second Coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the Final Judgment: the Apocalypse is central to Christianity and has evolved throughout Christianity’s long history. Thus, when ecclesiastics brought the Apocalypse to Indigenous audiences in the Americas, both groups adapted it further, reflecting new political and social circumstances. The religious texts in Aztec and Maya Apocalypses, many translated for the first time, provide an intriguing picture of this process—revealing the influence of European, Aztec, and Maya worldviews on portrayals of Doomsday by Spanish priests and Indigenous authors alike. The Apocalypse and Christian eschatology played an important role in the conversion of the Indigenous population and often appeared in the texts and sermons composed for their consumption. Through these writings from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century—priests’ “official” texts and Indigenous authors’ rendering of them—Mark Z. Christensen traces Maya and Nahua influences, both stylistic and substantive, while documenting how extensively Old World content and meaning were absorbed into Indigenous texts. Visions of world endings and beginnings were not new to the Indigenous cultures of America. Christensen shows how and why certain formulations, such as the Fifteen Signs of Doomsday, found receptive audiences among the Maya and the Aztec, with religious ramifications extending to the present day. These translated texts provide the opportunity to see firsthand the negotiations that ecclesiastics and Indigenous people engaged in when composing their eschatological treatises. With their insights into how various ecclesiastics, Nahuas, and Mayas preached, and even understood, Catholicism, they offer a uniquely detailed, deeply informed perspective on the process of forming colonial religion.
The Maya Apocalypse And Its Western Roots
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Author : Matthew Restall
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-08-26
The Maya Apocalypse And Its Western Roots written by Matthew Restall and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with History categories.
This fascinating history explores the cultural roots of our civilization’s obsession with the end of the world. Busting the myth of the ancient Maya prediction that time would end in 2012, Matthew Restall and Amara Solari build on their previous book, 2012 and the End of the World, to use the Maya case to connect such seemingly disparate historical events as medieval European millenarianism, Moctezuma’s welcome to Cortés, Franciscan missionizing in Mexico, prophetic traditions in Yucatan, and the growing belief today in conspiracies and apocalypses. In demystifying the 2012 phenomenon, the authors draw on their decades of scholarship to provide an accessible and engaging explanation of what Mayas and Aztecs really believed, how Judeo-Christian apocalypticism became part of the Indigenous Mesoamerican and modern American worlds, and why millions continue to anticipate an imminent Doomsday.
2012 And The End Of The World
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Author : Matthew Restall
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-01-16
2012 And The End Of The World written by Matthew Restall and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-16 with History categories.
Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon. They begin by briefly examining the evidence for the prediction of the world's end in ancient Maya texts and images, analyzing precisely what Maya priests did and did not prophesize. The authors then convincingly show how 2012 millenarianism has roots far in time and place from Maya cultural traditions, but in those of medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Revelatory any myth-busting, while remaining firmly grounded in historical fact, this fascinating book will be essential reading as the countdown to December 21, 2012, begins.
Beyond The End Of The World 2012 And Apocalypse
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Author : Will Black
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-10
Beyond The End Of The World 2012 And Apocalypse written by Will Black and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with End of the world categories.
This book cuts through rampant misinformation circulating about 2012 to present a coherent understanding of the Mayan calendar and the significance of the date. As an anthropologist and journalist, Will Black has conducted research into 2012 millenarianism for several years. He consequently offers a much broader and clearer picture than other books on the subject. In their haste to jump onto the 2012 bandwagon, most authors seem to have forgotten that the Maya are a real people, often living in as violently precarious circumstances as their ancestors. Will Black demolishes fantasies about crumbling calendar stones before examining the brutal cocaine wars blighting Central America. The hedonistic world of many westerners who have become interested in 2012 is contrasted sharply with the lives of ancient and modern Maya. The extraordinary world of shamans is contrasted with that of New Age seekers. Information about key visionary substances is offered.
2012
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Author : Joseph Gelfer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-11
2012 written by Joseph Gelfer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-11 with Religion categories.
21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity.
Aztec And Maya Myths
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Author : Karl Taube
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Aztec And Maya Myths written by Karl Taube and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Social Science categories.
The myths of the Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition. This is very much a living tradition and many of the motifs and gods mentioned in early sources are still evoked in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Central America.
The Mayan Apocalypse Large Print
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Author : Mark Hitchcock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Mayan Apocalypse Large Print written by Mark Hitchcock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Aztec Maya
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Author : Charles Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Aztec Maya written by Charles Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with America, Central categories.
The Mayan Apocalypse
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Author : Mark Hitchcock
language : en
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Release Date : 2010-09-01
The Mayan Apocalypse written by Mark Hitchcock and has been published by Harvest House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Fiction categories.
On the heels of Mark Hitchcock’s prophecy bestseller 2012, the Bible, and the End of the World comes a suspenseful novel (coauthored with bestselling novelist Alton Gansky) about the supposed expiration date of planet earth—December 21, 2012. Andrew Morgan is a wealthy oil executive in search of the meaning of life. In his quest for answers he encounters the ancient Mayan predictions that the world will end in 2012. That the claims seem supported by math and astronomy drives him to check on them. Then he meets Lisa Campbell, an attractive Christian journalist also researching the Mayan calendar. When he learns that she is a Christian, he quickly dismisses what she has to say. As the time draws closer to December 21, 2012, a meteorite impact in Arizona, a volcanic eruption, and the threat of an asteroid on a collision-course with earth escalate fears. Are these indicators of a global apocalypse? Will anyone survive? Does Lisa’s Christian faith have the answers after all? Or has fate destined everyone to a holocaust from which there is no escape?
Aztec And Maya World
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Author : Charles Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Aztec And Maya World written by Charles Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The secrets of the past are uncovered in this social history of the ancient peoples of Central America and Mexico. The first part of the text explores the landscape of the ancient Mesoamerican world, while the second part reveals the rich and varied architecture and art of the different cultures.