{"product_id":"the-sun-god-and-the-guy-stresser-pzsan-9781607321378","title":"The Sun God and the Savior: The Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e The first English translation of \u003cb\u003eGuy Stresser-Péan's\u003c\/b\u003e tour-de-force presents two decades of fieldwork in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, where native pre-Hispanic pagan beliefs blended with traditional Catholic evangelization from the sixteenth century and the more recent intrusion of modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Indians of the Sierra Norte de Puebla are deeply devoted to Christianity, but their devotion is seamlessly combined with pagan customs, resulting in a hybrid belief system that is not wholly indigenous, yet not wholly Christian. The syncretism practiced here has led the Totonac and Nahua people to identify Christ with the Sun God, a belief expressed symbolically in ritual practices such as the Dance of the Voladores. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning the four centuries from the earliest systematic campaign against Nahua ritual practices - Zumárraga's idolatry trials of 1536-1540 - to the twentieth century, Stresser-Péan contextualizes Nahua and Totonac ritual practices as a series of responses to Christian evangelization and the social reproduction of traditional ritual practices. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun God and the Savior\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work on the ethnographic and historical knowledge of the peoples of the Sierra Norte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Stresser-Péan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607321378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607321378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.40d","brand":"Guy Stresser-Péan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439823237375,"sku":"9781607321378","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71e702b3-4a6a-4bf3-a11a-99cc099a62ec.jpg?v=1777179439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sun-god-and-the-guy-stresser-pzsan-9781607321378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}