Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. The Research; PART II. THE BACKGROUND OF THE CRISIS IN MAYA COMMUNITIES AT MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY; 2. The Traditional Maya Worldview as Influenced by Later Evangelization; 3. Retention of Maya Culture through Periods of Domination; 4. Growing Inability of Maya Communities to Provide Subsistence; 5. Long-Standing Strains within Maya Communities; 6. The Maya Crisis and the Search for Answers; PART III. RENEWED EFFORTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAYA COMMUNITIES
7. Worldview of Tridentine Catholicism8. Presentation and Maya Reception of the Tridentine Worldview; PART IV. CRISIS WITHIN THE CATHOLIC WORLDVIEW; 9. Beyond Tridentine Belief and Ritual: Worldview of Vatican Council II; 10. Crisis and Reaction in Latin America: The Liberation Movement; 11. Maya Dioceses Reorganize for Action Catholicism; 12. Maya Communities Organize for Social Action; PART V. LIBERATION CONSCIOUSNESS ASSISTED BY BIBLICAL REFLECTION; 13. The Bible and Its Worldview as a Cultural Document; 14. Methods of Reflecting on the Bible; 15. Biblical Reflections in Maya Communities
16. Biblical Reflections in Lacandón Migrant CommunitiesPART VI. THE WORLDVIEWS OF INSURGENCY AND COUNTERINSURGENCY; 17. Guatemala: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of Marxist Insurgency; 18. Guatemala: The Maya in the Military's Worldview of Counterinsurgency; 19. Militarization in Guatemala; 20. Chiapas: The Role of the Maya in the Worldview of the Zapatista Insurgency; 21. Militarization in Chiapas; PART VII. THE IMPACT OF THE MAYA CRISIS ON THE WORLDVIEWS OF PASTORAL WORKERS; 22. Two Pastoral Workers Evolve; 23. Social Justice by Sacramental Observance
24. Social Justice by Maya Empowerment25. Social Justice by Armed Rebellion; 26. Liberation Catholicism: Its Relation to the Morality of Armed Rebellion; PART VIII. THE SEARCH FOR A REVITALIZED MAYA WORLDVIEW; 27. Choices Faced by Catholic Maya in a Turbulent Society; 28. A Bishop's Evolving Worldview; 29. The Movement for a Maya Christianity; PART IX. CONCLUSION; 30. A Look Backward and Forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary
A description of the confrontation in Maya communities in the latter part of the 20th century between Maya and Catholic theological worldviews in crisis. The Mayans' loss of land and extreme poverty brought their theology into question since the covenant with their gods was supposed to protect their communities, but the Catholic Church's attempt to evangelize them according to the Catholic worldview formulated by the 16th century Council of Trent did little to alleviate the crisis
