Pagan and Christian Concepts in a Mexican Indian Culture

The capacity of many societies to take some of the formal aspects of Christianity without understanding its meaning has disturbed many a missionary as he has watched what seemed to him to be an unholy mixture of pagan and Christian practices develop, or has found it already fully established. In thi...

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Main Author: Wonderly, William L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 1958
In: Practical anthropology
Year: 1958, Volume: 5, Issue: 5, Pages: 197-202
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