Evangelization of the “New World”: A New World Perspective
This article offers a critique of the evangelization process from the point of view of the “respondent” culture. The Aztec-Nahuatl world had developed a sophisticated system of communication which was orally based. The Spanish evangelizers belong to a literate culture. Recent studies in the area of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1992
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Missiology
Year: 1992, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-161 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a critique of the evangelization process from the point of view of the “respondent” culture. The Aztec-Nahuatl world had developed a sophisticated system of communication which was orally based. The Spanish evangelizers belong to a literate culture. Recent studies in the area of orality and literacy suggest that there is a significant difference between the consciousness of an oral culture and a literate culture. The author of this article suggests that this fundamental difference was responsible for some of the miscomprehensions that accompanied the evangelization of the New World by Spain. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969202000203 |