Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Orthography and Pronunciation ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Part 1 Historical Contexts of the Old Worlds
6. 1 Mesoamericans Shape a New World 29
7. 2 Mendicants Shape a New World 52
8. Part 2 Recovering Vico’s K’iche’an Theology
9. 3 Nima Ajtij Father Friar Domingo de Vico, O.P. 91
10. 4 Vico’s Theology for and of the “Indians” 134
11. 5 Use of Maya “Scripture” 167
12. Part 3 Tracing Vico in K’iche’ Religious Texts
13. 6 Use of the Theologia Indorum in the Popol Wuj 197
14. 7 Maya Notarial Genres as Hyperlocal Theology 232
15. 8 A Reception Ethnohistory of a Christianity 271
16. 9 Intertextuality, Hyperlocalism, and the Continued Dialogic Emergence of Theologies 299
17. Appendix A 309
18. Appendix B 313
19. Notes 319
20. References 379
21. Index 419