{"product_id":"9780271048802-gods-of-the-andes","title":"Gods of the Andes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Early Jesuit Account of Inca Religion and Andean Christianity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn English translation of a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript, by an Inca Jesuit, about Inca religion and the spread of Christianity in colonial Peru. Includes an introductory essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGods of the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first English translation of the earliest lengthy description of Inca religion, \u003ci\u003eAn Account of the Ancient Customs of the Natives of Peru\u003c\/i\u003e (1594). The \u003ci\u003eAccount \u003c\/i\u003eis part of a Jesuit tradition of ecumenical works on religion that encompasses the more famous writings of Matteo Ricci in China and Roberto de Nobili in India. It includes original descriptions of many different aspects of Inca religion, including human sacrifice, the use of hallucinogens, mummification rituals, the existence of transgendered priests in the ancient Andes, divination rituals based on animal entrails, oracles, burials, and confession. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her introductory chapters, Sabine Hyland presents the controversial life of the ascribed author, Blas Valera, a Jesuit who was ultimately imprisoned and exiled by the Jesuits for his “heretical” belief that the Incas worshipped the same creator god the Christians did; examines the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e in the light of other colonial writings about the Incas; and outlines what we know about Inca religion through other sources, comparing Valera’s version to those of other writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53567247057270,"sku":"9780271048802","price":23.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30927680.jpg?v=1730225178","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780271048802-gods-of-the-andes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}