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Popular and Organized Religion in Modern and Contemporary Mexico

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The Maya and Catholicism: An Encounter of Worldviews. By EarlyJohn D. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006. Pp. 311. $59.95 cloth.

Contemporary Maya Spirituality: The Ancient Ways Are Not Lost. By Molesky-PozJean. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. 201. $25.00 paper.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2022

Martin Nesvig*
Affiliation:
University of Miami
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Copyright © 2009 by the Latin American Studies Association

References

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