Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG) 1, 2

Acción Católica Rural, 1, 2–3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, see also Catholic Action

Acción Reconciliadora Democrática (ARDE) , 1 – 2

acculturation, 1, 2, 3

Achí, 1, 2

acaldía indígena, 1

Adventists 1, 2, 3

Ajchmol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Aj Q’ij 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5 – 6

Ajq’ijab’ 1

Africa and presence of Pentecostal Christianity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Agency 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Agreement on Socio-economic Aspects and Agrarian Situation 1

agricultural system of the ^19th century 1, 2

Akatecos 1

alcaldes auxiliaries 1, see also auxiliarymayors

alcohol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 – 14, 15, 16, 17 – 18, 19

Alianza Evangélica Guatemalteca (AEG) 1, 2, 3

allegiances, religious 1

Alliance for Progress 1–2

Almolonga 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

analytical categories 1, 2

ancestors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12, 13, 14 – 15, 16, 17, 18

ancestral gods 1

Anatolia 1

anomie, theory of 1, 2, 3, 4

anthropology 1, 2, 3, 4

anticlericalism 1, 2, 3, 4

anti-communism in the 1950s 1 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Antigua 1

apiculture 1

apostles and apostleship 1, 2, 3– 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8

applause 1, 2

Apostolic Administration 1

Arbénz Guzmán, Jacobo 1–2

archeology 1, 2

armed confrontation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and Catholic networks, 11 – 12

Arzú Yrigoyen, Álvaro Enrique 1

Asamblea de la Sociedad Civil (ASC) 1, 2, 3, 4

Asociación Cultural Maya Quiché 1

Asociaciones Indígenas 1

Assemblies of God 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

assertiveness, ethnic-religious 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

assimilation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Asociación Indigenista Guatemalteca (ASIEDE) 1

Association for an Integral Development of the Victims of Violence Maya Achí (ADIVIMA) 1

astronomy 1, 2

Asturias, Miguel Ángel 1, 2, 3, 4

Asturias Amado, Rodrigo 1

atrocities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Atxum (Mayan Priest) 1

auxiliary mayors 1, 2, see also alcaldesauxiliares

avivamiento 1

Aymara 1, 2

Azusa Street revival 1

Baile de la Conquista 1

Baile de los Moros 1

baktun 1, 2

baptism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, in the Holy Spirit,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, spirit baptism, 16

Barrios, Justo Rufino 1, 2, 3, 4

Barth, Frederik 1, 2

beauty contests 1

behavioral pattern(s) and Pentecostalism 1

Belize, Mayans in 1

belonging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11

Berger, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, see also rational-choice theories

Berger Perdomo, Oscar José Rafael 1

Bethany church 1, 2, 3

biblical hermeneutics 1, 2

biblical knowledge 1, 2, 3

biblical literalism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

blessings 1, 2, 3, 4

Boff, Leonardo 1

Bolivia 1, 2

born-again Christians 1, 2, 3, 4

boundaries, Christian 1, ecclesiastical 2, ethnic, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ethnic-religious 8 – 9, national , 10, parish 11, physical 12, provincial13, religious 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Bourdieu, Pierre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Brazil, and Christian Pentecostalism, 1, 2, 3, and dependency theory 4, and liberation theology 5

Bush, George W. 1, 2, 3

Caballeros, Harold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

caites 1

Calvary Churches, U.S. Calvary Churches 1, see Iglesia Evangélica El Calvario

Camey Día, Virgilio 1

Campeche, Mayans in 1

Canadian Goldcorp 1, see also MarlinMine

Candles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

capital, of Guatemala 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 – 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

capital, cultural 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, economic, 11, 12, intellectual 13, religious 14, 15, social 16, 17, 18, 19, symbolic 20, 21

Caritas 1, 2–3, 4

Carrera, Monseñor José 12, 3, 4, 5

Casa de Dios, Iglesia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Casanova, José 1, 2, 3

Casariego y Acevedo, Cardinal Monseñor Mario 1, 2, 3

Castillo Armas, Colonel Carlos 1–2

Castillo, Job Eliú, 1, 2

Castrillon Hoyos, Columbian cardinal Dario 1, see also Saint Society Pius 2

catechist(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and Aj Q’ij 8, and the CCR 9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15, 16,17, 18 – 19, 20, and ethnicity 21, 22, 23, 24 – 25, 26, 27, indigenous catechists28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and insurgency 35, 36, 37, 38, and Mayan culture 39, 40, 41, 42, and orthodo43 Catholicism 44, and Pentecostalism 45, and re-evangelizationof the highland 46, and trainingof Mayans 47 – 48, 49, political murders of 50, 51, 52, and popularreligion 53, 54, 55

Catecúmenos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, see also Neocúmenos

catharsis 1, 2, 3

Catholic Action 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 – 14, 15, 16 – 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 – 23, 24 – 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement (CCR) 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7–8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and biblical literalism,14, and catechists, 15, 16 – 17, and Church hierarchy, 18 – 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, an ethnicity 24, and locality, 25, and religious empowerment,26 – 27, 28, and religious pluralism,29 – 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, as international movement, 36, 37, 38, as lay movement 39, 40, 41 – 42, 43, contemporary presence, 44, 45, culture and ethnicity, 46, 47, 48, 49 – 50, 51, 52 – 53, 54 – 55, 56, 57, 58, growth, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, healing and exorcism 67 – 68, historic roots, 69 – 70, in Comitancillo, 71, in Concepció72;nTutuapa, 73 – 74, institutional background 75, interplay with other movements 76, 77, Mayan Catholic Charismatics 78, scant attention 79, similaritieswith Protestant Pentecostalism,80, 81, 82, 83, theological traits, 84, 85, 86, 87 – 88, violence 89, 90

Catholic Church 1, 2, 3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11, and agency, 12, and catechists, 13, 14, and CCR, 15 – 16, and culture, 17, 18, 19, 20, and ethnicity, 21, 22 – 23, 24, 25, 26 – 27, 28 – 29, 30 – 31, and indigenousactivism 32 – 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and religious pluralism, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 – 50, and secularization, 51, and the insurgency, 52 – 53, and violence 54, colonialism, 55, 56 – 57, history, 58 – 59, in Comitancillo, 60 – 61, indigenous priests in 62 – 63, in the 1950 – 1960s, in the 1980 – 1990, 64 – 65, 66 – 67, 68, in the 69^th century 70 – 71, loss of influence 72, 73, missionary campaigns 74, 75, 76, 77 – 78, 79, 80 persecutionof 81, 82 – 83, post-independenceperiod 84 – 85, schools and universities,86, structure of, 87 – 88, truth commission, 89, 90, 91, (see also REMH92)

Catholicism, and armed confrontation, 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, and modernity, 10, 11, 12, and racism, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, defection, 22, 23 – 24, 25, 26, 27, educational initiatives, 28 – 29, ethnic discrimination, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, European, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, folk and popular,41, 42 – 43, 44, 45 – 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, presence in Guatemala, 62, 63 – 64

Catholic movements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Catholic orthodoxy 1, 2

Catholic Pentecostalism 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, see also Catholic Charismatic Renewal

Catholic priests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 – 18, indigenous,19, 20, 21, 22 – 23, killed,24, 25

Catholic Relief Service (CRS) 1, 2, 3

Catholics, joining the guerrillas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Catholic Truth Commission see Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (REMHI)

CCR see Catholic Charismatic Renewal

CELAM III 1, see also Puebla Conference

Center Ak’Kutan or Center Bartolomé de las Casas 1, 2

Central American Mission (CAM) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11, 12, 13

Centro de Autoformación de Promotores Sociales at Landívar University 1

Ceremonies, Mayan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – 8, 9, 10 – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 – 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, collective, 27 – 28, 29, 30, Day of the Dead 31, individual32, marriage, 33

Chajul 1

Charismatic Christianity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, see also Catholic Charismatic Renewal

charity programs 1

Chiapas 1, 2, 3

Chilam Balam 1, 2

Chile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

chile ayote 1

chiliasm 1, see also premillennialism

chompipes 1, 2

Chortí 1

Christian Base communities 1, 2, 3, see also Comunidades Ecclesiales de Base (CEBs)

Christian Committee of Reflection 1

Christian Democratic Party 1 – 2, see also Partido Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca(PDCG)

Christian(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, born-again 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, European 15, Evangelical, 16, Pentecostal, XVIIIn17, 18, 19, 20, radical 21, 22, 23, Renewalist,24, 25

Christian movements 1n2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7

Christian pop music 1

chuj (steam bath) 1, 2

Chuj (ethnic group) 1

church growth model of Yonggi Cho 1, 2, 3

Church of God Full Gospel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9

Church of the United Kingdom of God 1

cigarettes and cigars 1n2, 3

cinemas 1, 2, 3

citizenship and neo-Pentecostalism 1

civil activism 1, 2, 3

Civil Defence Patrols 1n2, 3, 4, 5n6, see also Patrullas de AutodefensaCivil

civil marriage 1, 2

civil-religious hierarchies 1, 2, see also cofradías

civil society 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and the Church 12, and the peace process, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17, organized, 18n19

civil war 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n6, and anomie,7, 8, and conversion, 9, 10n11, 12, 13, and genocide 14, 15, and insurgency, 16, 17, and peace process 18, 19, and religion, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and religious pluralism 36, and Ríos Montt, 37, 38

clapping 1, 2, 3, 4

class, consciousness 1, 2–3, lower, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, middle, 10n11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, struggle, 22 – 23, 24, 25n26, upper, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 – 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 – 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51

clergy 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and CCR, 8, 9n10, 11, 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and indigenous culture, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and pedophile priests, 29, foreign 30, 31, 32, Ladino clergy, 33, 34, parallelclergy 35, progressive 36, 37, 38, Spanish, 39, 40

clerical oversight 1

clerical policies 1, 2

Cobán 1–2, 3, 4

COEDUCAS 1, see also education committees

Cofradía del Justo Juez in Quetzaltenango 1 – 2

cofradías 1, 2, 3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, abolishment, 13n14, 15 – 16, 17, 18, 19 – 20 – 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and pastoral indígena,26, and Protestantism, 27, 28, decline, 29 – 30, in Comitancillo,31, Mayan Catholicism, 32 – 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 – 38, 39, revitalization, 40 – 41, 42, 43 – 44, 45

codices, Mayan 1n2

Cohen, Father Harold 1

Cojtí Cuxil, Demetrio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Colegio Juan Diego 1

Colegio Monte María 1

Colomba, Boca Costa 1n2, 3

Colóm Caballeros, Alvaro 1

Colonialism 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and Mayan Catholicism,12 – 13, 14, 15

Colop, Sam 1, 2

Columbus, Christopher (Cristóbal Colón) 1n2, 3, 4

comadronas see midwives

Comalapa 1, 2

Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) 1, 2n3, 4 – 5, 6n7, 8n9, 10, 11, 12

Comisión Nacional de Reconciliación (CNR) 1n2, 3

Comitancillo 1, 2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7 – 8, 9, Catholic Action in 10, 11, and Catholicism, 12, 13, and Catholic re-evangelization,14n15, 16n17, and CCR, 18, 19, Maya spirituality in, 20n21, 22, 23 – 24, 25 – 26, parishin, 27, Protestantism in, 28, religious pluralism in, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 – 34

Comisión de la Unidad Nacional Permanente de la Espiritualidad Maya de los Pueblos Indígenas y las Organizaciones e Instituciones Mayas 1

Comité de Unidad Campesina (CUC) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Commemoration of 500 years Catholic presencein Latin America 1, 2, 3

Committee for Justice and Peace 1n2, 3

Comunidades Ecclesiales de Base (CEBs) 1

Compadrazgo 1

comparative methods 1, 2n3, 4

competition, religious 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights 1

Concepción Tutuapa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Catholic Church in, 8 – 9, 10, 11, CCR in, 12, 13 – 14

Conference of Bishops in Guatemala 1, 2

Conference of Religious Orders of Guatemala (CONFREGUA) 1n2

Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG) 1, 2, 3, 4

congregation(s) Mayan, see Mayan Pentecostalism

conquest 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5, 6n7, 8, 9 – 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Consejo de Comunidades Étnicas Rujunel Runam (CERJ) 1n2

Consejo de Educación Maya 1n2

Consejo Nacional de Desplazados de Guatemala (CONDEG) 1

conspiracy theory 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

constitutional system, and religion 1

Continental Campaign ‘500 Years of Indigenous Black and Popular Resistance’ in October 1991 1

Conversion 1-2, XVIIIn3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and Catholic

Action, 1, 2, 3, and CCR, 4, 5n6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and earthquake,11n12, and ethnicity, 13, 14, 15, 16 – 17, 18 – 19, 20, 21, 22, and neo-Pentecostalism, 23, 24 – 25, 26 – 27, in Comitancillo, 28 – 29, parallels between movements, 30, 31, Ríos Montt, 32n33, theories of, 34 – 35, 36, 37, to Maya movement, 38 – 39, to Protestantism, 40n41, 42n43, 44, 45 – 46

cooperatives 1, 2, 3–4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indígenas 1, 2

Coordinadora Nacional Indígena y Campesina (CONIC) 1n2, 3

Coordinadora Nacional Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) 1, 2n3, 4n5

Coordinator of Organizations of the Mayan People of Guatemala (COPMAGUA) 1, 2, 3

Corinto 1

corn 1, 2n3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

corruption and Alfonso Portillo 1, and neo-Pentecostalism, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and revolution,11, and Ríos Montt, 12, and Serrano Elías, 13, and the state, 14, 15

Cortés, Hernán 1

cosmovisión Maya 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9 – 10, costumbristas, 11, 12n13

council of elders 1, see also cofradías

counterinsurgency 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

coup in 1954, 1 – 2, 3, 4, coup d’etat in 1982, 5, 6, 7 – 8, self coup d’etat in 1993, 9, 10 – 11

Cráter (Catholic Youth Group) 1n2, 3

Creole(s) Creole elite, 1–2, 3

crime rates 1, 2

crimes against humanity 1, 2, 3, 4

Cristo Negro (Black Christ) in Esquipulas 1, 2n3

Crucicentrism 1

Cuestas, Cromwell 1

curanderos 1, 2

Cursillos de Cristiandad 1n2, 3

Curtin, Maryknoll priest Jim 1n2

Cuz Muchú, Andrés 1

dancing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Day of the Dead 1, 2

de Alvarado, Pedro 1

death(s) 1

death squads 1n2

Defensoría Maya 1n2, 3n4, 5, 6

de Galarreta, Alfonso 1n2

de las Casas, Bartolomé 1, 2n3, 4

Democratic Party of National Co-operation (PDCN) 1

Democratization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9, 10

Demonology 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11

denomination(s) Episcopalian, 1n2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Lutheran 8, 9, 10, 11, Presbyterian, 12n13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

dependency theory 1, 2n3, 4n5

de Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés 1n2

development poles 1n2, 3

Día de los Muertos see Day of the Dead

Dignity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

diocese, Alta Verapaz 1, 2, El Quiché, Huehuetenango, 3, San Marcos, 4, 5, 6n7, 8, 9n10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 – 17, 18, 19, 20

discrimination, ethnic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 950, racial 6

diseases 1n2, 3 – 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

disestablishment clause in the U.S. 1n2

dispensationalism 1, 2

displaced persons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n6, 7, 8, 9

diversity 1, 2, cultural 3, 4, 5, ethnic 6, 7, 8, 9, religious 10

divine healing see faith healing

domains, religious 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

domestic violence 1

Dominicans (religious order) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

dominion theology see theology

Don Bosco School in Alta Verapaz 1

drug trafficking 1, 2

Durkheim, Emile 1, 2n3, 4, 5

Duquesne University 1

earthquake in 1976 1, 2, 3, 4n5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – 11, 12, 13, 14

ecstatic practices 1, 2

Ecuador 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

education committees (COEDUCAS) 1

Ejército Guerrillo de los Pobres (EGP) 1n2, 3 – 4, 5n6, 573, and Catholic Church,7 – 8, and CUC, 9, and ethnicity,10 – 11, and ideology, 12 – 13, and Rigoberta Menchú Tum, 14

ejidos 1

electoral fraud in 1974 1, 2, 3

El Salvador 1, 2n3, 4, 5

El Shaddai church 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 – 14

El Quiché province 1, 2, 3n4, 5n6, 7n8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Emotions 1n2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Empowerment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – 13, 14, 15 – 16

Encomiendas 1

Episcopal Conference of Medellín (1968) 1, 2, 3, 4

Episcopalian church see denominations

Esquipulas 1 2n3, 4n5, see also peace negotiations

essentialism 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11

established sect see sects

estoraque 1, 2

Estrada, Padre Hugo 1, 2, 3

ethnic boundaries see boundaries

ethnicity, definition 1 – 2

ethnic mobility 1, 2, 3, 4 – 5

ethnocide 1

Evangelical churches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10 – 11

Evangelicalism 1, 2n3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8

exile 1, 2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – 11

Exorcism 1, 2–3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12, 13, 14

faith healing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Falla, Ricardo 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Familia de Dios see Iglesia Familia de Dios

Fieldwork 1-2, 3, 4n5, 6, 7, 8

folk-Catholicism see Catholicism

Fourth World Theory 1n2, 3

Fraternidad Cristiana church 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Fundación Agros 1 – 2

fundamentalism 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12

Gallant, Muriel 1

GAM see Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo

García, Padre Santos Gabino Tomás 1 – 2, 3, 4n5, 6 – 7, 8, 9

gender 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

generational bondage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7 – 8, 9 – 10, generationalcurses, 11, 12 – 13, 14, 15

Genocide 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 – 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Gerardi Conedera, Monseñor Juan 1, 2, 3, 4

globalization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

glossolalia 1, 2, 3, 4, see also speaking in tongues

godparenthood see compadrazgo

Gran Confederación de Consejos de Principales Ajq’ijab’ de la Comunidad Maya de Guatemala y América Central 1, 2

Green Revolution 1

Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) 1, 2

grupos de oración 1, 2

Guarcax González, Leonardo Lisandro 1, 2

Guatemala City see capital of Guatemala

Guatemalan Catholic Church see Catholic Church

Guatemalan Church in Exile (IGE) see Iglesia Guatemalteca en el Exilio (IGE)

Guatemalan Episcopal Conference (CEG) see Conferencia Episcopal Guatemalteca

Guatemalan Mayan Language Academy see Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) 1, 2 – 3, 4

Guatemalan Spring 1 – 2, see also OctoberRevolution

Guerrillas, 1, 2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 – 15, 16, 17, see also EGP, ORPA, PGT, and URNG

Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP) see Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres

Guzmán-Böckler, Carlos 1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5

Haeseijn, Esteban 1

healer see curanderos

healing 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, divine, 13, 14n15, see faith healing

hermandades 1n2, 3

Hervieu-Léger, Danièle 1

Hinn, Benny 1

Holiness churches and movement 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Hollenweger, Walter 1

Holy laughter 1

Holy sphere 1n2

Holy Spirit 1, VXI, 2, 3, 4, 5, and CAM, 6, and CCR, 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13, and ethnicity, 14 – 15, 16, and neo-Pentecostalism,17, 18, and PentecostalChristianity, 19n20, 21 – 22, 23, 24, and Pentecostalism, 25 – 26, 27 – 28, 29, 30

Holy Trinity 1

Honduras 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6

Huehuetenango 1n2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

human sacrifice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6

hurricane Katrina 1

hybridity 1, 2n3, 4n622, 5

Iannaccone, Laurence 1

idolatry 1, 2, 3

Iglesia Bethania 1, 2, 3

Iglesia Casa de Dios 1n716, 2n739, 3n775, 4n835 – 5, 6, 7

Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Elim Santiago Atitlán 1, 2

Iglesia de Cristo Central Ministerio Rey de Reyes, 1n2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Iglesia de Cristo Eben-Ezer 1n2, 3, 4, 5, 626n775, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Iglesia de Cristo Elim Central 1

Iglesia de Dios del Evangelio Completo see Church of God Full Gospel

Iglesia del Aposento Alto 1, 2, 3, 4

Iglesia del Nazareno 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7

Iglesia del Príncipe de Paz 1n2, 3, 4, 5n735, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Iglesia Evangélica El Calvario 1, 2, 3, 4

Iglesia Guatemalteca en el Exilio (IGE) 1– 2, 3n4

Iglesia Lluvias de Gracia 1, 2, 3, 4

Iglesia Pentecostés 1

Illiteracy 1, 2, 3

ILO convention 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

impunity 1, 2, 3, 4

incense 1, 2, 3

inculturation 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11, see also theoryof inculturation

Indian nationalism 1n2, 3

indigenismo 1n2

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention see ILO Convention 1

Indio, social construct of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

individualism 1n2, 3, 4, 5

Instituto Bíblico 1, 2, 3

Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Centroamérica (IDESAC) 1, 2n3

Instituto Indígena Nuestra Señora del Socorro 1

insurgency see guerrillas

intercessory prayers 1, 2, 3

inter-ethnic relationship 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

internal conflict 1, 2, see also civil war

internal enemy 1, 2n3, 4

internally displaced persons see displaced persons

International Full Gospel Business-Man’s Fellowship 1

International Labor Organization see ILO

International Year and Decade of the World’s Indigenous People 1, 2

interreligious dialogue 1 – 2

interviews 1-2, 3, 4n5, 6–7, 8n9, 10n11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, biographic-narrative 29, expert,30

Ixcán settlements 1n2

Ixil Triangle 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Ixim (indigenous journal) 1n2, 3

Iximché 1

Izabal 1

Jehova’s Witnesses 1n2, 3n4, 5, 6n713

Jesuits 1n2, 3, 4, 5n6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Jews 1, 2n604

Jyol B’e 1

Kakchiquel 1, 2, 3n579, 4

Kanjobal 1, 2

K’ekchi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Kennedy, John F. 1

key findings 1

Ladinos 1 – 2, 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9 – 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23n782, 24, 25, 26 – 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32n869, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

Ladinization 1, 2n3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9

La Estancia 1n2, 3n4

land reform 1, 2

Lasalle-Order 1

Laugerud García, Kjell Eugenio 1

laying on of hands 1

León, Padre 1 – 2

Levada, U.S. Cardinal Joseph 1n2

Ley de Vagancia (vagrancy law) 1

Liberalism 1, 2n3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8n541, 9n571, 10, 11, 12n783, 13, ideology, 14n15, 16, liberal revolution,17, 18, 19

liberation theology, 1n2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7 – 8, 9, 10 – 11, 12, 13, 14 – 15, 16, 17, 18 – 19, 20 – 21, 22 – 23, 24, 25 – 26, 27 – 28, 29, 30, 31 – 32, 33, 34n994, 35

Ligas Campesinas 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5n994

liturgy, Catholic 1, 2n3, 4, 5, 6n476, 7, Mayan, 8, 9, Pentecostal,10, 11n823, 12, 13n972, 14

Lluvias de Gracia church see Iglesia Lluvias de Gracia

low-intensity warfare 1, 2, see also scorched-earth campaigns

Lucas García, General Fernando Romeo 1, 2

Luna, Pastor Carlos (Cash) 1, 2, 3, 4

Lutherans in Guatemala see denominations

Majawil Q’ij or New Dawn 1, 2

Maldonado, Guillermo 1

maledictions 1

Mam (ethnic group) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – 13, 14 – 15

marimba 1, 2, 3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Mansilla, Fernando 1

Mapuche 1

March of the miners of Ixtahuacán 1, 2

Marlin Mine 1, 2, 3

Marroquín, Francisco 1

Martínez Contreras, Bishop Victor Hugo 1 – 2, 3, 4

Martínez Peláez, Severo 1 – 2, 3

Marxism 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5

Maryknoll-Order 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5

Mass (Catholic) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

massacres, in the Spanish embassy 1, of Panzó, 2, 3, 4, 5

mass media 1

Maximón 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,see also San Simón

Maya movement 1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 – 18, 19 – 20, 21 – 22, 23 – 24, 25, 26, and anthropology, 27, and Catholicism, 28, 29 – 30, 31, 32, 33 – 34, and insurgency, 35, 36, 37, 38 – 39, and Pastoral Indígena, 40 – 41, and Protestantism, 42, and religious pluralism, 43 – 44, 45, Rigoberta Menchú Tum 46n47

Maya nationalism 1n2, 3, see also Indiannationalism

Mayan calendar 1, 2, 3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – 11, 12

Mayan ceremonies see ceremonies

Mayan catechists see catechists

Mayan Catholicism see Catholicism

Mayan Council of Guatemala (COMG) 1, 2

Mayan Language Academy see Academia de Lenguas Mayas

Mayan New Year celebration see Wajxaqib’ Bat’z

Mayan Pentecostalism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Mayan congregations 6, 7, 8, 9

Mayan priesthood 1

Mayan priests 1, 2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and Catholic Church, 15 – 16, 17, 18, 19, and Mayan ceremonies, 20 – 21, and Maya movement, 22, 23, 24, 25 – 26, 27 – 28, 29, 30 – 31, and oppressionof, 32 – 33, 34 – 35, 36, and Protestantism, 37 – 38, in Comitancillo,39 – 40, 41 – 42, new, 43 – 44, traditional 45, for Catholic Mayan priests see Catholicism

Mayan professionals 1, 2, 3

Mayan spirituality see cosmovisión Maya

Mayan theology 1, 2

mega-churches 1, 2 – 3, 4, 5, 6 – 7, 8, 9

Medellín see Episcopal Conference of Medellín

Melville, Thomas and Marjorie 1, 2n3, 4n5, 6n7, 439, 8

Menchú Tum, Rigoberta 1, 2, 3n4, 5n6, 7n8, 9, 10 – 11, 12, 13, see also Nobel Peace Prize

Menchú, Vicente 1n2, 3, 4

Mennonites 1

mestizaje 1n2, 3, 4, 5

Mestizos 1, 2 – 3, 4n5, 6n622, see Ladinos

Methodism 1

methodology 1, 2, 3, 4

Mexico 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n6, 7, 8, 9

miche (red beans) 1

microeconomic theory see theories

midwives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

migration and immigration 1, 2–3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

military 1-2, 3n4, 5, 6, 7n8, 9 – 10, 11, 12 – 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 – 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 – 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32

mining 1n2, 3, 4n5, 6, 7, 8

Ministerios Elim (MI-EL) 1n2, 3, 4, 5, 6 – 7

MINUGUA see Mission of the United Nations in Guatemala

Misión Centroamericana, see Central American Mission (CAM)

Misión Trigo 1, 2

mission 1, 2, 3n4, 5, 6n7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Mission of the United Nations in Guatemala (MINUGUA) 1

mobility, social 1, 2, 3 – 4, 5, social and ethnic, 6, 7

model villages 1n2, 3

modernity 1 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

modernization theories see theories

Montenegro, Nineth 1

Mormons 1, 2n3, 4n5, 6

Movement of Principles and Values 1

movements see Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Catholic movements, movimientos, Neocatecúmenos, Opus Dei

Movimiento de Ayuda y Acción Solidaria (MAYAS) 1

Movimiento Familiar Cristiano, 1

movimiento popular 1, 2

Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo Ixim (MRP-IXIM) 1n2, 3 – 4

Movimiento Uk’u’x Mayab Tinamit 1n2, 3, 4

National Catholic Office 1, 2

National Commission for the Permanent National Unity of the Spirituality of the Mayan Peoples and the Mayan Organizations and Institutions 1

National Council of the Displaced (CONDEG) 1

nation, Christian 1, 2, 3, 4

nationhood 1, 2, 3, 4

National Reconciliation Commission (CNR) 1n2, 3

National Security Doctrine (NSD) 1n2

nation-state 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6n7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Neocatecúmenos 1, 2

neoliberalism 1

neo-Pentecostalism 1, 2, 3-4, 5–6, 7 – 8, 9 – 10, 11, 12, 13 – 14, 15n16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 – 22, 23 – 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 – 32, and Catholic Church 33, and ethnicity, 34 – 35, and Pentecostalism,36 – 37, terms, 38 – 39

new paradigm, theory 1

Nicaragua 1n2, 3, 4n5, 6, 7

Nobel Peace Prize 1992 1, 2, 3n4, 5n6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 1n2, 3, 4, 5

norms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1

nuns 1 – 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8 – 9, 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24