Space, Time and Power in the Jesuit Missions of Paraguay (17th And 18th Centuries)

WILDE, GUILLERMO

Boulder, Colorado

Congreso; Rocky Mountain Council For Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) 57th Annual Conference; 2010

The process of Christian conversion among the Amerindians entailed the imposition of a “civil order” characterized by a rational and hierarchical organization of space and time. This paper analyzes the formation of Jesuit Missions in Paraguay emphasizing those two aspects and their relation to the transformation of Guarani people’s concepts of religion and power.