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Juan Carlos Estenssoro-Fuchs et al., « Les pouvoirs de la parole. La prédication au Pérou : de l'évangélisation à l'utopie », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1996.410918
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The power of the Spoken Word—Preaching in Peru: from Evangelism to Utopia. C. Estenssoro-Fuchs. It is through the analysis of several sermons that this paper deals with the transformation of strategies used in the evangelization and catechization of the indigenous popula tions of Peru in the course of the first century of colonial history (1532-1650). Contrary to ceremonial centered forms of communication, recourse to the spoken word gradually imposed itself until it eventually became the central element in religious discourse. This choice seems to be linked to the trials aimed at exterminating idolatry which brought to light the dangers inherent in religious imagery. Finally, an analysis of the sermons of Francisco de Avila, the extirpator (ca. 1593-1647), enables us to relate the contents of the sermons to certain Andean political myths.