ARE GUATEMALAN K’EKCHI MORMONS REALLY PROTESTANTS? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT K’EKCHI STORIES

Authors

Robert E. M. Spencer, Brigham Young University
Dr. John Hawkins, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Guatemala, K'ekchi, Mormons, Protestants, Christian religions

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

With blackness surrounding us both, Oscar stumbled over the words. Here I was living in the highlands of northern Guatemala, in a dirt floor shack, sitting on my wooden board bed, listening to the struggles of a Mayan man trying to read by candlelight. He was the product of’ Mayan tradition, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Mormonism. With such a mixture I wondered what I would discover, what were the stories that shaped his and his family’s lives? Were they traditional stories? biblical? from a new source? or did his semi-literacy create a barrier to his learning of any stories?

Recommended Citation

Spencer, Robert E. M. and Hawkins, Dr. John (2013) "ARE GUATEMALAN K’EKCHI MORMONS REALLY PROTESTANTS? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT K’EKCHI STORIES," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 714.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/714