From man-god to christ-sun : Religion and Mesoamerican religious tradition in the work of Alfredo López Austin

Résumé

his text analyzes the models created and used by Alfredo López Austin to study the unitary or plural character of the gods and Mesoamerican religion, their continuities and transformations, as a result of the European irruption. It is shown that in the handling of his proposal of the "manios", of the worldview model, or in that of the "Christ-Sun", the evolution of the theoretical-methodological debates between history and anthropology is noticed in the last 40 years, as well as the lack of reflection regarding such approaches in the field of Mesoamerican studies; particularly among some researchers who use the models of worldview, folk culture, popular religion, and ethnogenesis.