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Biography of a Mexican crucifix : lived religion and local faith from the conquest to the present / Jennifer Scheper Hughes.
Van Pelt Library BX1428.3 .H84 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Jennifer Scheper.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Crosses.
- History.
- Mexico--Church history.
- Mexico.
- Church history.
- Catholic Church--Mexico--History.
- Mexico--Religious life and customs--History.
- Crosses--Mexico--Morelos (State).
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.
- Jesus Christ.
- Crucifixion.
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- Mexico--Morelos (State).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The iconography of suffering
- "Christ appeared" : material religion and the conquest of Mexico
- Performance and penance : the Cristo and Christian evangelization in New Spain
- The Cristo comes to life : lived religion in colonial Mexico City
- Repatriation : Christ comes again to Totolapan
- The Red Bishop, the Cristo, and the aesthetics of liberation
- The gentle devotions of a rebellious people : the phenomenology of a santo
- Beauty, affection, and devotion : fiesta at the dawn of a new millennium
- Conclusion: The Gospel according to Totolapan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195367065
- 0195367065
- 9780195367072
- 0195367073
- OCLC:
- 317698420
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