Laywomen and the making of colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630-1790 / Jessica L. Delgado, Princeton University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgado, Jessica L., 1972- author.

Series:

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 110.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; [110]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Catholic Church.

Catholic women--Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Catholic women.

History.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

In the first history of laywomen and the church in colonial Mexico, Jessica L. Delgado shows how laywomen participated in and shaped religious culture in significant ways by engaging creatively with gendered theology about women, sin, and guilt in their interactions with church sacraments, institutions, and authorities. Taking a thematic approach, using stories of individuals, institutions, and ideas, Delgado illuminates the diverse experiences of urban and rural women of Indigenous, Spanish, and African descent.

Contents:

Troubling devotion: laywomen and religious culture in New Spain

Sacramental learning

Public and scandalous sin

Ambivalent witnesses and local inquisitions

Places and practices of cloister

Cloister for the poor and virtuous

In the convent but not of it

Laywomen making colonial Catholicism.

Notes:

Series numbering from book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107199408

1107199409

OCLC:

1013592641