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The healing power of the Santuario de Chimayo : America's miraculous church / Brett Hendrickson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hendrickson, Brett, author.
- Series:
- Religion, race, and ethnicity.
- Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.).
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--New Mexico--Chimayo.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : New York University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The remarkable history of the Santuario de Chimayó, the church whose world-renowned healing powers have drawn visitors to its steps for centuries. Nestled in a valley at the feet of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, the Santuario de Chimayó has been called the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in America. To experience the Santuario's miraculous healing dirt, pilgrims and visitors first walk into the cool, adobe church, proceeding up an aisle to the altar with its magnificent crucifix.
- Contents:
- Catholic settlement of Roo Arriba
- The origin of the Santuario
- New Mexican Catholicism in transition
- The Santo Nioo de Atocha
- Selling the Santuario
- The pilgrims and pilgrimage
- The Holy Family and the Santuario today.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-7054-4
- OCLC:
- 1008579567
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