Indigenous sacraments : Christian rituals and local responses at the fringes of Spanish America, 1529-1800 / Oriol Ambrogio Gali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambrogio Gali, Oriol, author.

Series:

Borderlands and transcultural studies

Standardized Title:

Administration of the sacraments and native responses in northwestern Mexico, southern Chile and the Gran Chaco (XVI-XVIII Centuries)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--Latin America--History.

Jesuits.

Indians of South America--Missions--History.

Indians of South America.

Catholic Church--Latin America--Liturgy--History.

Catholic Church.

Sacraments--Catholic Church--History of doctrines.

Sacraments.

Catholic Church--Latin America--History--Modern period, 1500-.

Physical Description:

313 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Christian rituals and local responses at the fringes of Spanish America, 1529-1800

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Indigenous Sacraments provides the first study of Indigenous perceptions of the Christian sacraments at the fringes of colonial Spanish America, with a specific focus on the missions established by the Jesuits in northwestern Mexico, central southern Chile, and the Gran Chaco"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Jesuits in Spanish America : an overview (1566-1767)

Indigenous peoples, missionaries and soldiers at the fringes of Spanish America (1529-1767)

Baptism, healing rituals and death

Confessing Indigenous peoples

Marrying Indigenous peoples

The chalice, the host and the Indigenous peoples.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--King's College London, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496235770

1496235770

OCLC:

1416744499