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| Genre/Form: | Church history |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jezus, van Nazareth |
| Material Type: | Document |
| Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennifer Scheper Hughes |
| ISBN: | 0195367065 9780195367065 0195367073 9780195367072 |
| OCLC Number: | 819364965 |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Contents: | CONTENTS ; 1. Introduction: The Iconography of Suffering ; 2. "Christ Appeared": Material Religion and the Conquest of Mexico ; 3. Performance and Penance: The Cristo and Christian Evangelization ; 4. The Cristo Comes to Life: Lived Religion in Colonial Mexico City ; 5. Repatriation: Christ Comes Again to Totolapan ; 6. The Red Bishop, the Cristo, and the Aesthetics of Liberation ; 7. The Gentle Devotions of a Rebellious People: The Phenomenology of a Santo ; 8. : Beauty and Devotion: Fiesta at the Dawn of a New Millennium ; 9. Conclusions: The Two Souls of Christ Notes ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX |
| Responsibility: | Jennifer Scheper Hughes. |
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Hughes deftly constructs a convincing and innovative religious history of Mexico told from the perspective of the devotional life of the townspeople...The book is especially great when discussing the aesthetics and emotions associated with Mexican Catholic devotion; indeed, the book significantly contributes to our understanding of Mexican lived religion. Moreover, Hughes' considerable fieldwork adds to her insight and sensitivity into her subjects' experiences. Thisbook is a must-read for anyone interested in material religion as well as religion in Latin America. * Religious Studies Review * This history of the five-hundred-year odyssey of a Mexican crucifix and its devotees is both scholarly and deeply respectful of local belief. Overcoming the apparent dichotomy between indigenous and Christian practices, Hughes's work shows how this and other Mexican crucifixes are profoundly part of both at the same time. This is an engaged study that allows us analytical distance and yet draws us in to grapple with the meaning it holds for religious life. * Rosemary Radford Ruether, Professor of Theology, Claremont Graduate University * Jennifer Scheper Hughes shows extraordinary interpretive skill in turning this 'biography of an object,' the Cristo Aparecido of Totolapan, into a scholarly revelation of complex religious devotion in Mexico. Combining the sharpness of a detective story with a new kind of historical writing, humanity and agency are given to all the participants - Spanish priests, indigenous parishioners and historians too! Readers are led to 'draw nearer' to a richer and deeperunderstanding of how the 'Christ Appeared' stays alive over centuries, through rivalry and violence, tenderness and affection, in the souls of indigenous Mexico. This book is first rate and compelling, humane and scholarly, respectful and insistent, innovative and grounded in the best historical writingof the last decades. * David Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard University * This book can help us honor, welcome, and be blessed by their remarkable spiritual culture. * Don H. Compier, Graceland University * Throughout Hughes proposes a new aesthetic and affective approach to the study of religion....recommended. * CHOICE * Read more...
