Biography of a Mexican Crucifix Lived Religion and Local Faith from the Conquest to the Present

Name: Biography of a Mexican Crucifix Lived Religion and Local Faith from the Conquest to the Present
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ISBN: 9780195367072

ISBN-10: 0195367073

ISBN-13: 9780195367072

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jennifer Scheper Hughes

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In the mid-16th century, a group of Spanish missionary friars in Mexico discovered a carved image of Christ crucified and declared it the most poignantly beautiful depiction of Christ's suffering that they had ever seen. Known as the Cristo Aparecido (the Christ Appeared) it quickly became one of the most celebrated religious images in New Spain, widely revered for its miraculous healings. Today, the Cristo Aparecido is the beloved patron saint of the people of Totolapan, a small, rural community of Mestizo peasants in the northern part of the Mexican state of Morelos. In this innovative study, Jennifer Hughes traces popular devotion to the Cristo Aparecido over five centuries of Mexican…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Note on Translations



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


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