I Was and I Am Dust

Name: I Was and I Am Dust
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ISBN: 9780814662250

ISBN-10: 0814662250

ISBN-13: 9780814662250

Edition: 2009

Authors: David M. Mellott

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There are a variety of people, practices, and celebrations in the Catholic Church. At times some of these can be dismissed too easily as extreme, superstitious, or uninformed. Such is the case with the Penitentes of New Mexico. In I Was and I Am Dust, David M. Mellott shares his experiences of the Penitentes as an outsider. Through the voice of Larry Torres, one of the senior members of the Penitentes, Mellott poignantly provides readers with a more intimate picture of this community of practitioners. Readers may be surprised to discover a depth of meaning in these seemingly extreme Holy Week ritualsand to realize the beauty of being dust.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 10/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Historical Background



Holy Week in Arroyo Seco



Era y soy polvo



Ethnography as Theology


Appendix 1


Appendix 2


Appendix 3


Appendix 4


Select Bibliography


Index


The Penitente Paintings