Biography of a Mexican crucifix
Subtitle: lived religion and local faith from the conquest to the present
By: Jennifer Scheper Hughes.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780195367065; 9780195367072
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion; Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History; Crosses -- Mexico -- Morelos (State); Mexico -- Church history; Mexico -- Religious life and customs -- History
Description: Chronicles five centuries of history and devotion to the Cristo Aparecido--Christ Appeared--in Mexican culture, describing the origins of the image, and discussing individual incidents of encounters between believers and the image.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The iconography of suffering; title: Christ appeared : material religion and the conquest of Mexico; title: Performance and penance : the Cristo and Christian evangelization; title: The Cristo comes to life : lived religion in colonial Mexico City; title: Repatriation : Christ comes again to Totolapan; title: The Red Bishop, the Cristo, and the aesthetics of liberation; title: The gentle devotions of a rebellious people : the phenomenology of a santo; title: Beauty and devotion : fiesta at the dawn of a new millennium; title: Conclusions: The two souls of Christ.