Colonial saints : discovering the holy in the Americas, 1500-1800 /

Colonial saints : discovering the holy in the Americas, 1500-1800 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:London : Routledge, 2003.
Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Christian saints -- Cult -- America -- History.
Christian hagiography.
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints -- Cult.
America -- Church history.
America.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016521
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Other authors / contributors:Greer, Allan, editor.
Bilinkoff, Jodi, 1955- editor.
ISBN:9781136706295
1136706291
9780415934961
0415934966
9780415934954
0415934966
0415934958
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 5, 2016).
Summary:"From the cult of Saint Anne to the devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Saint Anthony who competed with Christ for popularity in Brazil, to Jesuits who mixed freely with shamans that talked with the gods, this exciting new anthology examines the conversion of the colonized. The essays examine how New World spirits transformed into Old World saints - for example, the spirit of love transfigured into the Virgin Mary - as well as the implications of the canonization of the first American saint. Colonial Saints illustrates the complex and intimate connections among confessional life writing, canonization, and the practices of the Inquisition. There was a dynamic exchange involving local agendas, the courts in Spain and France, and, of course, Rome. This bold collection clearly shows the interplay between slavery and spirituality, conversion and control, and the links between the sacred and the political"--Publisher description.
Other form:Print version: 9781136706295

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