Of wonders and wise men : religion and popular cultures in southeast Mexico, 1800-1876 / by Terry Rugeley.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rugeley, Terry, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Strange Lights, Mysterious Crosses, and the Word of God Denied
  • Geography, Misery, Agency, Remedy: The Unwritten Almanac of Folk Knowledge
  • Rural Curas and the Erosion of Mexican Conservatism: The Life of Raymundo Perez
  • The Bourgeois Spiritual Path: A History of Urban Piety
  • Spiritual Power, Worldly Possession: A History of Imagenes
  • Official Cult and Peasant Protocol: Rural Cofradías and the History of San Antonio Xocneceh
  • A Culture of Conflict: Anticlericalism, Parish Problems, and Alternative Beliefs
  • "Burning the Torch of Revolution": Religion, Nationalism, and the Loss of the Peten
  • Conclusion: The Motives for Miracle.