Colonial Saints
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"This important and fascinating collection ranges from New France through Massachusetts, Mexico, the Caribbean into Peru and beyond. The methodological and topical ranges--voodou, child-bearing, race, art, devotion, to name a few--are truly impressive. The book fulfills its promise of transporting the reader beyond the saints into "the mysteries of colonial culture." -- John W. O'Malley, Professor of Church History, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
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"These pathbreaking essays move us beyond the metaphor of "spiritual conquest" to a more complex understanding of colonial American religious cultures in the making. Colonial Saints gives close, convincing readings of its agents, gender politics, visual economies, and much more." -- Kathryn Burns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Greer and Bilinkoff have organized a project both novel in its goal and ambitious in its scope, providing a tantalizing and kaleidoscopic picture of sanctity and its cult in the colonial Americas. Colonial Saints marks the first steps in what will clearly be a long and important new scholarly journey." -- Thomas Head, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
"This important collection of essays provides a superb account of the emergence of distinctive new forms of hagiography in the Americas... [and] provides an invaluable demonstration of the importance of a comparative approach to the religious history of the Americas.
." -- American Historical Review
"It is usefull and informative for any type of researcher." -- Alejandra Rengifo, Central Michigan University,Sixteenth Century Journal
This bold collection clearly shows the interplay between slavery and spirituality, conversion and control, and the links between the sacred and the political. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 340
- ISBN
- 9780415934961
- Utgivelsesår
- 2002
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«
"This important and fascinating collection ranges from New France through Massachusetts, Mexico, the Caribbean into Peru and beyond. The methodological and topical ranges--voodou, child-bearing, race, art, devotion, to name a few--are truly impressive. The book fulfills its promise of transporting the reader beyond the saints into "the mysteries of colonial culture." -- John W. O'Malley, Professor of Church History, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
»
"These pathbreaking essays move us beyond the metaphor of "spiritual conquest" to a more complex understanding of colonial American religious cultures in the making. Colonial Saints gives close, convincing readings of its agents, gender politics, visual economies, and much more." -- Kathryn Burns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Greer and Bilinkoff have organized a project both novel in its goal and ambitious in its scope, providing a tantalizing and kaleidoscopic picture of sanctity and its cult in the colonial Americas. Colonial Saints marks the first steps in what will clearly be a long and important new scholarly journey." -- Thomas Head, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
"This important collection of essays provides a superb account of the emergence of distinctive new forms of hagiography in the Americas... [and] provides an invaluable demonstration of the importance of a comparative approach to the religious history of the Americas.
." -- American Historical Review
"It is usefull and informative for any type of researcher." -- Alejandra Rengifo, Central Michigan University,Sixteenth Century Journal