Jessica L. Delgado

Laywomen and the Making of Colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630-1790

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Produktbeschreibung

Argues that laywomen's interactions with gendered theology, Catholic rituals, and church institutions significantly shaped colonial Mexico's religious culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9781107199408
• ISBN-10: 1107199409
• Artikelnr.: 50208263

Autorenporträt

Jessica L. Delgado is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion Princeton University, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction. Troubling Devotion: Laywomen and Religious Culture in New Spain: 1. Sacramental learning
2. Public and scandalous sin
3. Ambivalent witnesses and local inquisitions
Part II. Introduction. Places and Practices of Cloister: 4. Cloister for the poor and virtuous
5. Cloister for the unruly and unhappy
6. In the convent but not of it
Epilogue: laywomen making colonial Catholicism.