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

ISBN-13: 9781316648841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

Jessica L. Delgado

Opis

Argues that laywomen participated in and shaped religious culture in colonial Mexico through their own interpretations of ideas about women, sin, and guilt and through their daily interactions with the church. Reveals important aspects of the faith cultures and social contracts that shaped the church's role in society.

Recenzje

'Scholars of colonial religious history will find much to admire in this book.' Brian R. Larkin, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

Spis treści

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.