Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico

by JaimeLara (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $92.34

  Provides a cultural history of the missionary enterprise in sixteenth-century Mexico. This work addresses the enculturation of Catholic sacraments and sacramentals into an Aztec worldview in visual and material terms. It offers insights on the development of sacramental practice, popular piety, catechetical drama, and parish politics.