Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi

by StevenLoza (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $58.25

  Explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism. This book presents a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in such cultural areas of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, and the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination system of orishas.