An ancient Oaxacan icon sheds light on the modern meaning of pilgrimage. Review: Devotion in Motion: Pilgrimage in Modern Mexico, Edward Wright-Ríos, 2025, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Mexico
Tag: Catholicism
The radical rite
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Liberation theology did not die on the cross and has new martyrs to revere. Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America: As It Was in the Beginning? Pablo Bradbury and Niall HD Geraghty (eds), 2025, University of London Press
Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, South America
The helpful dead
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Two books about death. The Intimacy of Images: Saints, Death, and Devotion to La Santa Muerte in Oaxaca, Myriam Lamrani, 2025, University of Texas Press; Moved by the Dead: Haunting and Devotion in São Paulo, Brazil, Michael Amoruso, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Brazil, Mexico, North America, South America
Indigenous enigma
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A book on colonial art reveals hybrid secrets. Maya Christian Murals of Early Modern Yucatán, Amara Solari and Linda K Williams, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
The invisible man
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Uncovering the identity of an Indigenous icon. Finding Caspicara: Double Identities, Hidden Figures, and the Commerce of Sculpture in Colonial Quito, Susan Verdi Webster, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Ecuador, South America
Love in a time of revolution
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Love and Despair: How Catholic Activism Shaped Politics and the Counterculture in Modern Mexico, Jaime M Pensado, 2023, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States