Jennifer Scheper Hughes: 1 book
Biography of a Mexican Crucifix
Lived Religion and Local Faith from the Conquest to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009
In 1543, in a small village in Mexico, a group of missionary friars received from a mysterious Indian messenger an unusual carved image of Christ crucified. The friars declared it the most poignantly beautiful depiction of Christ's suffering they had ever seen. Known as the Cristo Aparecido (the "Christ...
