Brett Hendrickson: 2 books
The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó
America’s Miraculous Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Winner, 2018 Paul J. Foik Award for Best Book on Catholic History in the American Southwest, presented by the Texas Catholic Historical Society
The remarkable history of the Santuario de Chimayó, the church whose world-renowned healing powers have drawn visitors to its steps for centuries.
Nestled...
Border Medicine
A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Mexican
American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.
border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous
and Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats...