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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457302003321

Autore

Larkin Brian R. <1969->

Titolo

The very nature of God [[electronic resource] ] : baroque Catholicism and religious reform in Bourbon Mexico City / / Brian R. Larkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-63713-8

0-8263-4835-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

282.72

282.725309033

282/.725309033

Soggetti

Christianity and culture - Mexico - Mexico City - History - 18th century

Church renewal - Catholic Church - History - 18th century

Wills - Mexico - Mexico City - History - 18th century

Civilization, Baroque - Mexico - Mexico City

Electronic books.

Mexico City (Mexico) Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Baroque Mexico City -- Sacred immanence -- Performative and liturgical piety -- The splendor of worship -- Charity, confraternities, and community -- Reforming Mexico City -- The reformers' program -- Immanence, splendor, and liturgical piety in the age of reform -- Charity and confraternities in the age of reform.

Sommario/riassunto

Using wills and other testaments of faith, Larkin examines the complex efforts by secular and religious authorities to reform religious practice during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.