Introduction: The iconography of suffering -- "Christ appeared" : material religion and the conquest of Mexico -- Performance and penance : the Cristo and Christian evangelization in New Spain -- The Cristo comes to life : lived religion in colonial Mexico City -- Repatriation : Christ comes again to Totolapan -- The Red Bishop, the Cristo, and the aesthetics of liberation -- The gentle devotions of a rebellious people : the phenomenology of a santo -- Beauty, affection, and devotion : fiesta at the dawn of a new millennium -- Conclusion: The Gospel according to Totolapan
Summary
Here, Jennifer Scheper Hughes traces popular devotion to the Cristo Aparecido over five centuries of Mexican history. Each chapter investigates a single incident in the encounter between believers and the image
