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

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Catholic Church -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 18th century Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject 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 RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic. Christianity and culture Church renewal -- Catholic Church Civilization, Baroque Wills SUBJECT Mexico City (Mexico) -- Religious life and customs Subject Mexico -- Mexico City Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780826348357 0826348351 1283637138 9781283637138 6613949590 9786613949592

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