The Black Christ of Esquipulas: Religion and Identity in Guatemala
Author:   Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
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9780803268432


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 January 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.825kg
ISBN:  

9780803268432


ISBN 10:   0803268432
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 January 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Crucified Christ of Esquipulas 1. Power and Identity in the Making of Colonial Guatemala 2. The Liberal State and the Conservative Church 3. Carrera, the Church, and the Color of the Christ 4. The Liberal Republic and Religious Competition 5. Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Religion 6. The Black Christ of Esquipulas Notes Bibliography Index

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This is a wonderful book, beautifully conceptualized and charmingly written. It will be an important contribution to the historiography of Guatemala. Virginia Garrard-Burnett, author of Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit: Guatemala under General Efrain Rios Montt, 1982 1983 --Virginia Garrard-Burnet (03/05/2015)


This is a wonderful book, beautifully conceptualized and charmingly written. It will be an important contribution to the historiography of Guatemala. -Virginia Garrard-Burnett, author of Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit: Guatemala under General Efrain Rios Montt, 1982-1983 -- Virginia Garrard-Burnet


This is a wonderful book, beautifully conceptualized and charmingly written. It will be an important contribution to the historiography of Guatemala. -Virginia Garrard-Burnett, author of Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit: Guatemala under General Efrain Rios Montt, 1982-1983


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Douglass Sullivan-González is dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and a professor of history at the University of Mississippi.

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