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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Jesus of Mexican Holy Week
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NOT MEXICAN JESUS The middle-American Protestant Jesus is a generic image- a nice, kind man perhaps surrounded by children or ho...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Mexican Christs: Cristos de Caña
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Cathedral, Merida, Yucatan Christ carried in Good Friday procession, Merida, Yucatan (Mary is visible behind) In my last post, ...
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Converting Christianity: the Catholic-Indigenous "Dialogue"
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Crucified Christ, San Bernardino de Siena, Xochimilco, MX As strange as it may seem, the indigenous peoples' major difficulty was n...
Friday, March 22, 2013
Location, location, location: Churches on top of Pyramids
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Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, Cholula, Puebla This church (first built in 1594-1666) appears to be sitting on top of the crest of ...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
From Pyramid to Church
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The landscape of Mexico had always been a sacred one, dotted with the pyramids and temples of its inhabitants. The ruins we have left t...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Spanish Conquest: A Battle of Images
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While it is true that the conquest of the Americas was achieved through the Spaniard's superior fire-power, there were other things t...
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Friars: Peace Corps 16th century style
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Parade during Festival of St. Michael the Archangel (San Miguel d'Allende, 2010) Friars from the religious orders followed the C...
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