Mexican Phoenix

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-521-53160-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 462 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1180 g

Juan Diego, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared in 1531 miraculously imprinting her likeness on his cape, was canonised in Mexico in 2002 by Pope John Paul II. In 1999, the revered image of Our Lady of Guadalupe had been proclaimed patron saint of the Americas by the Pope. How did a poor Indian and a sixteenth-century Mexican painting of the Virgin Mary attract such unprecedented honours? Across the centuries the enigmatic power of the image has aroused fervent devotion in Mexico: it served as the banner of the rebellion against Spanish rule and, despite scepticism and anti-clericalism, still remains a potent symbol of the modern nation. This book traces the intellectual origins, the sudden efflorescence and the adamantine resilience of the tradition of Our Lady of Guadalupe and will fascinate anyone concerned with the history of religion and its symbols.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brading, D. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Prologue; 1. Image and typology; 2. Myth and history; 3. Woman of the Apocalypse: Indian seer; 5. Presence and tradition; 6. Patron of Mexico; 7. Divine idea; 8. Heavenly painting; 9. Myth and scepticism; 10. The last resort; 11. History and infallibility; 12. The coronation; 13. Juan Diego; 14. Nican mopohua; 15. Epiphany and revelation; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Brading, D. A.
David Brading is Professor of Mexican History, University of Cambridge.