{"product_id":"mexican-karismata-ellen-gunnarsdottir-9780803271135","title":"Mexican Karismata: The Baroque Vocation of Francisca de Los Angeles, 1674-1744","description":"\u003ci\u003eMexican Karismata\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the life of Francisca de los ﾁngeles (1674-1744), the daughter of a poor Creole mother and \u003ci\u003emestizo\u003c\/i\u003e father who became a renowned holy woman in her native city of Quer騁aro, Mexico, during the high Baroque period. As a precocious young visionary and later as the headmistress of an important religious institution for women, Francisca actively partook in the project to revitalize the Catholic cult in New Spain's northern regions led by her mentors, the Spanish missionaries of the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith. Her copious correspondence, containing hundreds of unedited letters, documents the personal experience of popular Catholicism during the high Baroque period in New Spain. \u003cp\u003eFrancisca's journey to God did not follow prescribed hagiographical guidelines, drawing its inspiration instead from an eclectic mix of the doctrines of the Counter-Reformation, medieval spirituality, and local traditions. Her ecstatic apostolate to the dead and living often bordered on heresy but found acceptance and came to fruition under the protection of Quer騁aro's ecclesiastical and secular elite. Her life shows how mystic rapture and sociability joined in this colonial variation of Early Modern Catholicism and demonstrates the remarkable vitality and openness of urban spirituality in the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Gunnarsdottir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803271131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803271135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.66d","brand":"Ellen Gunnarsdottir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947205198079,"sku":"9780803271135","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6e32ef39-9cef-48b2-b3e7-95780c011a34.jpg?v=1681517347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mexican-karismata-ellen-gunnarsdottir-9780803271135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}