{"product_id":"michoac-n-and-eden-bernardino-ver-stique-9780292787384","title":"Michoac疣 and Eden: Vasco de Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e Don Vasco de Quiroga (1470-1565) was the first bishop of Michoac疣 in Western Mexico. Driven by the desire to convert the native Purh駱echa-Chichimec peoples to a purified form of Christianity, free of the corruptions of European Catholicism, he sought to establish New World Edens in Michoac疣 by congregating the people into pueblo-hospital communities, where mendicant friars could more easily teach them the fundamental beliefs of Christianity and the values of Spanish culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this broadly synthetic study, Bernardino Ver疽tique explores Vasco de Quiroga's evangelizing project in its full cultural and historical context. He begins by recreating the complex and not wholly incompatible worldviews of the Purh駱echa and the Spaniards at the time of their first encounter in 1521. With Quiroga as a focal point, Ver疽tique then traces the uneasy process of assimilation and resistance that occurred on both sides as the Spaniards established political and religious dominance in Michoac疣. He describes the syncretisms, or fusions, between Christianity and indigenous beliefs and practices that arose among the Purh駱echa and relates these to similar developments in other regions of Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written especially for students and general readers, this book demonstrates how cultural and geographical environments influence religious experience, while it adds to our understanding of the process of indigenous appropriation of Christian theological concepts in the New World. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernardino Ver疽tique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292787383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292787384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.12w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2000 pg. 388","brand":"Bernardino Ver疽tique","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913565044991,"sku":"9780292787384","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6614d5b6-c347-4d52-a75b-04375f8e44a7.jpg?v=1680621085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/michoac-n-and-eden-bernardino-ver-stique-9780292787384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}