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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0816515816
ISBN-13: 9780816515813
Sep 1995
Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
Southwest Center Series
Language: English |
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Condition: Very Good
Seller's Comments: Read once, excellent condition, from my own collection.
Full Description:
The custom of making small artifacts and leaving them in churches, as a method of offering thanks or requesting divine intervention, has long been a part of religious worship. This practice is particularly important among the Catholic Hispanic and Native American populations of Arizona and northern Mexico. Oktavec, who has studied the practice for over 20 years, describes its European genesis but focuses primarily on the Native and Hispanic influences. Her interviews with persons leaving the objects at churches form the basis for her study. She also evaluates collections of the artifacts, called milagros (miracles), from two churches. Oktavec's volume is the most extensive study of this religious practice available. It will obviously be important to researchers of the Catholic Church and the Southwest. Yet it is not overly academic and will be of interest to the general reader interested in the topic.? |
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