My Penitente land : reflections on Spanish New Mexico /
A history of the Penitentes, a religious order unique to New Mexico. Using poetic language, Father Chavez traces the Petitente's spiritual lineage back to Spain and Israel.
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| Language: | English |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
[1974]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part one: Holy Land
- Cross over Jordan ; Lands of Genesis ; Broad is Castile ; Same as Jerusalem's ; Into the Promised Land ; The Miserable Kingdom
- Part two: The Nazirite
- Blood and sand ; The Consecrated Ones ; Way of the Cross ; Flagellanti versus Francis ; The Cross and the Book
- Part three: Anima Hispanica
- Semitic Spain ; Conquistador and Penitente ; A new world Babel ; The Lost Tribe ; Return from Babylon
- Part four: Sangre de Cristo
- Secular interlude ; The Mexican interlude ; Stars and stripes ; The Spanish New Mexican.