México, D.F: DEMAC, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. 122p., wrps. "El hombre vertical" is a philosophical inquiry into the existence of God and religion, addressing questions such as: "Is it true that God has died?", "is religion related to chronology?" and "how does God preside over modern religion?"
México, D.F. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 254p., bibl., index, wrps. "Historia de la Iglesia en México" is a study on the history of the church in Mexico, dating back to the Pre-Hispanic era. Contents include: "Mesoamérica en el Preclásico (2500 AC--200 DC)", "El periodo Clásico.....
Bogotá: Ediciones USTA, Universidad Santo Tomas, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. (4 vols.), facsimiles, illus., tables, bibl., wrps. "Los dominicos en la política siglos XVIII-XIX" is a comprehensive four-volume study on Dominican friars from the 13th century to the 21st. The first volume examines their involvement in politics in the 18th.....
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Tiempo emulado, 60), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 449p., bibl., wrps. "La aparición de los libros plúmbeos" is an analysis of The Lead Books of Sacromonte and their historical importance, also examining the roles played by archbishop of Granada Pedro de Castro and writer Inca Garcilaso de la.....
Morelia: Morevallado Editores, 2015. 2nd ed. Paperback. 249p., biblio., b&w ill., maps, tables, notes. "Epidemias y desastres en el obispado de Michoacán, 1737-1804" is a study on the impact of epidemics and disasters on the bishropic of Michoacán between 1737 and 1804.
Zamora, Michoacán: El Colegio de Michoacán (Colección Investigaciones), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 384p., tables, graphics, index, bibl., wrps. "El cabildo eclesiástico de la catedral de México (1530-1612)" studies the ecclesiastical chapter of the cathedral of Mexico from 1530 to 1612, showing the role that the first settlers had in this.....
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Historia. Serie Logos), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 163p., maps, photos, bibl., wrps. "De Mérida a Taguzgalpa" explores how Franciscan and Dominican orders intervened in the socio-religious organization of the different indigenous populations and regions over the course of.....
México, D.F. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, El Colegio de Michoacán, El Colegio de México, 2009. First Re-Print. Paperback. 420p., wrps. "Las fuentes eclesiásticas para la historia social de México" is a collection of 23 essays on ecclesiastical sources in the social.....
Lima: IEP Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (Serie: Estudios Históricos, 70), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 310p., maps, photos, facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. "Martín de Porres: Santo de América" chronicles the life of Martín de Porres (1579-1639), who was named the first black saint of the Americas and the patron of racial.....
Mexico D.F. Secretar[ia de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Historia, Serie Génesis), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 215p., facsimiles, bibl., index, wrps. "Fundaciones de los padres carmelitas descalzos" is a chronicle made up of manuscripts written by members of the Barefoot Carmelites, documenting how the order came to.....
Los Polvorines: Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 414p., bibl., wrps. "La maldición de Nemur" discusses the interconnectedness of art, myth and ritual among the indigenous Ishir people of the Paraguayan Chaco, a largely undeveloped semi-arid region in the western part of Paraguay. Originally published by Centro.....
México, D.F. Distribuciones Fontamara (Colección Argumentos; 403), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 77p., bibl., wrps. "Simbiosis Guadalupana" is a study on the Chichimeca Jonaz's belief in the Virgin of Guadalupe, examining her role as a cultural symbol, and her importance in their collective sense of identity. Contents include: "La noble fuerza.....
Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 203p., illus., wrps. "Pedagogía y colonialidad: En la amazonía ecuatoriana (1960-1979)" is a study on pedagogy in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the context of Latin American colonialism. Author José Alberto Flores Jácome employs the Foucaultian method to analyze the historical.....
Michoacán, Mexico: El Colegio de Michoacán, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Editorial Morevalladolid, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 496p., maps, photos, bibl., index, wrps. "Hechicería, cosmovisión y costumbre" is a study on traditional medicine and sorcery of Purepecha healers, particularly examining the rituals performed by the indigenous people in.....
Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, (Biblioteca Ezequiel Uricoechea, 1), 2017. First Reprint. Paperback. 444p., facsimiles, wrps. "Diccionario y gramática chibcha" is a glossary of prayers, confessions, and sermons in the Chibcha language, an extinct indigenous language in Colombia, compiled by an anonymous author who most likely lived in the mid.....
Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 190p., photos, facsimiles, tables, bibl., "La meretriz inmaculada" analyzes discourses against Protestantism and Catholicism in Colombia during the nineteenth century. The work also presents a history of Protestantism in Colombia from 1825 until 1877, particularly detailling some of the Protestant leaders...
Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza (De arte; 9), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 556p., graphics, bibl., index, wrps. "Trescientos emblemas morales" presents the complete work of Spanish writer Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias de Leyva, including two books originally published in 1601, with accompanying translations and commentary. The compendium...
León: Forum Cultural Guanajuato, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 246p., photos, facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. "La estampa religiosa leonesa" analyzes a collection of 135 religious prints from León, dating from 1932 to 2002. The work's main objective is not to inspire devotion, but rather to analyze how devotion has been exercised...
Madrid, Frankfurt: Iberoamericana, Vervuert, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 427p., illus., facsimiles, bibl., boards. "El botón de seda negra" is a study on the exchange of religion and culture between conquerors and the conquered in Latin America, examining what happened when Latin American idols and the rituals arrived in Europe, and.....
Madrid: Delta, Publicaciones Universitarias (Colección Humanidades Médicas: Cultura, arte, ciencia y salud; 2), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 192p., photos, illus., facsimiles, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Vuelo clavileño" is a study on beliefs about witches and sorceresses during Spain's Golden Age, peering into a world of murky superstitions, brutal persecutions and.....
Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colección Religión, Cultura, y Sociedad No. 41), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 337p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "La función de la religión en la vida de las víctimas del desplazamiento forzado en Colombia" is a study on the religious behavior of people in situations of vulnerability.....
México, D.F: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 294p., maps, photos, plans, bibl., wrps. "Fundaciones monásticas en la Sierra Nevada" is a study on monastic foundations in the Sierra Nevada, constructed by Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars along a commercial and cultural route between Mexico City and southern New.....
Madrid/Pamplona/New York: Instituto de Estudios Tirsianos/Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (Colección 'Batihoja'), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 309p., tables, bibl., wrps. "La santa Juana y el mundo de lo sagrado" is a collection of eighteen articles, divided by three thematic blocks that center around the work of Sor Juana Inés de la.....
Lajas, PR: Editorial Akelarre, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 132p., photos, bibl., wrps. An interpretation of a Puerto Rican film "Santero" (1956), produced by DIVEDCO, investigating aspects of the sacred, imbedded ideology, and esthetics of the presented culture.
Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiv, 432p., photos, illus., boards, oblong. "Rupturas y transformaciones arquitectonicas" presents a historical, architectural, and illustrated investigation into the transformations of the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in 19th century Bogotá. Includes various illustrations of floor plans.....
