Spain: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Biblioteca Indiana, 47), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 237p., bibl., wrps. "El Símbolo católico indiano" is a study on the work "Symbolo Catholico Indiano", by Franciscan Creole Luis Jerónimo de Oré (Huamanga, 1554 -- La Concepción, 1630), exploring how the text fostered the expansion of Catholicism in the..... More about El Símbolo católico indiano (1598) de Luis Jerónimo de Oré : Saberes coloniales y los...

Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Sur (GES Comunicación), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 440p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Historia de un compromiso" is a study on the history of the Movement of Priests for the Third World, which used liberation theology and reform ideas from the Second Vatican Council to create political..... More about Historia de un compromiso. MSTM. A cincuenta años del Movimiento de Sacerdotes para el Tercer...

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..... More about De Mérida a Taguzgalpa. Seráficos y predicadores en tierras mayas, chiapanecas y xicaques

México, D.F. Universidad Iberoamericana, 2006. first edition. Paperback. 135p., notes. [History. Four historical essays highlight the transition from pre-modern to modern society represented by a shift in the Jesuit world view from a “rhetorical” to a “scientific” vision of the world. Institutions and discourses considered are education, missionary work, mathematics..... More about La construcción retórica de la realidad; La Compañía de Jesús

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..... More about La maldición de Nemur: acerca del arte, el mito y el ritual de los indígenas ishir del Gran...

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..... More about Pedagogía y colonialidad: En la amazonía ecuatoriana (1960-1979

Cali: Programa Editorial Universidad del Valle (Colección Archivo Germán Guzmán Campos), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 134p., tables, bibl., wrps. "Tres estamentos de poder. Colombia siglo XX" is a study on Colombia during the 20th century through its estates of power, particularly examining political, church, and military bastions at the time..... More about Tres estamentos de poder. Colombia siglo XX

Madrid, Frankfurt: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (El Paraíso en el Nuevo Mundo; 7), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 160p., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Oración fúnebre a las honras del rey nuestro señor Don Felipe cuarto el grande" is an annotated transcript of a funeral sermon in honor of Philip IV, written in colonial Lima..... More about Oración fúnebre a las honras del rey nuestro señor Don Felipe cuarto el grande

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..... More about El botón de seda negra: Traducción religiosa y cultura material en las Indias

Managua: Academia de Geografía e Historia de Nicaragua, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 287p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. A theological and anthropological investigation into the construction of the afterlife in Nicaraguan culture. Features chapters on indigenous worldviews, Spanish influence, positivist theology, 20th century secularism, and more. More about El cielo y el infierno: La construcción histórica de la muerte en el pensamiento nicaragüense

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..... More about Fundaciones monásticas en la Sierra Nevada: historia y medio ambiente

Toluca: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 79p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "El beaterio de Toluca" is an investigation on the beguinage of Toluca, the existence of which has been questioned and debated by historians. The work particularly highlights valuable documents that endorse the stance that..... More about El beaterio de Toluca. Tradición colonial. Documentos que prueban su existencia

Asunción: Editorial SERVILIBRO, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 138p., color plates, photos, tables, graphics, wrps. "Los guaraníes, los jesuitas, y las misiones en el Paraguay" is a historiography on the Jesuits in Paraguay, specifically focusing on their mission to evangelize the Guarani people. Contents include: "Los guaraníes", "Las misiones", "Las reducciones..... More about Los guaraníes, los jesuitas, y las misiones en el Paraguay