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The Penitentes have long fascinated observers of New Mexico and southern Colorado. This volume draws on newly available documentary sources and contemporary materials to show the substantial contributions, through acts of charity, supervision of wakes and funerals, and religious observances, the Brotherhood made to community survival and spiritual life on an isolated frontier.
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Marta Weigle's definitive study of the Penitentes from their beginnings through the mid-twentieth century, draws upon documentary sources and contemporary materials to show their substantial contributions (acts of charity, supervision of wakes and funerals, religious observances) the Brotherhood made to community survival and spiritual life on an isolated frontier. The Penitentes appropriated orthodox forms of worship and adapted them into vital, significant religious and social expressions. Their rites, says Dr. Weigle, not only provided the setting for personal religious experiences, but also served to consecrate and confirm communal ties. Dr. Weigle explores the early history of the Penitentes, theories about their origins, and their relationship to historical and ecclesiastical developments in New Mexico. Dr. Weigle examines rumors and facts about the political role of the Penitente chapters and provides a detailed study of Penitente organizations and activities (their councils, moradas, membership, rules, officers, and religious rituals). Most important, Dr. Weigle places the Brotherhood's rituals of penance into perspective within a religious and anthropological framework. Brothers Of Light, Brothers Of Blood: The Penitentes Of The Southwest is the most complete and best documented book to date on the Penitentes. Brothers Of Light, Brothers Of Blood is a fascinating, superbly document, well written work that deserves its place in any academic or ecclesiastical Christian Studies library shelf. -- Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0826304001
- ISBN 13 9780826304001
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages300
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Weigle to previous owner! First printing, hardcover in jacket, 300 pages, index, appendices, several historical b + w photographs; map. Condition: book is quite bright, solid, and square with minimal wear. Jacket has a few chips and tears along edges and corners; some soiling, light rubbing. Very nice in protective mylar sleeve. Inscribed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-1687201255990
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