God-Bearers on Pilgrimage to Tepeyac: A Scholar of Religion Encounters the Material Dimension of Marian Devotion in Mexico

‭Contemporary ritual practice at the Virgin of Guadalupe’s shrine at Tepeyac emphasizes the material dimension of the sacred in Mexico: every day, ritual actions at the shrine confer power, prestige, and potency to images, effigies, and other replicas of the Virgin. One particularly pronounced devot...

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Published in:Religion and the arts
Main Author: Scheper Hughes, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Religion and the arts
Further subjects:B Virgin of Guadalupe material religion religious ritual Mexico pilgrimage
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