Mozarabs, Hispanics, and the Cross
Mozarabs, Veneration of the Cross plays a major role in Hispanics, Hispanic popular religion. But for the & The Cross Mozarabs, a Catholic community that traces its roots to the Visigoths and Hispano-Romans of seventh-century Spain, veneration of the Cross has served to join devotion to Christ with a powerful symbol of religio-ethnic identity and survival. After the Christian reconquest of Spain and the imposition of uniform Roman liturgical rites, they clung tightly to their own Mozarabic Rite, which is still recognized and celebrated today.
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About the Author:
Raul Gomez-Ruiz, is a professor and vice president for Academic Affairs at the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin
Mozarabs, Hispanics, and the Cross
Mozarabs, Veneration of the Cross plays a major role in Hispanics, Hispanic popular religion. But for the & The Cross Mozarabs, a Catholic community that traces its roots to the Visigoths and Hispano-Romans of seventh-century Spain, veneration of the Cross has served to join devotion to Christ with a powerful symbol of religio-ethnic identity and survival. After the Christian reconquest of Spain and the imposition of uniform Roman liturgical rites, they clung tightly to their own Mozarabic Rite, which is still recognized and celebrated today.
About the Author:
Raul Gomez-Ruiz, is a professor and vice president for Academic Affairs at the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570757334 |
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| Publisher: | Orbis Books |
| Publication date: | 12/28/2007 |
| Series: | Studies in Latino/A Catholicism Series |
| Pages: | 252 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d) |
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