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Book SynopsisAs a result, Carroll concludes, Penitente membership facilitated the "rise of the modernin New Mexico and-however unintentionally-made it that much easier, after the territory's annexation by the United States, for the Anglo legal system to dispossess Hispanos of their land.
Trade ReviewA richly circumstantial, well-presented, and interesting account of the New Mexico Penitentes... The Penitente Brotherhood offers readers looking for a historical introduction to this Hispanic confraternity a generous account... I highly recommend reading the book. -- Roy R. Barkley Catholic Southwest 2004 In the popular mind, the Penitentes are a late medieval revival and a quaint and irrelevant example of popular religiosity. For anyone who wants to know the real story, this controversial book-with the hallmarks of academic scholarship and the narrative line of a novel-might fit the bill. Catholic Library World 2004 Carroll's multifaceted recounting of Hispano Catholicism in historic New Mexico is well written and compelling. Contemporary Sociology A gifted, lucid writer and a great narrator of fiction... Carroll's approach refreshes the literature. -- Michelle Madsen Camacho Catholic Historical Review 2007 Carroll is a storyteller... He creates a convincing narrative from the primary sources and the logic of scientific theory available to him. -- Christopher Vecsey Church History 2007 A book that requires a careful read in order to acknowledge its full impact... It raises new issues and perspectives that future Penitente scholarship will have to address as we struggle to interpret this critical history. -- Alberto Lopez Pulido Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses 2007 Innovative and lasting contributions. -- Enrique R. Lamadrid Sociology of Religion 2007
Table of ContentsContents:List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsINTRODUCTION Juan de Onate's Severed Foot and Other Good StoriesONE Penitente Historiography and Its ProblemsTWO The Golden Age: Hispano Piety before 1800THREE Awash in a (Very Small) Sea of Crimson Blood: Flagellation in Pre-Penitente New MexicoFOUR Suffering Fathers and the Crisis of Patriarchal AuthorityFIVE Padre Martinez of Taos and the Meaning of DisciplineSIX The Penitentes and the Rise of the Modern New MexicoSEVEN Stories That Connect to Guilt and RageEPILOGUE The Stories We Tell about Subaltern Groups Notes Bibliography Index
