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- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- Part II Illumination
- 4 Beautiful Blackness: Representing Black Saints in Baroque Sculpture
- 5 Brilliant Blackness: Hagiographic Metaphors of Light and Dark
- 6 The Practice of Humility and Spiritual Authority in the Lives of Black Holy Women
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
6 - The Practice of Humility and Spiritual Authority in the Lives of Black Holy Women
from Part II - Illumination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- Part II Illumination
- 4 Beautiful Blackness: Representing Black Saints in Baroque Sculpture
- 5 Brilliant Blackness: Hagiographic Metaphors of Light and Dark
- 6 The Practice of Humility and Spiritual Authority in the Lives of Black Holy Women
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Turns to living holy people, with an emphasis of black women in convents in Peru, Mexico, and Spain, and the gender of holiness for black women
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- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism , pp. 206 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019