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Historical writings on Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most revered sacred figure indigenous to the western hemisphere, have tended to focus on the sixteenth-century origins of her cult. But recent publications have increasingly extended Guadalupan studies beyond the origin debates to analyses of the subsequent evolution and immense influence of the Guadalupe tradition.
New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies significantly enhances this growing body of literature with insightful essays on topics that span the early stages of Guadalupan devotion to the milestone of Pope Benedict XIV establishing an official liturgical feast for Guadalupe in 1754. The volume also breaks new ground in theological analyses of Guadalupe, which comprise an ongoing effort to articulate a Christian response to one of the most momentous events of Christianity's second millennium: the conquest, evangelization, and struggles for life, dignity, and self-determination of the peoples of the Americas.
About the author
Virgilio Elizondo is the Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology and is widely acclaimed as "the father of U.S. Latino religious thought."
Timothy Matovina is Professor of Theology and Executive Director of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
The seven authors of this volume were students in a doctoral seminar called "Guadalupe: Faith, Theology, and Tradition" that the editors team-teach at Notre Dame.
