From ancient Rome to colonial Mexico: religious globalization in the context of empire

Wright-Carr, David Charles, editorSimón, Francisco Marco, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2023-03-302023-03-302023https://hdl.handle.net/10217/236385From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico compares the Christianization of the Roman Empire with the evangelization of Mesoamerica. With the analysis of empire and globalization and a postcolonial perspective on religion, the book proposes the method of "analytical comparison" to conceptualize affinities and differences between geographies.--Provided by publisher.Ritual mediation on the middle ground: Rome and New Spain compared / Greg Woolf -- A long way to become Christian: Romans, Hungarians, and the Nahua / György Németh -- Human sacrifice and the religion of the other: barbarians, pagans and Aztecs / Francisco Marco Simón -- The Aztec sun and its Mesoamerican milieu from a classical Mediterranean perspective / Lorenzo Pérez Yarza -- Donkeys and hares: the enemy warrior in the early European Chronicles of the Conquest / Paolo Taviani -- Cultural persistence and appropriation in the Huamantla map / David Charles Wright-Carr -- Comparison and the Franciscan construction of Mesoamerican polytheism through Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei / Sergio Botta -- Bernardino de Sahagún on Nahua astrology and divination: Greco-Roman traditions, Christian disapproval and ambiguity, and Mesoamerican practices / Guilhem Olivier -- A version of the millennial Kingdom in the Portería of the Franciscan Convent in Cholula, México / María Celia Fontana Calvo -- Smoking stones and smoking mirrors: the limits of antiquarianism in New Spain / Martin Devecka.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. PGlobalization -- Religious aspectsGlobalization -- Social aspects -- RomeGlobalization -- Social aspects -- New SpainImperialism -- Religious aspectsAcculturation -- Religious aspectsNew Spain -- History -- Religious life and customsRome -- History -- Religious life and customsFrom ancient Rome to colonial Mexico: religious globalization in the context of empireTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.