Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A Note on Orthography ix
5. Introduction. Strange Lights, Mysterious Crosses, and theWord of GodDenied xiii
6. Chapter 1. Geography, Misery, Agency, Remedy: The Unwritten Almanac of Folk Knowledge 1
7. Chapter 2. Rural Curas and the Erosion of Mexican Conservatism: The Life of Raymundo Pérez 39
8. Chapter 3. The Bourgeois Spiritual Path: A History of Urban Piety 65
9. Chapter 4. Spiritual Power,Worldly Possession: A History of Imágenes 111
10. Chapter 5. Official Cult and Peasant Protocol: Rural Cofradías and the History of San Antonio Xocneceh 143
11. Chapter 6. A Culture of Conflict: Anticlericalism, Parish Problems, and Alternative Beliefs 169
12. Chapter 7. ‘‘Burning the Torch of Revolution’’ Religion, Nationalism, and the Loss of the Petén 203
13. Conclusion: The Motives for Miracle 233
14. Notes 241
15. Glossary 303
16. Bibliography 311
17. Index 329