Abstract
[...]the collection covers both institutional Church apparatuses and popular local religious practices; formal Spanish Catholic thought and informal cultural mentality in New Spain; imperial visions of worldwide Catholicism and local, indigenous responses to those aspirations. Mónica Díaz examines the case of the first convent for Indian women in Mexico, Corpus Christi, to highlight the debate about the racial nature of religious life and the status of nuns. [...]four excellent essays discuss various frontiers.
