{"product_id":"mexican-phoenix-our-lady-of-guadalupe-image-and-tradition-across-five-centuries-9780521801317","title":"Mexican Phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and Tradition across Five Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe a patron saint of the Americas. According to oral tradition and historical documents  in 1531 Mary appeared as a beautiful Aztec princess to Juan Diego  a poor Indian. Speaking to him in his own language  she asked him to tell the bishop her name was La Virgen de Guadalupe and that she wanted a church built on the mountain. During a second visit  the image of the Virgin miraculously appeared on his cape. Through the centuries  the enigmatic power of this image has aroused such fervent devotion in Mexico that it has served as the banner of the rebellion against Spanish rule and  despite skepticism and anticlericalism  still remains a potent symbol of the modern nation. In Mexican Phoenix  David Brading traces the intellectual origins  the sudden efflorescence  and the theology that has sustained the tradition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Brading also documents the interaction of religion and patriotism  and describes how the image has served as a banner both for independence and for the Church in its struggle against the Liberal and revolutionary state. David Brading is Professor of Mexican History at the University of Cambridge. He began his career at the University of California  Berkeley  and at Yale University. He is also the author of Church and State in Bourbon Mexico (Cambridge  1994)  The First America (Cambridge  1991)  and Miners and Merchants in Bourban Mexico  1730-1810 (Cambridge  1971). Hb ISBN (2001): 0-521-80131-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279623348277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521801311","price":36.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521801317.jpg?v=1780603763","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mexican-phoenix-our-lady-of-guadalupe-image-and-tradition-across-five-centuries-9780521801317","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}