La Biblia desenterrada

The Penitente Brotherhood reenact the Passion of Christ through self-mortification of the flesh and emulation of His crucifixion each year in New Mexico during the Catholic Lenten season. This vital sect of ancient Spanish Catholicism has been shrouded in controversy and secrecy until this author's balanced exploration of its origins, rituals, and ceremonies. De Aragon includes descriptions of their art and their albados, or hymns, which are published here in both Spanish and English.

The design of this essay is to afford a glimpse of Immanuel's land; to exhibit some of the powerful attractions of that world of glory. To those who are asking the way to Zion, with their faces toward there, the author knows that his present theme will be at all times refreshing. Future felicity in Heaven is the most cheering subject that can be presented for the contemplation of the Christian in this valley of tears. What can be more delightful than for the weary pilgrim who is fast hastening to mansions in the skies, to meditate on the glories of his future home? There is much in this...

Antonio Ma Ramírez, a través de su libro, nos enseña a llevar una vida cristiana y explica el sentido y el modo de aprovechar las distintas prácticas de piedad que integran un plan de vida espiritual.

Este libro pretende rescatar para nuestro tiempo la sabiduría humana y espiritual de las grandes tradiciones religiosas en un contexto cultural que se ha tornado inevitablemente laico. La época en la que vivimos está atravesada por cambios radicales que afectan a todas las esferas de nuestra vida, incluida la religión. Según el autor, sin embargo, lejos de lamentarnos por la gran crisis de las religiones debemos afrontar el reto de cultivar una espiritualidad creativa, libre de los límites establecidos por creencias y ortodoxias excluyentes. Para ello, hay que releer con coraje y en...